The Oregonian · Feb 21, 2017
New center Sumner Houston striving for perfection while making first snaps since 3rd grade
Sumner Houston made 11 starts while playing all 24 games on the defensive line over the past two seasons.CORVALLIS - At the northeast corner of the Merrit Truax Indoor Center, Sumner Houston took a break from what has become his new post-practice routine.
Along with fellow center Yanni Demogerontas, the former defensive lineman fires off 50 shotgun snaps in order to perfect a form that he has not seriously honed since the third grade.
"I had two bad ones today," Houston said Saturday. "Got to get it perfect."
During an offseason in which surreal moments have become commonplace, the most jarring one came in the backyard of his family's Northern California home.