Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Auburn
Preston Howard
TE • 6'5" • 236 lbs • Arbutus, MD, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Preston Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland • Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Preston Howard built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Arbutus, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Auburn and Maryland. The clearest part of Preston Howard's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Preston Howard, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Maryland. Preston Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 433
- Receptions
- 47
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Preston Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 433
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McDonogh School · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- McDonogh School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 84 receiving yards · TE 211th (top 45%) · SEC 131st (top 47%) · National 1,090th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 53.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 12 | 155 | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 24 | 189 | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 7 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 40 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Preston Howard played TE for Maryland and Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Preston Howard recorded 433 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Maryland paired 189 primary output with 49.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 52.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Auburn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
12
Efficiency
52.6
Usage
8.2
Consistency
35.5
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 7. Ball State: 8. Georgia: 33. Missouri: 7. Kentucky: 19. Mercer: 5. Alabama: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 1 by 46.7. Ball State: 1 by 53.3. Georgia: 4 by 55. Missouri: 1 by 46.7. Kentucky: 1 by 100. Mercer: 1 by 33.3. Alabama: 1 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins6.7 · Games = 3 · -9.3 vs Losses
Losses16 · Games = 4 · +9.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kentucky
Player Story
Preston Howard story
Preston Howard built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a tight end from Arbutus, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Auburn and Maryland. The clearest part of Preston Howard's career was his receiving role: 47 catches, 433 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Preston Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Maryland
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Auburn
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 160 | 63.3 | 6.6 | 160 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 160 | 63.3 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 189 | 49.2 | 10.6 | 29 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Auburn | 84 | 52.6 | 8.2 | -105 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 7 · L 10-37 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
79.5 takeover
59 receiving yards with a 78.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 13 · W 42-24 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
75.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs No. 6 Georgia
Week 7 · L 10-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
33
Receiving Yards
75.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 55 efficiency score.
#4
vs Virginia
Week 3 · W 42-14
33
Receiving Yards
61.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Villanova
Week 4 · W 38-20
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Receiving Yards
61 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
38 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Maryland
189 primary output · 49.2 efficiency · 10.6 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Maryland
53.3
160 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 6.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Maryland
53.3
160 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 6.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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