#8

Sidney Houston Jr.

LB · Ball State · Sr. · #8

Ball State 2023 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Sidney Houston Jr.

LB · Ball State · Sr · #8

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Ball State
2022–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced
2023Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-heavy

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023Ball State593517.08.01----
2022Ball State67317.54.01----
Career1266624.512.02----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 20–17

at Northern Illinois

1 SOLO  ·  2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

How he plays

Play style

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Thumper

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

LB

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Joe Ozougwu’s 2021 season.

Joe Ozougwu

73%match

Arkansas State · 2021

#2

Trey Moore

UTSA · 2022

NFL Rd 4
70%
#3

Jordan Domineck

Colorado · 2023

63%
#4

Kivon Bennett

Arkansas State · 2021

All-Sun Belt
63%
#5

Chauncey Manac

Louisiana · 2021

All-Sun Belt
63%

Matches Joe on

Tackle volume
TFL rate

Differs from Joe on

PD rate (lower)
Height (lower)
Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Arnold Ebiketie's sophomore season at Penn State (2021).

Penn State · 2021

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 6
#2

Kameron Butler

Miami (OH) · 2021

All-MAC
81%
#3

Donovan Ezeiruaku

Boston College · 2022

HendricksConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 12
80%
#4

Kivon Bennett

Arkansas State · 2021

All-Sun Belt
80%
#5

Trey Moore

UTSA · 2022

All-AACNFL Rd 4
76%

Matches Arnold on

Weight
Solo tackle rate
Sack rate

Differs from Arnold on

Hurry rate (lower)