Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Oregon State
Howard Croom
TE • 6'3" • Long Beach, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Howard Croom reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Howard Croom built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Howard Croom's career was his receiving role: 28...
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- Committed To
- Oregon State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Howard Croom, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Oregon State. Howard Croom reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 232
- Receptions
- 28
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Howard Croom quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 232
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wilson · Oregon State
- High school pipeline
- Wilson · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Class 2009
- 2009 Receiving yards rank
- 4 receiving yards · TE 268th (top 95%) · Pac-10 132nd (top 94%) · National 1,628th (top 96%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Oregon State | 8 | 20 | 188 | 3 | 69.8 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Oregon State | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 |
Related Context
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Howard Croom played TE for Oregon State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Howard Croom recorded 232 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 188 primary output with 64.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 64.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2007 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
23.5
Efficiency
64.6
Usage
13.4
Consistency
70
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 12. Cincinnati: 43. Arizona State: 37. Arizona: 9. Stanford: 24. USC: 21. Washington State: 14. Oregon: 28
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 1 by 80. Cincinnati: 3 by 95.6. Arizona State: 5 by 49.3. Arizona: 1 by 60. Stanford: 3 by 53.3. USC: 2 by 70. Washington State: 2 by 46.7. Oregon: 3 by 62.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17.4 · Games = 5 · -16.3 vs Losses
Losses33.7 · Games = 3 · +16.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
95.6 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/1 | @ Oregon | W 38-31 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Washington State | W 52-17 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Sun 11/4 | @ USC | L 3-24 | — | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Stanford | W 23-6 | — | 3 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Arizona | W 31-16 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 9/23 | @ Arizona State | L 32-44 | — | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 7.40 | 1 | 14 |
| Thu 9/6 | @ Cincinnati | L 3-34 | — | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 0 | 18 |
| Fri 8/31 | vs Utah | W 24-7 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Player Story
Howard Croom story
Howard Croom built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a tight end from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 88, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Howard Croom's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 232 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Howard Croom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Oregon State
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Oregon State | 3 | 20 | 5.6 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Oregon State | 188 | 64.6 | 13.4 | 185 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Oregon State | 37 | 43.3 | 8.3 | -151 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Oregon State | 4 | 26.7 | 3.4 | -33 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Cincinnati
Week 2 · L 3-34
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
43
Receiving Yards
75.6 takeover
43 receiving yards with a 95.6 efficiency score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 14 · L 38-65 · Conference game
17
Receiving Yards
70.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · L 32-44 · Conference game
37
Receiving Yards
65 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
37 receiving yards with a 49.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Stanford
Week 9 · W 23-6 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
60.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ USC
Week 10 · L 3-24 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
59.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Oregon State
188 primary output · 64.6 efficiency · 13.4 usage
69.8
#2
2008 Regular Season · Oregon State
40.5
37 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2006 Regular Season · Oregon State
35.1
3 primary · 20 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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