Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 44-7@ Rice | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-10@ Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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D.J. Small
Junior cornerback on Houston's 2021 roster.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Dickinson, TX
Houston 2021 alumnus
The story
3 cornerback on Houston's roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Houston in 2017.
Recruiting
2★
CB recruit
No. 2981 nationally · Signed with Houston
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonD.J. Small
D.J. Small has been at Houston through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Tulsa — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Houston, 16 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2017
- Signed with Houston2-star out of Dickinson
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Houston
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coaches2018
Houston
Coaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2018Houston8-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced, fast tempo
2019Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning
2020Houston3-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Houston12-2HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology