Shreveport’s Newest Football Star Picks LSU With Trading Card

What a quick rise it has been for Shreveport's latest football star. While he's just a Junior playing high school football on Broadacres Road for Evangel Academy, Peyton 'Pop' Houston has already crammed a lot into his football career.

Now, his stock just went up again.

Who Is Peyton 'Pop' Houston?

Peyton Houston is the starting quarterback for Evangel Academy in Shreveport, and he's one of the top football recruits in the country. According to MaxPreps, he had over 4,400 passing yards last season, with 38 passing touchdowns. For his Evangel career, MaxPreps lists his passing-yards-per-game at 343.9 yards.

He's listed at 6'0 and 205 lbs. on the MaxPreps site as well...although ESPN has him listed at 5'11 and 200 lbs...but either way, he's proven he can play some football.

When Is Peyton 'Pop' Houston's Recruiting Class?

Houston is in the 2027 college football recruiting class. ESPN has him rated as a 4-star prospect, and is ranked 77th overall in the whole class.

Currently ESPN has him as the 4th overall quarterback in the entire country for the 2027 class as well. With the recruiting sites having a published difference between "pocket passer" and "dual threat" quarterbacks, Houston is rated as the #1 overall "pocket passer" in the 2027 class.

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Where is Peyton 'Pop' Houston Going To Play In College?

This week, a big event was held at Evangel for Houston to make his college commitment. During that event, Houston announced that he was committing to LSU, and staying in Louisiana.

That commitment was a big shock to many in the college football recruiting world, with Oklahoma being considered a better-than-90% prediction from some sites. With LSU having a less than 1% chance of signing him.

One of the coolest aspects of Houston's announcement was the inclusion of his own trading card to celebrate the decision.

These Leaf trading cards were handed out during the commitment event at Evangel.

The cards are part of Houston's name/image/likeness, or NIL, deal with Leaf Trading Cards. Houston signed the NIL deal with the card company in 2024 after his Freshman season. That's right, Houston signed a 5-year-deal with one of the biggest trading card companies in the world as a high school freshman.

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That's how you know you're good. When you're in high school still and people can pull your autograph out of a box of cards around the globe.

Now Houston will aim to take his talents to Baton Rouge, where he will look to keep the Shreveport football legend growing.