James Houston

lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · DAL · LB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$1,087,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$1,145,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

1. 2026 · DAL · LB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · DAL · LB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved18 solo tkl · 0 ast · 5.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
3. 2024 · DET · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 solo tkl · 1 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
4. 2023 · DET · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
5. 2022 · DET · LB · 7 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved10 solo tkl · 1 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · DAL at SEA3 tackles (2-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · DAL at ARIStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-23
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NO at DALStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
• Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · DAL at NYG1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2021 · Jackson State · defensive3 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2020 · Florida · defensive37 tkl · 1 sackHC Dan MullenCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2019 · Florida · defensive38 tkl · 3.5 sackHC Dan MullenCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
4. 2018 · Florida · defensive26 tkl · 0 sackHC Dan MullenCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2022 · round 6 · pick 217 · DET · Jackson St.

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id HousJa01: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract (asOf 2026-09-20)

Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2026

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present