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Heisman / Players / Devontae Houston /UConn

Devontae Houston

RB · UConn · Sr · #3

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSUConn 2023 alumnus

RB · UCONN · FBS INDEPENDENTS

Devontae Houston

  • 4
  • #3
  • 5-10 | 163 lb
  • Roanoke, AL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1713

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023
10.02021
5782022
1612023

+1510%

Up 1510% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#3597 national
CFB
College
UConn
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey3
Measurements5-10 | 163 lb
HometownRoanoke, AL
Primary teamUConn

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 2-star No. 3597 recruit
Composite rating 0.7700 HighSchool
Signed with UConn 2020
Origin Handley Roanoke, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 2-star | 0.7700 No. 3597 recruit | HighSchool | UConn

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 19
Current nowcast#1713Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2179Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★☆☆☆

to UConn

Composite

0.7700

#3597 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Devontae Houston

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Devontae Houston

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Devontae Houston's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UConn, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #1713 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 220 161 rush | 59 rec | #366/735 (50th pct)
Rush TD 0 34 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 4.7 Per-rush efficiency | #343/735 (53rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
34 50th
YDS
161 50th
YPC
4.7 53rd
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
4 38th
YDS
59 54th
YPR
14.8 94th
TD
1 89th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 17-72@ Tennessee4-9-2.301Season-high -9 yds
Total4-9-2.301
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced
2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2023UConn341614.70--
2022UConn845786.93--
2021UConn4102.50--
Career3 loaded seasons1227496.13--
SeasonTeam
2023UConn45914.81--
2022UConn10474.70--
2021UConn111029.30--
Career3 loaded seasons252088.31--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 4 59 rec yds | #343/552 (38th pct)
Usage 5.7% 3.3% rush share | #502/738 (32nd pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 161 #366/735 50th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.7 #343/735 53rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 4 #343/552 38th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 59 #252/548 54th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 5.7% #502/738 32nd pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 34 #370/739 50th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 27 #321/733 56th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 37 #87/540 84th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 14.8 #35/548 94th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #60/552 89th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 9.3% #382/738 48th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 7.6% #66/738 91st pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 7.6% #443/738 40th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.7% #531/738 28th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 3.3% #682/738 8th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 2.1% #606/738 18th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.0% #622/738 16th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Road1g-9.0-2.30.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Losses1g-9.0-2.30.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-71g-9.0-2.30.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2023

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

Pass share

53.5%

451 pass / 392 run

Plays / game

64.8

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

314 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
Lou Spanos
UConn
2022
Jim Mora
UConn
era →
2023
Jim Mora
UConn

Coaching transition mid-career: Lou Spanos → Jim Mora. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownRoanoke, AL
Height5'10"
Weight163 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey3

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2023 UConn RB4 #1713 #2179 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | FBS Independents
2022 UConn RB4 #722 #923 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents
2021 UConn RB4 #2646 #3192 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2023 UConn FBS Independents RB 4 No. 3 | 5-10 | 163 lb | Roanoke, AL
2022 UConn FBS Independents RB 4 No. 3 | 5-10 | 163 lb | Roanoke, AL
2021 UConn FBS Independents RB 4 No. 3 | 5-10 | 163 lb | Roanoke, AL