Calen Bullock
Houston TexansUNDERPAIDModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 17 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Rookie tier 3 (#19) to sophomore tier 2 (#14) for a 78th overall 3rd-round pick puts Bullock on a strong developmental arc. The USC Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus the structural Texans anchor role gives him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Bullock earns his first Pro Bowl plus crosses into tier 1 territory or whether the developmental climb stabilizes at top-15 S.
Bullock came out of USC as the Houston Texans' 3rd-round pick (78th overall) in 2024. The Texans installed him in the starting safety rotation from his rookie year. His STTM career runs tier 3 (#19) rookie to tier 2 (#14) sophomore, a strong year-over-year developmental climb.
Strengths
- Back-to-back top-20 STTM finishes (#19, #14) for a 78th overall 3rd-round pick puts him on the fastest S developmental pace.
- USC Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus two years of Texans structural anchor reps gives him real college foundation.
Concerns
- Single tier 2 finish without prior top-15 STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
- Houston's broader defensive identity around the C.J. Stroud offensive priority puts continued Bullock production partly outside his control.
What to watch: Whether Bullock earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus crosses into tier 1 (top 10), the threshold for confirming the developmental climb continues.