| Height: 6-8 | Weight: 333 | College: Northern Iowa | |
| 2008 Season |
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Second team All-Missouri Valley at left tackle. |
| 2007 Season |
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Started all 13 games at tight end … used as more of a blocker than a downfield receiver … hauled in five passes for 38 yards and a touchdown on the season … caught his first collegiate pass for seven yards in UNI's 24-13 win at Iowa State (9/8) … caught a career-high two passes for 20 yards in a 42-3 win at Western Illinois (10/20) … nabbed his first collegiate touchdown pass on a four-yard toss from Eric Sanders in the fourth quarter of UNI's FCS playoff quarterfinal game against Delaware (12/1). |
| 2006 Season |
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Saw action in 10 games … drew two starting assignments against Indiana State (10/14) and against Western Illinois (10/28) when the Panthers began the game with a two-tight end alignment … did not record a statistic as he was used mostly in a blocking role. |
| 2005 Season |
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Redshirted. |
| High School | |
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Second-team all-state, first-team Quad-City Times, all-Metro, first-team all-Mississippi Athletic Conference … team captain … high school coach: Matt Verdon … led Blue Devils with 15 catches for 243 yards and four TDs. | |
| Personal | |
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Born March 22, 1987, in Davenport, Iowa … son of Elston and Jamie Howard … general studies major … brother, Marcel, played at Iowa State and for the Detroit Lions … also recruited by Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State and Northern Illinois. | |
