Top Recruits: Roseville linebacker brings versatility to Western Michigan

MLive is spending the summer checking in on the top 2024 football recruits in Michigan. Today provides a look into Roseville linebacker Huston Eubank, a Western Michigan commit who has played a variety of positions in high school.
BIO
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 220 pounds
Position: Linebacker
Year: 2024
Rated: Three-star per 247Sport, which ranks him the No. 50 overall prospect in Michigan.
Recruitment status: He committed to Western Michigan University.
Huston Eubank has the experience to play just about anywhere on defense in college.
But the Roseville senior is headed to Western Michigan to play linebacker, one of many positions he has mastered in four years on the varsity.
But to Roseville head coach Vernard Snowden, there is one more position that Eubank excels at for the Panthers.
“He’s a three-year captain, and his leadership sets him far from a lot of players,” Snowden said. “His leadership makes him special.
“He’s the first one here for workouts, the last one to leave. He’s the hardest working kid on the team, and he’s been that for four years.”
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior takes plenty of experience to Western. He started at safety as a freshman before moving to outside linebacker and then to inside linebacker, all while also starting at tailback.
“He has the ability to play anywhere,” Snowden said. “He’s twitchy. He’s fast. He has size and physicality. He competes. All that has helped him be the player he is.”
Multi-Position Ability
Eubank expects to play at linebacker for the Broncos, but he’s open to moving wherever Western wants him to play.
“I don’t think moving to other positions is hard,” Eubank said. “I was outside, but I think I’m going back inside. I already know how to play the position.
“Early on my freshman and sophomore year, I played safety. I started to bulk up and put on some weight so I can get down in the trenches.”
Western’s defense helped sway Eubank toward Kalamazoo. He received plenty offers, including from Air Force, Navy, Howard, Toledo and Central Michigan.
“The defense they run feels like it will fit me the most,” Eubank said. “They blitz a lot. We probably blitz the most in the Macomb area. The defensive scheme is something I’m already used to. It feels like a plug-and-play situation for me.
“I like blitzing.”
Second Home
Eubank’s first college visit was to Penn State, but the Roseville linebacker did not receive an official offer from any Big Ten teams.
“Some of it was because he was injured going into his junior year, so he didn’t camp as much as he would have liked to,” Snowden said. “He definitely had a lot of those schools keeping tabs on him.
“Even now, they still have an eye on him in case he might want to flip.”
For now, however, Eubank is looking forward to suiting up for Western.
“It really felt like a second home,” Eubank said. “The way the coaches treated me was unbelievable compared to other schools, like I was already enrolled in the school.”
Big Goals
Eubank, however, is still enrolled at Roseville and has big goals for his senior season. The Panthers have made the playoffs in all three of Eubank’s seasons but have lost each year to Warren de la Salle, the two-time defending Division 2 state champions.
Eubank will have fewer responsibilities this season, according to Snowden.
“He’s a strong runner, but we’ve been blessed with some running backs to take that load off him,” Snowden said. “He’s good, so he’ll play a little bit there. But we’ll be able to let him focus on defense.”
That’s fine with Eubank.
“Our goal is to go 9-3 and past regionals … that’s the farthest we’ve been,” Eubank said. “We have the players to do it. Our 2024 class is the biggest class we’ve had. Our team is mostly seniors, but we have some really good 2025 players too.
“We have so many good players. We have the team to do some really great things this season.”