Player Dossier

2017-2021

North Texas

Kyleb Howell

LB • 6'0" • 227 lbs • Lantana, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyleb Howell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Kyleb Howell built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Lantana, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Kyleb Howell's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8285

Cheltenham · Philadelphia, PA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Kyleb Howell, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · North Texas. Kyleb Howell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
1.5
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Kyleb Howell quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · LB
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
3-star · Cheltenham
High school pipeline
Cheltenham · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
6 tackles · LB 876th (top 70%) · Conference USA 367th (top 55%) · National 3,211th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas10-0--133.3
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas20-0--033.3
2020 PostseasonNorth Texas72-0--041.9
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Texas7281.50--041.9
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas46-0--038.1

Related Context

Kyleb Howell played LB for North Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kyleb Howell recorded 77 receiving yards, 36 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

North Texas paired 1.5 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern State: 0. Missouri: 0. Rice: 0. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern State: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern State

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Northwestern State

Result
Sun 11/21@ Florida InternationalW 49-710000
Sat 10/30@ RiceW 30-2410000
Sat 10/9@ MissouriL 35-4811000
Sat 9/4vs Northwestern StateW 44-1432000

Player Story

Kyleb Howell story

Kyleb Howell built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Lantana, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Kyleb Howell's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 77 receiving yards and 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kyleb Howell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0000
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas0000
2020 PostseasonNorth Texas1.5204.61.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1.5204.60
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Texas06.31-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 3 · L 35-65

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Charlotte

Week 6 · L 21-49 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern State

Week 1 · W 44-14

0

Havoc Plays

9.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 1 · L 28-56 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

#5

vs Houston Christian

Week 1 · W 57-31

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · North Texas

1.5 primary output · 20 efficiency · 4.6 usage

41.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · North Texas

41.9

1.5 primary · 20 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · North Texas

38.1

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games