Tulane coaches liked what they saw from Keon Howard long before he decided to come to the school.
It was after Howard's final high school season when assistant Jack Curtis took a liking to Howard's running and throwing abilities. Efforts to get the three-star-rated quarterback committed, however, came up a little short.
"We kind of came in late," Tulane coach Willie Fritz said Friday (Aug. 3).
The comment from Fritz came one day after the Green Wave signed Howard as a transfer set to join the team in the next day or so. A crowded quarterback room at Southern Mississippi caused the Laurel, Mississippi, native to make a change.