Houshun Gaines Season 2018

2018: Suffered a season-ending knee injury at Pitt (11/10) ... Led the squad with 4.5 sacks ... Tallied a sack at North Carolina (10/13) ... Posted 2.5 sacks and four tackles at Duke (9/29) ... Had three QB hurries and three tackles at Old Dominion (9/22) ... Posted a sack, forced two fumbles and had a fumble recovery vs. William & Mary (9/8) ... Had four tackles, one fumble recovery and a PBU at Florida State (9/3).

2017: Played in 12 games making two starts … Recorded 24 tackles including 7.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and one fumble recovery … Made two stops vs. West Virginia (9/3) … Had one tackle and one quarterback hurry at East Carolina (9/16) … Recorded one tackles at Boston College (10/7) … Made two stops including one sack vs. North Carolina (10/21) … Had three tackles vs. Duke (10/28) … Made one stop at Miami (11/4) … Recorded two tackles including one tackle for loss at Georgia Tech (11/11) … Had four stops including onen sack at Virginia (11/24) … Recorded four tackles including two tackles for loss and one sack against Oklahoma State in the Camping World Bowl (12/28).
 
 2016: Played in 12 games ... Recorded five tackles includng 0.5 sacks on the season ... Registered one tackle in games against ECU, North Carolina, Miami, Virginia and Clemson in the ACC Championship game ... Recorded the 0.5 sack versus ECU.
  
High School: Listed as the No. 31 weakside defensive end in the nation and the No. 25 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals … Rated as the No. 76 strongside defensive end in the country and the No. 47 player in his state by 247Sports … Listed as the No. 85 defensive end in the country by Scout … Ranked as the No. 66 defensive end in the country and the No. 24 player in the state by ESPN Recruiting Nation... A member of the All-Atlantic Region Team by SuperPrep … Had 78 tackles, including 15 for loss and 10 sacks, during his senior season at Nash Central … Won the Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award … Represented North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, an all-star game that features top seniors from North Carolina against their counterparts in South Carolina … Tallied 85 tackles, including 21 for a loss and 11.5 sacks as a junior.
 
 Personal: Son of Jeff Gaines and the late Tardra Hilliard … Has two older brothers and two older sisters … Majoring in sociology