Sidney Houston Jr.: LB · Ball State · #8.
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Sidney Houston Jr.
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Two seasons in the Ball State linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 17 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ball State | 59 | 35 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Ball State | 67 | 31 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Career | 126 | 66 | 24.5 | 12.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-44@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-45@ No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Indiana State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-40vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ Western Michigan | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ Eastern Michigan | 7 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-13vs Toledo | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Central Michigan | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-3vs Kent State | 6 | 5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 13 | L 15-17vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 35 | 17.0 | 8.0 | — | 1 |
Week 12 · 2023
W 34-3
vs Kent State
2.5 sacks · 4.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 31-point win at home against Kent State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
29%17 TFLSack rate
14%8 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups59 tackles · 17 for loss · 8 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Neu — 9-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
39.4%
304 pass / 468 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Ball State, 126 tackles — the college career is complete.
