C.J. Douglas holds the SS · Backup spot in Houston Cougars’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

C.J. Douglas is a safety from Leeds, Alabama who transferred to Houston after two seasons at Samford. At Samford (2023-24), he appeared in 22 games with 10 starts, recording 63.0 tackles and 5.0 pass breakups in 2024 while earning Second Team All-Southern Conference honors. He posted a 93.8 run-defense grade that led all FCS safeties and a 86.2 overall defensive grade ranking 10th among FCS safeties. As a junior in 2025, Douglas played in 12 games for the Cougars, splitting time between defense and special teams with 12 total tackles and one interception across 77 defensive snaps and 159 special teams snaps.

Samfordthrough 2024

Houston2025 — present