Jordan Houston

Former running back at Marshall. 2024: 592 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Marshall · Sr. · #6

5′7″ · 193 lb · Waldorf, MD

CFB Index 49 · #139 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMarshall 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at Marshall. 2024: 592 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Transferred from NC State to Marshall in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Marshall, 1,984 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 90 yds vs Florida State.Florida State · W 19-172022

202413 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2021–2024

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #139 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: success rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#197 / 442 · 56th pct

5.3

EPA / carry#258 / 442 · 42nd pct

0.13

Explosive rate#335 / 442 · 24th pct

4.6%

TD rate#372 / 442 · 16th pct

1.9%

Success rate#379 / 442 · 14th pct

37.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Rec yards#69 / 330 · 79th pct

173

Yards / carry#115 / 335 · 63rd pct

5.3

Rush yards#133 / 335 · 60th pct

592

Carries#147 / 335 · 56th pct

111

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Long run#169 / 335 · 49th pct

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

108 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	44.2	5.8	0.0
Road7g	46.7	4.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	29.7	4.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	59.1	6.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #139 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Marshall	111	592	5.3	2	--
2023	NC State	25	96	3.8	0	--
2022	NC State	136	544	4.0	0	--
2021	NC State	20	83	4.2	1	--
2020	NC State	42	143	3.4	3	--
2019	NC State	101	526	5.2	2	--
Career		435	1,984	4.6	8	--

Season	Team
2024	Marshall	13	173	13.3	1	--
2023	NC State	3	-3	-1.0	0	--
2022	NC State	25	213	8.5	1	--
2021	NC State	3	17	5.7	0	--
2020	NC State	14	59	4.2	0	--
2019	NC State	15	112	7.5	0	--
Career		73	571	7.8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 35–33

at James Madison

50 rush yds (6 car)

Edged out James Madison on the road in a shootout.

With A. Clark — -6 rush yds (1 car) · B. Braxton — 120 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.1 · 15 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · App State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +6.71Braylon Braxton pass complete to Jordan Houston for 75 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Jordan Houston run for 45 yds to the ULM 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Old Dominion · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Jordan Houston run for 30 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.06Braylon Braxton pass complete to Jordan Houston for 27 yds to the MRSH 49 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Louisiana · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Jordan Houston run for 9 yds for a TD (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 14 · James Madison · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Jordan Houston run for 20 yds to the JMU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Western Michigan · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.85Jordan Houston run for 7 yds to the WMU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.78Jordan Houston run for 33 yds to the UL 24 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Louisiana · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.57Jordan Houston run for 6 yds to the MRSH 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · App State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +1.55Jordan Houston run for 12 yds to the APP 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Stony Brook	9	38	4.2	0	12
Wk 2	L 14-31@ Virginia Tech	8	17	2.1	0	7
Wk 4	L 14-49@ Ohio State	7	29	4.1	0	14
Wk 5	W 27-20vs Western Michigan	9	41	4.6	0	11
Wk 6	W 52-37vs App State	6	35	5.8	0	12
Wk 7	L 23-24@ Georgia Southern	6	18	3.0	0	8
Wk 8	W 35-20vs Georgia State	5	38	7.6	0	16
Wk 10	W 28-23vs UL Monroe	9	80	8.9	0	45
Wk 11	W 37-3@ Southern Miss	11	40	3.6	0	7
Wk 12	W 31-19vs Coastal Carolina	9	33	3.7	0	12
Wk 13	W 42-35@ Old Dominion	9	56	6.2	1	30
Wk 14	W 35-33@ James Madison	6	50	8.3	0	20
Wk 15	W 31-3@ Louisiana	17	117	6.9	1	33	Season-high 117 yds
Total		111	592	5.3	2	45

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

108Carries

577Yards

25.0%Top-5 share

9.3%Stuffed rate

Just 25.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 9.3% of his carries. 7 carries for 15 yds vs Virginia Tech; 17 for 117 vs Louisiana.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

23.3%Carry share

25.0%Q4-lead share

68.4%In competitive games

23.3% of carries overall (108/464) → 25.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/76) — 68.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.