The case
2026 captain entering the season with 26 career starts.
QB · Illinois · Fifth Year
Katin Houser
Earlier Bowman card foundPAPER AUTO
PPG72.1OVERALL#41QB#124-GAME FORM71.3LATEST GAME67.6
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-47No Chrome auto on checklist
PAPERBPP-47
CHROMEBCP-47
CHROME AUTONOT LISTED
PAPER AUTOBPPA-KH
PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
A substantial efficiency baseline travels to a new offense. Evaluate the Illinois translation rather than rewarding accumulated career volume.
The production
At East Carolina in 2025: 3,300 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, six interceptions and 65.9% completions in 12 regular-season starts.
Latest game
The cited profile provides the dated observations above; a complete current-season statistical line is not yet verified.
NEXT CHECK
Check Illinois passing efficiency and turnover rate against the ECU baseline.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 1 autograph appearances · 0 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-47 | Illinois™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Katin Houser BPP-47 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-47 | Illinois™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Katin Houser BCP-47 |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-KH | Illinois™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Katin Houser BPPA-KH |
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1ST BOWMAN
Is this his 1st Bowman?
Earlier Bowman card foundWhy we call it this · 2 sources
2025 Bowman University Chrome Football: BASE CARDS II, #161, printed Katin Houser — ECU®.
Checked 2026-09-16 · high confidence · PDF page 3Source 1: 2025 Bowman University Chrome Football Checklist ↗2025 Bowman University Chrome Football: BOWMAN CHROME PROSPECTS AUTOGRAPHS II, #BCA-KH, printed Katin Houser — ECU®.
Checked 2026-09-16 · high confidence · PDF page 11Source 1: 2025 Bowman University Chrome Football Checklist ↗
Older Bowman check: 12 releases, 6,186 checklist rows
Direct evidence is listed below.
Name search: "Katin Houser" Bowman
Complete Bowman U NOW archive pagination was inaccessible (403); indexed coverage is incomplete. Same-name legacy Bo Jackson results refer to the Auburn legend and are excluded. Regional/team releases without available first-party checklists remain unverified.
Source 1: 2021-22 Bowman University Football ↗Source 2: 2022 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 3: 2022-23 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 4: 2022-23 Bowman University Inception ↗Source 5: 2023 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 6: 2023 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 7: 2023 Bowman University Chrome Football Sapphire ↗Source 8: 2024 Bowman University Chrome Football ↗Source 9: 2024 Bowman University Best Football ↗Source 10: 2024 Bowman University Chrome Football Sapphire ↗Source 11: 2025 Bowman University Chrome Football Checklist ↗Source 12: 2025 Bowman University Best Football ↗RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Illinois; QB; Fifth Year; 6-3; 225 lb.
Source 1: Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗- school
- Illinois (verified)
- position
- QB (verified)
- class
- Fifth Year (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-3 / 225 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- Illinois reports a consensus four-star high-school recruit. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- See explicitly dated profile observations; complete current-season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Check Illinois passing efficiency and turnover rate against the ECU baseline. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 72.1 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 75medium | 3,300 yards, 19 TD/6 INT and 12 regular-season ECU starts support the baseline. The separately cited high-school evidence supports the pedigree anchor; use the lower rating when services disagree.Source 1: Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 55medium | 3,300 yards, 19 TD/6 INT and 12 regular-season ECU starts support the baseline. The separately cited high-school evidence supports the pedigree anchor; use the lower rating when services disagree.Source 1: Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | 3,300 yards, 19 TD/6 INT and 12 regular-season ECU starts support the baseline. The separately cited high-school evidence supports the pedigree anchor; use the lower rating when services disagree.Source 1: Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 70medium | 3,300 yards, 19 TD/6 INT and 12 regular-season ECU starts support the baseline. The separately cited high-school evidence supports the pedigree anchor; use the lower rating when services disagree.Source 1: Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history72.1 PPG · 8 checks · unchanged
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | 72.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 32 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | 72.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 32 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | 72.1 | -9.4 / Not measured / Not measured | 28 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | 72.1 | -9.4 / Not measured / Not measured | 28 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 72.1 | -9.4 / Not measured / Not measured | 41 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- 2025 Bowman University Chrome Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Illinois: Katin Houser official profile / research ↗ · Illinois · checked 2026-09-22
- ESPN: Katin Houser vs. Southern Illinois Salukis ↗ · ESPN · checked 2026-09-23