Five-star pedigree working through the messy middle of development — the No. 26 recruit in the country moved from edge to defensive tackle at 292 pounds and flashed through an injury-marred 2025 with three sacks and a forced fumble in a rotation role. Houston's power conversion inside is the trait Ohio State keeps betting on, and the spring buzz around his leap has been loud two years running. His own accounting of last season — 'I feel like I let down the fans' — reads like a player who expects far more of himself. However, buzz is not yet a body of work: 28 career tackles across two seasons is a rotation player's ledger, and until he holds up as a full-time interior starter, the pedigree carries more weight than the tape. The 2026 season is his first as the unquestioned starter, and the position switch is now fully behind him. Day 3 track for the 2028 class today, with room to rewrite that if the breakout Columbus keeps predicting finally lands.