Cedric Houston
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Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born | June 28, 1982 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Clarendon (Clarendon, Arkansas) | ||||||||||||
| College | Tennessee | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2005: 6th round, 182nd overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Cedric Leonard Houston (born June 28, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Houston played football, basketball, baseball and track and field while at Clarendon High School in Clarendon, Arkansas.[1] He played in the first ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl on December 30, 2000. He held the Arkansas Activities Association record for career touchdowns with 97 from 2000 to 2022 at Clarendon High.[citation needed]
College career
Houston was a three-year starter at the University of Tennessee.[2] He and Gerald Riggs, Jr. became the first players in Volunteers history to both amass 1,000 yards in the same season in 2004.[3][4] In the 2004 season, he had three games over the 100-yard mark and two games with multiple touchdowns.[5]