Justin Houston

Number: No. 42
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Statesboro, GA
Born: Jan 21, 1989, in Chico, California

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Justin Houston played linebacker at Georgia (2007–⁠10). The Kansas City Chiefs took Houston in round 3, No. 70 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2010; First-team All-SEC
Drafted: No. 70; Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Honors

All-America: FWAA 2010; AP second team 2010; Walter Camp second team 2010; Pro Football Weekly 2010; Scout.com second team 2010

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2010	Georgia	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2008^N	13	10	9	19	4.5	2.5	–	2	–	–
2009^N	10	22	17	39	15	7.5	–	1	1	–
2010	13	42	25	67	19.5	11	1	2	2	2
On file		74	51	125	39	21	–	5	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Georgia	42	OLB
2010	Georgia	42	OLB	6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Georgia 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Nov 27	vs.Georgia Tech	W 42–⁠34	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011	Combine or pro day 2011
Height	6′2⅞″
Weight	270 lb
Arm length	34½″
Hand size	10⅞″
Wingspan		81⅝″^W
40-yard dash	4.76 s
10-yard split		1.66 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press	30 reps
3-cone drill	6.95 s
20-yard shuttle	4.37 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

13 seasons, 163 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

Pro Bowls: 4 (2012–⁠15) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2014

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2014; Pro Football Writers first team 2014; Sporting News first team 2014–⁠15.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2011	Kansas City Chiefs	16	54	5.5	0
2012	Kansas City Chiefs	16	61	10	1
2013	Kansas City Chiefs	11	43	11	0
2014	Kansas City Chiefs	16	68	22	0
2015	Kansas City Chiefs	10	28	7.5	2
2016	Kansas City Chiefs	4	21	4	0
2017	Kansas City Chiefs	15	54	9.5	0
2018	Kansas City Chiefs	12	36	9	1
2019	Indianapolis Colts	16	37	11	0
2020	Indianapolis Colts	14	22	8	0
2021	Baltimore Ravens	15	31	4.5	0
2022	Baltimore Ravens	12	21	9.5	1
2023	Carolina Panthers	6	8	0.5	0
NFL career		163	484	112	5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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