Usage / Role
22%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Maryland
Keiron Howard
DL • 6'3" • 278 lbs • Fort Washington, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keiron Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Towson
Player Story
Keiron Howard built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Fort Washington, MD wearing No. 59, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Keiron Howard's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Keiron Howard, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Maryland. Keiron Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 56
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Keiron Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 56
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Towson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Smyrna · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Smyrna · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 59 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 303rd (top 36%) · Big Ten 206th (top 33%) · National 1,949th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 22 | 3.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 20 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
Related Context
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Keiron Howard played DL for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Keiron Howard recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Maryland paired 6 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.4
Usage
4.4
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Howard: 0. Syracuse: 2. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 0. Indiana: 0. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 1. Ohio State: 0. Nebraska: 1.5. Michigan State: 0.5
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Howard: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 3 by 27.5. Michigan State: 3 by 17.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Michigan State | L 16-19 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Nebraska | L 7-54 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 14-73 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Michigan | L 7-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Minnesota | L 10-52 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Indiana | L 28-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Purdue | L 14-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Penn State | L 0-59 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs SyracuseSplash game | W 63-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Howard | W 79-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keiron Howard story
Keiron Howard built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Fort Washington, MD wearing No. 59, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Keiron Howard's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Keiron Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Maryland
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 6 | 16.3 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 5.5 | 12.2 | 3.8 | -0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 5 | 13.4 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Towson
Week 2 · W 63-17
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 11 · L 32-34 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Syracuse
Week 2 · W 63-20
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas
Week 1 · W 34-29
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Nebraska
Week 13 · L 7-54 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Maryland
6 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage
43.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · Maryland
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Maryland
36.7
5 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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