Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Army
A.J. Howard
RB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Toccoa, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
A.J. Howard leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Army
1819202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Army
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Player Story
A.J. Howard built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Toccoa, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Army. The clearest part of A.J. Howard's career was his backfield work: 209 rushing...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
A.J. Howard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Army. A.J. Howard leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 255
- Rushing yards
- 209
- Receiving yards
- 46
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
A.J. Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Army · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 255
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Army
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Harris County · App State
- High school pipeline
- Harris County · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 146 scrimmage yards · RB 395th (top 58%) · FBS Independents 64th (top 45%) · National 1,183rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 4 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2020 Postseason | Army | 9 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Army | 9 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 44.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Army | 10 | 146 | 106 | 40 | 2 | 53.6 |
Related Context
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A.J. Howard played RB for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Howard recorded 209 rushing yards, 46 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Army.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Army paired 146 primary output with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Army
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
14.6
Efficiency
60.8
Usage
3.3
Consistency
44
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 20. Western Kentucky: 8. UConn: 11. Miami (OH): 4. Ball State: 20. Wisconsin: 42. Wake Forest: 24. Air Force: 10. Massachusetts: 7. Navy: 0
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 2 by 91.7. Western Kentucky: 3 by 27.8. UConn: 3 by 38.2. Miami (OH): 2 by 20.8. Ball State: 4 by 54.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 87.5. Wake Forest: 4 by 62.5. Air Force: 1 by 91.7. Massachusetts: 1 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10 · Games = 6 · -11.5 vs Losses
Losses21.5 · Games = 4 · +11.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs Air Force
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/11 | vs Navy | L 13-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Massachusetts | W 33-17 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Air Force | W 21-14 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Wake Forest | L 56-70 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sun 10/17 | @ Wisconsin | L 14-20 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 21 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Ball State | L 16-28 | 3 | 16 | 5.30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Miami (OH) | W 23-10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs UConn | W 52-21 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Western Kentucky | W 38-35 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Georgia State | W 43-10 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
Player Story
A.J. Howard story
A.J. Howard built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Toccoa, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Army. The clearest part of A.J. Howard's career was his backfield work: 209 rushing yards, 37 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 46 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 46 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 83 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives A.J. Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Army
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 28 | 91.7 | 0.6 | 28 |
| 2020 Postseason | Army | 81 | 54.2 | 2.8 | 53 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Army | 81 | 54.2 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Army | 146 | 60.8 | 3.3 | 65 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Massachusetts
Week 11 · W 63-7 · Conference game
Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20
Scrimmage Yards
67.8 takeover
20 scrimmage yards and 1.2 usage.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 7 · L 14-20
42
Scrimmage Yards
65.9 takeover
Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
#3
vs West Virginia
Week 1 · L 21-24 · Postseason
24
Scrimmage Yards
60.2 takeover
Loss with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.
#4
@ Georgia State
Week 1 · W 43-10
20
Scrimmage Yards
49.2 takeover
Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 2.9 usage.
#5
vs UL Monroe
Week 2 · W 37-7
10
Scrimmage Yards
45.9 takeover
Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
10 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Army
146 primary output · 60.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage
53.6
#2
2020 Postseason · Army
44.8
81 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Army
44.8
81 primary · 54.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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