Paris Melvin Jr.
Houston Cougars
71
Average2nd String / Backup
Is Paris Melvin Jr. starting?
Paris Melvin Jr. is listed 2nd string at NB for Houston Cougars.
Freshman · #14
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- 1091Javion WhiteStarter
- 21471Paris Melvin Jr.You
Houston Starting Lineup
Top defensive backs in the Big 12
Up next for Houston
Houston plays Cincinnati at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.
Paris Melvin Jr. is currently behind Javion White at NB on the Houston depth chart, a Big 12 team rated 86 overall this season.
Why this rating?
On a 89-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 71.
Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-12 for role; −6 depth penalty
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
Sep 12WSOUTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 77-6
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | WSOU | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paris Melvin Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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