Eddrick Houston
Ohio State Buckeyes
91
Elite

Eddrick Houston

Ohio State BuckeyesElite
DTDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Eddrick Houston is the projected starter at DT for Ohio State Buckeyes.

Junior · #96 · 6'3", 304 lbs

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Depth at DT · Ohio State Buckeyes

  1. 19691Eddrick HoustonStarter
  2. 2385James Smith
  3. 35373Will Smith Jr.
  4. 49161Darryus McKinley
  5. 55957Ashton Yeager

Ohio State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Ohio State

Ohio State plays Oregon at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Buford, ranked #26 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 21 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit5★ · #26 Natl2-Yr Total28 tackles · 3 sacksTeam Share5%Percentile86th
Buford, GA
Jersey
#96
Class
JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
304 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252143
2024700

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9879
National Rank
#26
High School
Buford
Hometown
Buford, GA

Why this rating?

On a 93-rated defense; 86th-percentile production (×1.00 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
93
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top <1% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×1.00)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LUSCTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-18

Oct 17WIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 19-15

Oct 10WMDTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-16

Oct 3WIOWATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-14

Sep 26WILLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-19

Sep 12LTEXTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-23

Sep 5WBALLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-3

Eddrick Houston's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

21 tkl · 4 TFL · 3 sacks
Usage / Involvement63%
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