Sumner Houston

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-2
Weight:
280
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Dublin, Calif.
High School:
De La Salle HS

CAREER
• Finished with 48 games played, including 24 on the offensive line. Made 11 starts at defensive tackle and 23 on the offensive line
• Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection

2018 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in and started all 12 games at center
• Part of an offensive line that helped Jermar Jefferson become the first OSU running back to 1,000 yards in a decade. Jefferson had seven games of 100 or more yards, including two of 200 or more.
• Demogerontas and the offensive line paved the way for eight 100-yard games in 2018 as Artavis Pierce eclipsed that plateau in the season opener at Ohio State
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2017 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in all 12 games, making 11 starts, all at center
• Switched to the offensive line from defensive line during the spring
• Part of an offensive line that enabled three 100-yard rushing efforts by Ryan Nall
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection

2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in all 12 games starting eight at defensive tackle
• Recorded 13 tackles along the defensive interior in 2016
• Registered a season-high three tackles against Idaho State
• Received Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention accolades

2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in all 12 games starting three on the defensive line
• Earned his first career start at Washington State
• Finished the season starting at nose tackle in the final two games
• Registered 21 tackles in 2015
• Tallied career-best four tackles at Oregon
• Recorded four tackles including a half tackle-for-loss in the 2015 Spring Game
• Received Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors

2014 (FRESHMAN)
• Redshirt
• Played across the defensive line on the scout team as a true freshman

DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL
• Rated the No. 62 defensive end in the country
• Bay Area News Group All-East Bay both ways, offensive and defensive line
• Bay Area News Group Defensive Player of the Year
• San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro First Team defensive line
• MaxPreps 2013 Northern California Defensive Player of the Year
• Cal-Hi Sports First Team California All-State defensive lineman
• MaxPreps 2013 second team All-American Defensive Team
• PrepStar All-West Region
• Student Sports 2013 Second Team All-American defensive lineman
• Three-year starter
• Co-team captain as a senior
• Helped De La Salle to 42-2 varsity record
• De La Salle won consecutive California State Championships in 2011 and 2012
• Recorded 59 tackles, including 14 tackles-for-loss as a senior
• East Bay Athletic League MVP as a senior
• Also a standout in wrestling where as a sophomore; he placed in the heavyweight division of the North Coast Section Championships

PERSONAL
• Son of Guy and Inge Houston
• Has one brother, Bart, and a sister, Glynnis
• Brother, Bart, was a quarterback at Wisconsin
• Father, Guy, was a scholarship athlete in baseball and football at St. Mary’s College
• His grandfather was a scholarship football athlete at Fresno State
• Eagle Scout
• Graduated from De La Salle with a 3.6 cumulative GPA