Player Career

Jimmy Howell Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Jimmy Howell story

Jimmy Howell built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a punter from Florence, SC wearing No. 8, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Jimmy Howell's career was his field-position work: 241 punts and 9,649 punting yards across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 57 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Jimmy Howell 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Virginia

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2009 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2010 Regular SeasonVirginia11
2011 PostseasonVirginia0-1
2011 Regular SeasonVirginia00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 8 · W 48-21

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Virginia Tech

Week 14 · L 14-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Clemson

Week 13 · L 3-13 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · L 17-28 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Miami

Week 10 · L 17-24 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · Virginia

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2009 Regular Season · Virginia

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Postseason · Virginia

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games