James Houston stats

Cowboys

Linebacker · #41

Age 27 · 6' 1" · 248 lbs

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James Houston recorded 10 tackles and 1.0 sack in 5 games of 2026 for the Dallas Cowboys. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
5
TOT
10
SOLO
4
AST
6
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022DET7121118.0001
2023DET21100.0000
2024DET88531.0000
2025DAL173518175.5001
2026DAL510461.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
39
TOT
66
SOLO
39
AST
27
SACK
15.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
2

Per game

GP
5
TOT
2
SOLO
0.8
AST
1.2
SACK
0.2
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022DET71.71.60.11.1000.1
2023DET20.50.500.0000.0
2024DET81.00.60.40.1000.0
2025DAL172.11.110.3000.1
2026DAL52.00.81.20.2000.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
39
TOT
1.7
SOLO
1
AST
0.7
SACK
0.4
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
27 yearsNov 16, 1998
Height
6' 1"
Weight
248 lbs
Experience
5 years
Birthplace
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Draft
2022Rd 6, Pk 217
College
Jackson State
Salary
$1.15 million2026

Latest performance

James Houston

Nov 08 · @ IND · W 27-23

TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

23% of his club's defensive snaps a game (64 in 4 games); 48% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1NYG1014%10
3BAL00%16
7PHI35%14
8ARI2025%17
9IND3148%7

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

James Houston has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Shoulder

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

Games

All games

Next

vs SFSun, Nov 15

vs SF since 2024

1
GP
0
TOT
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08atINDW 27-234300
Sun, Nov 01vsARIL 33-30 OT2110
Mon, Oct 26atPHIW 38-212000
Sun, Sep 27vsBALL 34-311000
Sun, Sep 13atNYGL 28-201000
Sun, Jan 04atNYGL 34-173100

What are James Houston's career stats?

James Houston has played 5 seasons for the Lions and the Cowboys. He has recorded 66 tackles and 15.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2025: 35 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 5 @ CAR on Oct 12, 2025, L 30-27
  • Sacks: 3 vs CHI on Jan 1, 2023, W 41-10
James Houston's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20261—
202551.5
202431.0
20231—
202233.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2022.

James Houston college stats

James Houston played 4 seasons at Florida Gators and Jackson State Tigers (2018 to 2021): 104 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

James Houston's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2018Florida Gators261016002000
2019Florida Gators38211703.51000
2020Florida Gators372017011000
2021Jackson State Tigers303004151

scoring

James Houston's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2021Jackson State Tigers1002200012

returning

James Houston's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2018Florida Gators000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: James Houston's college game log.

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Playoff games

James Houston played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

James Houston's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2023SFL 34-3100.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.