Player Dossier

2012-2015

Tennessee

Alton Howard

WR • 5'8" • Orlando, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Alton Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

Alton Howard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Orlando, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alton Howard's career was his receiving role: 55...

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Alton Howard, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Tennessee. Alton Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
626
Receptions
55
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Alton Howard quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · WR
Career Receiving Yards
626
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Tennessee
Top game
South Carolina
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
8 receiving yards · WR 897th (top 94%) · SEC 198th (top 90%) · National 1,734th (top 90%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonTennessee0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonTennessee0-00-
2014 PostseasonTennessee13229074.7
2014 Regular SeasonTennessee1352589374.7
2015 Regular SeasonTennessee218032.6

Related Context

Alton Howard played WR for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alton Howard recorded 109 rushing yards, 626 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Tennessee paired 618 primary output with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2014 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

47.5

Efficiency

70.8

Usage

19.8

Consistency

61.6

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 29. Utah State: 37. Arkansas State: 30. Oklahoma: 22. Georgia: 46. Florida: 79. Chattanooga: 5. Ole Miss: 24. Alabama: 49. South Carolina: 109. Kentucky: 43. Missouri: 90. Vanderbilt: 55

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. Iowa: 2 by 96.7. Utah State: 6 by 41.1. Arkansas State: 3 by 66.7. Oklahoma: 4 by 36.7. Georgia: 4 by 76.7. Florida: 6 by 87.8. Chattanooga: 1 by 33.3. Ole Miss: 2 by 80. Alabama: 4 by 81.7. South Carolina: 5 by 100. Kentucky: 4 by 71.7. Missouri: 8 by 75. Vanderbilt: 5 by 73.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins44 · Games = 7 · -7.7 vs Losses
Losses51.7 · Games = 6 · +7.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs South Carolina

Result
Fri 1/2vs IowaW 45-2822913.314.50018
Sat 11/29@ VanderbiltW 24-1755510.511033
Sun 11/23vs MissouriHigh volumeL 21-2989011.311.30024
Sat 11/15vs KentuckyW 50-164437.210.80019
Sat 11/1@ South Carolina100 receiving yardsW 45-42510915.321.80031
Sat 10/25vs AlabamaL 20-3444912.312.30028
Sat 10/18@ Ole MissL 3-342241212019
Sat 10/11vs ChattanoogaW 45-10156505
Sat 10/4vs FloridaL 9-106791213.20025
Sat 9/27@ GeorgiaL 32-3544610.811.50131
Sun 9/14@ OklahomaL 10-344225.55.50019
Sat 9/6vs Arkansas StateW 34-193301010020
Sun 8/31vs Utah StateW 38-76375.86.20014

Player Story

Alton Howard story

Alton Howard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Orlando, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alton Howard's career was his receiving role: 55 catches, 626 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 109 rushing yards across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 109 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: Alton Howard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2013 Regular SeasonTennessee00
2014 PostseasonTennessee61870.819.8618
2014 Regular SeasonTennessee61870.819.80
2015 Regular SeasonTennessee853.37.7-610

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Carolina

Week 10 · W 45-42 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

109

Receiving Yards

90.8 takeover

109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Missouri

Week 13 · L 21-29 · Conference game

90

Receiving Yards

85.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 75 efficiency score.

#3

vs Florida

Week 6 · L 9-10 · Conference game

79

Receiving Yards

79.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 87.8 efficiency score.

#4

@ Vanderbilt

Week 14 · W 24-17 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Alabama

Week 9 · L 20-34 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

63.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 81.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Tennessee

618 primary output · 70.8 efficiency · 19.8 usage

74.7

#2

2014 Regular Season · Tennessee

74.7

618 primary · 70.8 efficiency · 19.8 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Tennessee

32.6

8 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games