Right after the story broke that former Florida State offensive coordinator Walt Bell would be leaving the program to take the head coaching job at Massachusetts, I began writing this draft about how FSU QB commit would sign with North Carolina instead of the Seminoles.
Howell (6’1, 225), from Monroe (N.C.) Sun Valley High School, is presently ranked the nation’s No. 3 prostyle passer. His decommitment comes as no shock, because he’s long thought to have been committed more to Bell than FSU— not that that means he’s headed to New England with Bell. Howell has opted for his home state Tar Heels, the team he grew up supporting.