Katin Houser

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Weight:
225
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Anaheim, Calif.
High School:
St. John Bosco
Prev School:
Michigan State
Major:
Economics

Senior in the classroom with two years of eligibility remaining … Two-year letterman (1/East Carolina, 1/Michigan State) … Played in 21 career games making 14 starts (7 in 2023, 7 in 2024) … Completed 262 of 438 passes (59.8 pct.) for 3,138 yards … Thrown 24 touchdowns to 16 interceptions … Rushed 171 yards on 98 carries (1.7 ypr) with six additional scores … Transferred to East Carolina from Michigan State University who enrolling in January of 2024.

2025 (East Carolina): Named to Manning Award Watch List.

2024 (East Carolina): Played in nine games (seven starts) during initial year with the program where he earned varsity letter … Logged 544 total plays all on offense … Completed 149 of 245 passes for 2,006 yards (60.8 pct.) … Threw 18 touchdowns with 11 interceptions … Registered a 144.9 pass efficiency rating … Rushed for 170 yards on 49 carries (3.5 ypr) with four scores … Tallied 2,176 all-purpose yards and averaged 241.8 yards of total offense per game … Made ECU debut against Norfolk State completing all three pass attempts for 50 yards … In second outing, which was in a reserve role, completed 11 of 28 passes for 84 yards and one interception against Charlotte … First start for the Pirates came at Army where he threw for 282 yards on 24 of 28 passing with three scores … After taking over the starting job against Army (Oct. 19) guided the Pirates to a 5-2 record which included a 26-21 win over NC State in the Go Bowling Military Bowl … During that stretch, completed 135 of 214 passes for 1,872 yards and has thrown 18 touchdowns to 10 interceptions with a 155.0 efficiency rating … Passed for 300 or more yards in a game twice (343/FAU, 314/Tulsa) … In all, passed for 200 or more yards in a game six times … Had a TD pass in six of nine games played (all coming in starts) … Rann for 29 or more yards in a game on three occasions … Established new career-highs in carries (13/NC State), rushing yards (84/NC State), rushing TDs (2/NC State), longest rush (35/FAU), passing yards (343/FAU), passing TDs (5/Temple, 5/FAU) and longest completion (64/FAU) … Stood 47th nationally in passing TDs and 92nd in passing yards … Thrown TDs against Army (53, 11 and 12 yards), Temple (42, 17, 9, 45 and 16 yards), Florida Atlantic (50, 47, 8, 46 and 2 yards), Tulsa (4 yards), North Texas (50 and 28 yards) and Navy (9 and 52 yards) … Rushed for 1-yard score at Army (4Q) … Career-long rush of 35 yards came against FAU (2Q) resulting in a touchdown … Scored a pair of ground TDs against NC State (19 and 4 yards) against the Wolfpack in the Military Bowl game … Named game day captain against North Texas … Registered a pair of 5-TD passing games against Temple (Oct. 26) and Florida Atlantic (Nov. 7) in consecutive games … Became third QB in school history throwing five touchdowns in consecutive games (others: Dominique Davis in 2010, Shane Carden in 2013) … One of six quarterbacks in program history to throw at five or more aerial scores in a game … Topped the ESPN’s Total QBR for Week 11 (vs. Florida Atlantic) with a 99.7 rating … Garnered national weekly honors by Davey O’Brien Great 8 and Manning Star of the Week on Nov. 11 following Florida Atlantic contest … Earned AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11) and Honor Roll (Oct. 28) accolades.

2023 (Michigan State): Played in 11 games where he completed 112 of 191 passes (59.0 pct) with 1,130 yards where he earned first career letter … Threw six touchdown passes and was picked off five times … Three single-game best three aerial scores at Indiana where he completed 25 of 39 passes (64.1 pct) for 277 yards … Also threw a pair of TD passes at Rutgers and one against Nebraska … Passed for 100 or more yards in a game five times (72 or more on nine occasions) … Completed a season-long pass of 61 yards against Washington … Rushed 48 times on the season for minus 12 yards … Scored TDs against Washington (four yards) and Rutgers (12 yards).

2022 (Michigan State): Appeared in one game during first year with the program … Made collegiate debut against Akron where he played six offensive snaps … Completed 1 of 2 passes for two yards … Rushed one for 13 yards resulting in a first down in the fourth quarters against the Zips.

High School: Consensus four-star prospect (Rivals.com, ESPN.com, 247Sports, On3.com) at St. John Bosco … Was an Elite 11 finalist prior to arriving to Michigan State … Ranked one of the top overall players in the nation by Rivals.com (No. 140), 247Sports (No. 212) and On3.com (No. 251) in the Class of 2022 … Rated one of the best quarterback prospects in the nation by Rivals.com (No. 11, pro-style), 247Sports (No. 12), On3.com (No. 15) and ESPN.com (No. 18, pocket passer) … Participated in the finals of the Elite 11 quarterback competition … Listed among the best overall prospects in the state of California by Rivals.com (No. 9), On3.com (No. 18), 247Sports (No. 18) and ESPN.com (No. 25) … Completed 65 percent of his passes (92 of 142) for 1,408 yards and 12 touchdowns against just two interceptions in his first 11 games of the season while sharing time at quarterback for the Braves during senior season … Helped St. John Bosco to a 10-2 overall record and a No. 7 national ranking by MaxPreps … Was 7 of 11 passing for 129 yards and one TD in win over Servite (Oct. 29) … Completed 13 of 18 throws for 189 yards and three TDs in win over Orange Lutheran (Oct. 15) … Was 7 of 11 passing for 156 yards and one TD vs. top-ranked Mater Dei (Oct. 1) … Connected on 11 of 15 passes for 161 yards and two TDs in victory against Oscar Smith (Sept. 17) … Threw for 197 yards and one TD on 11 of 15 passing in win over Alemany (Aug. 27) … Completed 41 of 65 passes for 643 yards and seven touchdowns in just six games due to a COVID-shortened junior season that was played in the spring of 2021 … Transferred to St. John Bosco in California for his final two seasons after playing at Liberty High School in Nevada … Member of the 2019 state championship team at Liberty High School, completing 7 of 11 passes for 150 yards and one TD in four games as a sophomore … Also played two games as a freshman on varsity at Liberty HS in 2018.

Personal: Son of John and Erica Houser … Majoring in economics with an expectation of graduating in December of 2025 … Named to ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll in the fall of 2024 ... Named to American Conference All-Academic Team (2024).