Player Dossier

2018-2022

Minnesota

Jordan Howden

DB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Howden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.5

Efficiency

24.8

Consistency

25.7

Season Value

39.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jordan Howden, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota. Jordan Howden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.

Jordan Howden played DB for Minnesota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jordan Howden recorded 233 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Minnesota paired 8.5 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

24.8

Usage

6.5

Consistency

25.7

Best Game by takeover score

Western Illinois

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 0. Western Illinois: 2. Colorado: 0. Michigan State: 0. Purdue: 2. Illinois: 1. Penn State: 1. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 2. Northwestern: 0.5. Iowa: 0. Wisconsin: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Western Illinois: 4 by 36.7. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 4 by 36.7. Illinois: 10 by 51.7. Penn State: 7 by 39.2. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 5 by 25.8. Iowa: 6 by 25. Wisconsin: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Illinois

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Illinois

Result
Sat 11/26@ WisconsinW 23-1643000
Sat 11/19vs IowaL 10-1363000
Sat 11/12vs NorthwesternW 31-3520.5000
Sat 11/5@ NebraskaSplash gameW 20-1344002
Sat 10/29vs RutgersW 31-022000
Sat 10/22@ Penn StateL 17-4574100
Sat 10/15@ Illinois10+ tacklesL 14-26109001
Sat 10/1vs PurdueSplash gameL 10-20430011
Sat 9/24@ Michigan StateW 34-710000
Sat 9/17vs ColoradoW 49-720000
Sat 9/10vs Western IllinoisSplash gameW 62-10441010
Fri 9/2vs New Mexico StateW 38-020000

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonMinnesota420.74.6
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota420.74.60
2019 PostseasonMinnesota8.526.954.5
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota8.526.950
2020 Regular SeasonMinnesota123.45-7.5
2021 PostseasonMinnesota6.520.34.75.5
2021 Regular SeasonMinnesota6.520.34.70
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota8.524.86.52

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Indiana

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#2

South Dakota State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.1 takeover score.

#3

Penn State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#4

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.1 takeover score.

#5

Western Illinois

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Minnesota

8.5 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 5 usage

39.4

#2

2019 Regular Season · Minnesota

39.4

8.5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

39.2

8.5 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 6.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

9

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

233

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 54 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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