HOUSE FILE // HERM IS ELITE
HOULE // THE HOUND
Big Fig Ben Houle. The Concrete Crippler.
THE STORY
The 2026 chronicle casts Houle as The Hound: blunt, stubborn and built for ugly fights. He already owns a banner, which means every rebuild argument starts from a different place than it does for the ringless houses.
LEAGUE RÉSUMÉ
Titles: 1 — 2016
ACTs: 1
ACT Score: 21
Current team: HERM IS ELITE
2026 opening tier: The Sewer // #10 Iron Throne Index
HOW HE BUILDS
Houle made one of the league’s clearest 2026 bets: pull premium value forward, take the shot now, and preserve enough later-round capital to reload if it fails.
2026 RECEIPTS
Sent DeVonta Smith to Preach for a 2027 first, then moved his 2026 first plus two 2027 firsts to Bru for Bru’s 2026 first and used the maneuvering to help secure Jeremiyah Love. He still holds five 2027 second-round picks.
CURRENT ERA
Love, Fernando Mendoza and Tet McMillan give Houle real young upside. Rodgers, Deebo, Pitts and Cousins make the bridge to that future much less comfortable. The Hound begins the year trying to claw out of the Sewer.
2025 ERA // THE WRESTLING CHRONICLE
BIG RIG BEN HOULE // A-
“Steel-toed, spreadsheet-certified draft day domination.”
Houle’s biggest draft to that point was built on volume, wide-receiver depth and blue-collar value hunting.
Draft class: 1.04 Tetairoa McMillan // 2.04 Kyle Williams // 3.02 Dont’e Thornton // 3.07 Dylan Sampson // 4.04 Ollie Gordon // 5.04 Xavier Restrepo.
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