Program file · Conference USA · 2026 depth chart

Sam Houston

103 players scouted One-pager

02.24.46.78.910

Draft Caliber 0 UDFA 26 Developmental 77

0Draft caliber 0Round 1 14★ / 5★ 62Transfers in

Full roster on the board

Top Prospects

Room Strength · vs FBS pool average

2.9avg · 5 −0.7 Landyn Locke 5.0

3.4avg · 8 −0.1 Landan "Coco" Brown 6.0

3.6avg · 13 +0.2 Chris Reed 5.6

2.6avg · 7 −0.6 Max Whisner 3.1

3.2avg · 12 −0.3 Brian Bates Jr. 5.9

Bar = room average grade · tick = FBS pool average at the position · chip = room's top prospect

Depth Chart · 2026

Offense

1st string2nd string3rd string

5.0 Landyn Locke So

2.7 DJ Bailey R-So

Open

QB reserves Brett Holloway 2.2 Mason Holtzclaw 2.2 Shaan Patel 2.2

6.0 Landan "Coco" Brown R-Jr 5.8 Alton McCaskill Gr

3.7 Jerrian Parker Jr. Jr 2.5 Ah'Marion Gaines-Smith R-Sr

Open

RB reserves Kaden Winkfield 2.6 Nick Norman 2.4 MJ Dowdy 2.2 Trey Taylor 2.2

5.6 Chris Reed Sr 5.5 Grady O'Neill R-Sr 5.2 Kamari Maxwell So

5.2 Tim Burns Jr. Sr 4.1 Alijah Cason Jr 3.7 Aviyon Smith-Mack R-Jr

Open

WR reserves Kyan Berry-Johnson 2.8 Christian Zachary 2.8 Darrick Bledsoe III 2.7 Kaleb Mitchell 2.6 Ty Sexton 2.6 Matthew Tatum 2.3 Terrence Guillory II 2.2

3.1 Max Whisner R-Sr

2.9 Matt Smith Gr

Open

TE reserves London Deyon 2.6 Cooper Stevens 2.6 Brock Kuhl 2.6 Cade Hays 2.2 Jack Merryman 2.2

5.8 Josiah Chenault R-Jr 2.9 Carter Kadow R-So 2.8 Isaac Sohn Jr 2.7 Denell Nix Jr. So 2.6 Cam Todd R-Sr

2.7 Brock Stukes R-Jr 2.4 Jeremiah Edmond R-Jr 2.4 Zo'Maryon Bryan R-Jr 2.4 Jimmy Walls R-Jr 2.4 Joe Warren Jr

Open

OL reserves Logan Cahill 2.6 Myles Joseph 2.6 Graceson Spann 2.6 Elijah Collins 2.3 Nathan McClelland 2.3 Tr'e Williams 2.2 Carter Buchheit 2.2

Defense

1st string2nd string3rd string

5.6 Dylan Frazier R-Sr 4.4 Darien Jackson R-Jr 4.2 Chauncey Chidi R-Sr 3.2 She'Fon Boyd Jr

3.7 Jarra Anderson R-Jr 2.9 Josh Alexander-Felton R-So 2.9 Justin Terrell R-So 2.7 Brody Henderson So

Open

DL reserves Jayden Fry 2.8 Zion Taylor 2.8 Dimitry Nicolas 2.8 Caius Coy 2.6 Bryen Spaulding 2.4 Uzziah Warmate 2.2 Errol West Jr. 2.2

5.9 Brian Bates Jr. R-Jr 5.9 Dean Ford R-So 3.6 Ca'lub Holloway R-Sr

3.2 Tokyo Gordon Sr 2.9 Elijah Groves R-So 2.9 Stacy Bey So

Open

LB reserves Eli Wallace 2.4 Kade Houston 2.3 Cole Worthington 2.3 Ray Chatham 2.3 Mike King Jr. 2.2 Ryan Mallory 2.2

5.4 Ishmel Atkins R-Sr 4.6 Tyler Bailey R-Sr 3.9 Dravon Wilson R-So 3.8 Jace Arnold R-Jr 3.7 Caesar Magee Gr

3.5 Cameron Franklin R-Sr 3.3 Jalyn Stanford R-Jr 3.1 Joey Hunter Gr 2.9 Railyn Adams R-So 2.7 Octavius Henderson Sr

Open

DB reserves CJ June 2.6 Braylen Wortham 2.6 Lyric Smith 2.4 Justin Cottrell 2.3 Jaylon Jones 2.3 Robert McFarland 2.2 Jabaric Sullivan 2.2 Marcus Bourda Jr. 2.2 Joseph Opara 2.2

Special Teams

1st string2nd string3rd string

2.8 Sam Carpenter R-Jr

2.7 Nico Ottomanelli R-So

Open

K reserves Tate Ryan 2.2

4.1 Cal Joseph So

Open

2.6 Carson Whitington R-Sr

2.6 Cameron McCulloch R-So

Open

LS reserves Victor Gamboa 2.2