Usage / Role
69%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Ohio State
Will Howard
QB • 6'4" • 237 lbs • Downingtown, PA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Will Howard is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas State • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Player Story
Will Howard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a quarterback from Downingtown, PA wearing No. 18, spending time with Kansas State and Ohio State. The clearest part of Will Howard's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 9
- Overall
- No. 185
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Will Howard, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ohio State. Will Howard is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 10,956
- Passing yards
- 9,796
- Rushing yards
- 1,160
- Touchdowns
- 110
Quick Answers
Will Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 10,956
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- Notre Dame
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 6 · Pick 9 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 4,236 total offense · QB 4th (top 2%) · Big Ten 1st (top 1%) · National 4th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 9 | 1,542 | 1,178 | 364 | 11 | 54.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 5 | 516 | 332 | 184 | 5 | 44.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | Kansas State | 7 | 187 | 210 | -23 | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 1,468 | 1,423 | 45 | 18 | 53.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 3,007 | 2,643 | 364 | 34 | 63.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 16 | 1,245 | 1,150 | 95 | 8 | 74.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 16 | 2,991 | 2,860 | 131 | 34 | 74.3 |
Related Context
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Will Howard played QB for Kansas State and Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Will Howard recorded 9,796 passing yards, 1,160 rushing yards, and 8 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Ohio State paired 4,236 primary output with 66.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 59.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas State, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: TCU
Loss with 256 yards of offense and 68.3 efficiency. It landed in the 71.4th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · Kansas State
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
236.4
Efficiency
59.2
Usage
13.3
Consistency
85.9
Best Game by takeover score
TCU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 187. TCU: 256. Oklahoma State: 299. Baylor: 202. West Virginia: 300. Kansas: 215. TCU: 196
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. Alabama: 38 by 44.6. TCU: 29 by 68.3. Oklahoma State: 42 by 57.4. Baylor: 29 by 65.2. West Virginia: 31 by 65.3. Kansas: 25 by 60.5. TCU: 39 by 52.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins242.4 · Games = 5 · +20.9 vs Losses
Losses221.5 · Games = 2 · -20.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
TCU
Best efficiency game
68.3 vs TCU
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/31 | vs Alabama | L 20-45 | 18 | 35 | 210 | 51.4 | 0 | 2 | 44.6 | 3 | -23 | -7.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 12/3 | @ TCU3+ TD | W 31-28 | 18 | 31 | 199 | 58.1 | 2 | 0 | 52.9 | 8 | -3 | -0.40 | 1 | 8 |
| Sun 11/27 | vs Kansas | W 47-27 | 11 | 21 | 213 | 52.4 | 2 | 0 | 60.5 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ West Virginia3+ TD | W 48-31 | 19 | 27 | 294 | 70.4 | 2 | 1 | 65.3 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | 13 |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Baylor3+ TD | W 31-3 | 19 | 27 | 196 | 70.4 | 3 | 0 | 65.2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Oklahoma State3+ TD | W 48-0 | 21 | 37 | 296 | 56.8 | 4 | 0 | 57.4 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun 10/23 | @ TCU3+ TD | L 28-38 | 13 | 20 | 225 | 65.0 | 2 | 1 | 68.3 | 9 | 31 | 3.40 | 1 | 14 |
Player Story
Will Howard story
Will Howard built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a quarterback from Downingtown, PA wearing No. 18, spending time with Kansas State and Ohio State. The clearest part of Will Howard's career was his passing role: 9,796 passing yards, 83 touchdown passes, 1,202 attempts, and 1,160 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Ohio State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1,160 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State and Ohio State.
The arc is straightforward: Will Howard 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
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- 1
Kansas State
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1,542 | 58.4 | 23.7 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 516 | 68.4 | 15.9 | -1,026 |
| 2022 Postseason | Kansas State | 1,655 | 59.2 | 13.3 | 1,139 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1,655 | 59.2 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3,007 | 64.8 | 16.9 | 1,352 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 4,236 | 66.3 | 19.5 | 1,229 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 4,236 | 66.3 | 19.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Notre Dame
Week 1 · W 34-23 · Postseason
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
288
Total Offense
82.2 takeover
288 total offense with 77.1 efficiency.
#2
vs Oklahoma State
Week 10 · L 18-20 · Conference game
268
Total Offense
79.8 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
268 total offense with 68.7 efficiency.
#3
vs Texas
Week 14 · L 31-69 · Conference game
253
Total Offense
79.4 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
253 total offense with 56.8 efficiency.
#4
vs Nevada
Week 3 · W 38-17
179
Total Offense
78.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
179 total offense with 79.2 efficiency.
#5
@ Oregon
Week 7 · L 31-32 · Conference game
339
Total Offense
75.4 takeover
Loss with 339 yards of offense and 68 efficiency.
339 total offense with 68 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
4,236 primary output · 66.3 efficiency · 19.5 usage
74.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
74.3
4,236 primary · 66.3 efficiency · 19.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kansas State
63.9
3,007 primary · 64.8 efficiency · 16.9 usage
Milestones
15
250+ passing yards
8
300+ total offense
22
3+ TD games
31
Above avg efficiency
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