Player Dossier

2009-2011

Ball State

Joshua Howard

S • 6'1" • Inkster, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joshua Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Joshua Howard built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a safety from Inkster, MI wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Joshua Howard's career was his defensive production: 4...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7

Inkster · Inkster, MI

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Joshua Howard, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Ball State. Joshua Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Joshua Howard quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
2-star · Inkster · Ball State
High school pipeline
Inkster · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonBall State10-0--051.1
2011 Regular SeasonBall State30-0--073.3

Related Context

Joshua Howard is listed as a S for Ball State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Ball State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Western Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 1. Ohio: 1. Western Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

20 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sat 10/29@ Western MichiganL 35-451
Sat 10/15@ OhioW 23-201
Sat 9/10@ South FloridaL 7-371

Player Story

Joshua Howard story

Joshua Howard built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a safety from Inkster, MI wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Joshua Howard's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Joshua Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Ball State

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonBall State0
2010 Regular SeasonBall State1201
2011 Regular SeasonBall State3202

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 10 · W 37-30 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Michigan

Week 9 · L 35-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 7 · W 23-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ South Florida

Week 2 · L 7-37

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Ball State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2010 Regular Season · Ball State

51.1

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games