Arizona: 3L... Enters fall camp as a top contender for starting duty at inside linebacker... One of UA's most experienced defenders... Finished 2003 with 48 tackles in 10 games (five starts), with a pass interception, 2 pass deflections, a fumble recovery and 1.5 tackles for loss... Career-high eight tackles at Oregon State, with seven s. Washington and six against USC... Missed two games with shoulder problems... Underwent shoulder surgery during spring 2003 drills but made it back for season opener... Played in 10 games for the Wildcats during the 2002 season and ended the year with 30 total tackles (20 solo), a tackle for loss, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble... Had a solo tackle in the Arizona State, Stanford and Wisconsin games... Tallied four tackles, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble versus UCLA... Notched six tackles at Oregon State... Had four solo hits in the Washington State game... Started at middle linebacker in the Oregon game for an injured Lance Briggs and finished with seven tackles... In his break-out performance of the season, Howard had six tackles, including a tackle for loss, and recovered a fumble in the North Texas game... Played in all 11 games during the 2001 season and closed the year with 20 tackles (14 solo) and two tackles for loss... Had a season-best four tackles both versus Oregon and against USC... Tallied three solo hits at California and two tackles at Oregon State... Notched a solo tackle in each of the Washington State and San Diego State games... Tallied 5.5 tackles in the 2001 Red-Blue game... Redshirted in 2000 and worked with the defensive scout team.
High School: La Marque High School, La Marque, Texas, 2000... Played linebacker and earned three varsity letters for coach Larry Walker... Earned all-district, all-county, all-super team accolades as a junior and senior... Named to the Greater Houston Area Team (first-team honors)... All-state selection as a senior... Honorable mention All-USA team, district MVP and Houston area defensive MVP... Finished the 1999 season with 147 tackles (98 solo), three sacks, one interception and 16 quarterback rushes... Had 122 tackles (76 solo), four sacks and 12 quarterback rushes as a junior... Named region defensive player of the year by the Houston Touchdown Club for 1999... SuperPrep All-America honors (all-region team)... Also lettered in baseball, track and field and powerlifting... Honor roll... Rotary Student of the Month.
Howard's Career Stats
Year G-GS UT AT TT TFL Other
2001 11-0 14 6 20 2-1 -
2002 10-1 20 10 30 1-1 2 FR, 1 FF
2003 10-5 27 21 48 1.5-8 INT, FF, 2 PD
Total 31-6 61 37 98 4.5-10 2 FR, 2 FF, 2 PD, INT
