Position: Defensive End
Class: Sophomore
Jersey Number: 53
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 270
Hometown: San Angelo, Texas
Howard entered last season as a little known transfer from North Texas. As a redshirt freshman not much was expected out of Howard. Most were hopeful he could be a decent rotation player and give some of the starters a breather.
Howard, however, had no intention of being a role player and quickly grabbed one of the starting defensive end jobs by the middle of conference play.
He led the team with eight and a half tackles for loss and five and a half sacks last season.