Jack Howell

Photo by: CSU Athletics Communications

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
5-10
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fort Collins, Colo.
High School:
Hamilton (Ariz.)

Awards and Honors

• Team Captain - 2023, 2024
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List (2023, 2024)
• Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List (2023, 2024)
• All-Mountain West, Preseason (League, 2024)

• All-Mountain West, First Team (League, 2023)
• Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List (2023)

• All-Mountain West, First Team (League & PFF, 2022)

• FWAA Freshman All-American, 2021
• Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Week 3 / Week 12, 2021)

at Colorado State

Senior, 2024 (11/11):

• Started the first eight games of the season before being sidelined for the next two
• Finished third on the team in tackles with 84 and 37 solo stops
• Added a TFL and forced fumble
• Recorded five pass breakups with a season-high two against Northern Colorado
• Had four games with double-figure tackles with a season-high 14 against Utah State

Junior, 2023 (12/12):
• Led the team in tackles with 114, including 50 solo stops
• Finished second in the Mountain West in total tackles
• Grabbed an interception against Utah Tech and returned it for 23 yards
• Added three quarterback hurries and three pass breakups
• Forced a fumbled at Colorado and recovered one at Utah State

Sophomore, 2022 (11/10):
• Led the Rams and all of the nation’s defensive backs with 108 total tackles
• 42 solo tackles and 66 assisted tackles
• Secured an interception in three consecutive games (Middle Tennessee, Washington State, Sacramento State)
• Missed the Nevada game due to injury
• Had three additional pass break-ups and one forced fumble
• Recorded double-digit tackles in four games including career-highs of 17 against Middle Tennessee and Boise State
• He and his father, John, became the first father-son duo in Mountain West history to be named to the All-Conference teams
• First underclassman defensive back to earn first or second team All-MW honors and first overall since Greg Myers did so as a freshman (1992) and sophomore (1993) in the WAC

Freshman, 2021 (11/6):
• Participated in 2021 spring practices as an early enrollee
• After sitting out the first week, he played the second then started four consecutive games at safety
• Became the third Ram named to the FWAA Freshman All-American team
• Named Mountain West Freshman of the Week after making his first start at Toledo and finishing with nine tackles
• Finished fifth on the team with 64 tackles, 41 of them solo stops
• Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss
• Intercepted his first pass vs. San Jose State, finishing the year with four passes defended
• Had three games with 10 or more tackles, setting a career-best with 11 stops at Hawaii (all solo tackles)

Personal/High School

• Played for coach Mike Zedebski
• Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports composite
• Transferred to Hamilton in Arizona for his senior season due to the global pandemic
• Previously attended Valor Christian HS in Colorado
• Posted 100 tackles with five passes defended as a junior, posted 82 stops with three interceptions and six total touchdowns as a sophomore
• His team won the state title in 2018
• In 2019, placed sixth at the state wrestling championships
• Parents are John and Laura
• John starred at Colorado State and went on to play with Tampa Bay and Seattle in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl title with Tampa Bay
• Older sister, Jaelin, played soccer at Florida State and won the Hermann Trophy in 2020 and 2021 as the nation’s top college soccer player and has drawn international appearances with the USWNT and plays professionally in the NWSL