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D'Juan Hines

Linebacker for Houston. 2017: 110 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Houston · #12

6′1″ · 230 lb · Spring, TX

Houston 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 linebacker for Houston. 2017: 110 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Houston, 154 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Houston

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#29 / 2682 · 99th pct

110

Solo tackles#76 / 2682 · 97th pct

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

QB hurries#441 / 2682 · 78th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
Road5g	11.6	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	9.4	1.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Houston	110	57	6.5	1	1	--
2016	Houston	44	31	1.5	1	--	--
Career		154	88	8.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 28–24

at South Florida

13 TOT · 10 SOLO · 2 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Roy — 48 AVG · 58 LONG · 8 NO · D. King — 137 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 83 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 19-16@ Arizona	9	8	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-3vs Rice	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Texas Tech	13	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-13@ Temple	9	7	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-22vs SMU	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-45@ Tulsa	20	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 20 tackles
Wk 8	L 38-42vs Memphis	9	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-24@ South Florida	13	10	2.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 52-27vs East Carolina	7	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Tulane	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-14vs Navy	11	5	2.5	—	1	2.5 TFL
Bowl	L 27-33vs Fresno State	6	2	0.0	1	0
Total		110	57	6.5	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

D'Juan Hines

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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