 Houston with the Oakland Raiders in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1987-06-24)June 24, 1987 (age 37) San Francisco, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 274 lb (124 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Doherty(Colorado Springs, Colorado) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Texas | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2010: 2nd round, 44th pick | ||||||||||||||
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Frederick Lamarr Houston (born June 24, 1987) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theTexas Longhorns and was selected by theOakland Raiders in the second round of the2010 NFL draft. Despite a promising start, Houston's NFL career was derailed by a series of knee injuries, including twoanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears in 2014 and 2016, respectively.[1]
Houston attendedThomas B. Doherty High School inColorado Springs, Colorado, where he was a letterman infootball, basketball, and track. He playedlinebacker andrunning back. He finished his high school career with 3,325 rushing yards and 49touchdowns as a running back and 239tackles and 13sacks as a linebacker.
Intrack and field, Houston competed in the throwing events. He got top-throws of 14.81 meters in theshot put and 48.31 meters in thediscus throw.[2]
Considered a four-star recruit byRivals.com, Houston was rated as the sixth beststrongside defensive end prospect of his class.[3]
Houston started his college career at theUniversity of Texas at Austin as adefensive end but switched to defensive tackle as a junior. During his career, he started 33 of 50 games, recording 133tackles and 14sacks. He recorded 10 tackles and a sack in the Longhorns loss to theAlabama Crimson Tide in the2010 BCS National Championship Game.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft2+3⁄4 in (1.90 m) | 305 lb (138 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.89 s | 1.73 s | 2.85 s | 4.71 s | 7.61 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | 30 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine[4][5] | ||||||||||||
Houston was selected by theOakland Raiders in the second round (44th overall) of the2010 NFL draft,[6] and started his rookie year at the left defensive end position.[7]
On October 9, 2011, a day after the death of Raiders ownerAl Davis, Houston recorded 3 tackles, 2 quarterback pressures, and intercepted a pass byMatt Schaub in a 25-20 victory over theHouston Texans.[8][9]
On October 21, 2012, Houston recorded eight combined tackles, two tackles for losses, two quarterback hits, a sack, and a forced fumble in a 26-23 overtime victory against theJacksonville Jaguars.[10][11]
During the2013 NFL season, Houston moved to right DE from left DE for the first time in his career.[12]
During his Raiders tenure, Houston never missed a game.[13]
On March 11, 2014, Houston and theChicago Bears agreed to a five-year contract. The deal was worth $35 million, with $15 million guaranteed.[14] On October 26, Houston tore his ACL while celebrating a sack ofNew England Patriots backup quarterbackJimmy Garoppolo, while the Bears were losing by 25 points.[15] The incident was similar to linebackerStephen Tulloch's, who also tore his ACL, while celebrating a sack earlier in the season.[16]
In 2015, Houston moved to the linebacker position under new defensive coordinatorVic Fangio's3–4 defense. As a linebacker, he recorded a career and team high eight sacks.[17] He did not play much during the early portion of the season untilJared Allen was traded; he played only four snaps against theMinnesota Vikings, but recorded 28 tackles, five sacks and six TFLs in from week nine to fourteen. In the final nine games, he had seven sacks, the sixth-most in that stretch.[18]
In 2016, in the second game of the season, Houston tore the ACL in his left knee duringMonday Night Football against thePhiladelphia Eagles.[19] He was placed on injured reserve on September 22, 2016.[20]
On September 2, 2017, Houston was placed on injured reserve with a knee injury.[21] He was then released on September 6.[22] Houston concluded his three-year tenure with the Bears with 70 tackles and nine sacks over 26 games.[23]
On October 11, 2017, Houston signed with theHouston Texans.[24] During Week 9 against the Indianapolis Colts, Houston recovered a fumble, and ran in into the end zone for his first career touchdown in the 20-14 loss. On November 28, 2017, Houston was waived by the Texans.[25]
On November 29, 2017, Houston was claimed off waivers by the Bears.[26] He appeared in five games and recorded four sacks during his second stint with the Bears.[27]
In April 2018, Houston worked out with Raiders.[28] He was not ultimately signed.
Houston signed a one-day contract to retire with the Raiders on February 12, 2020.[29] On his retirement with the Raiders, he said "I really take pride in being one of the last hand-picked players byAl Davis. For that reason, I wanted to retire a Raider. Once a Raider always a Raider."[30]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Asr | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||
| 2010 | OAK | 16 | 15 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | OAK | 16 | 13 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 69 | 49 | 20 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | CHI | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | CHI | 16 | 2 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | HOU | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHI | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total[31] | 100 | 71 | 302 | 231 | 71 | 30.0 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | |