Player Dossier

2021-2025

Texas A&M

Cashius Howell

DE • 6'2" • 248 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cashius Howell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

23%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas A&M

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Bowling Green • Texas A&M
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Cashius Howell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive end from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 9, spending time with Bowling Green and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Cashius Howell's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8141

Rockhurst · Kansas City, MO

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 9
Overall
No. 41
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Cashius Howell, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Texas A&M. Cashius Howell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
125
TFL
36.5
Sacks
28
QB hurries
19
Passes defended
15

Quick Answers

Cashius Howell quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas A&M · DE
Career Tackles
125
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Texas A&M
Top game
Akron
Recruit profile
3-star · Rockhurst · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Rockhurst · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 2 · Pick 9 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
32 tackles · DE 52nd (top 19%) · SEC 153rd (top 21%) · National 1,265th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonBowling Green26-0--043.9
2022 Regular SeasonBowling Green9202.5211021.1
2023 PostseasonBowling Green121-01-062.1
2023 Regular SeasonBowling Green122610.59.541062.1
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M13511-1063.6
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M13357.5386063.6
2025 PostseasonTexas A&M132-0--070.6
2025 Regular SeasonTexas A&M13301512.556070.6

Related Context

Cashius Howell played DE for Bowling Green and Texas A&M. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cashius Howell recorded 125 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas A&M.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Texas A&M paired 38.5 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Bowling Green, Texas A&M.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Bowling Green

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

16.5

Usage

4.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 1. Marshall: 0. Mississippi State: 4. Akron: 1. Buffalo: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Western Michigan: 0.5. Kent State: 0. Ohio: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 3 by 52.5. Akron: 2 by 18.3. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Western Michigan: 1 by 9.2. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Mississippi State

Result
Wed 11/23@ OhioL 14-3840000
Thu 11/10vs Kent StateL 6-4020000
Wed 11/2vs Western MichiganW 13-9100.5000
Sat 10/22@ Central MichiganW 34-1832000
Sat 10/8vs BuffaloL 7-3810000
Sat 10/1@ AkronW 31-28210.500.500
Sat 9/24@ Mississippi StateSplash gameL 14-4532111
Sat 9/17vs MarshallW 34-3121000
Sat 9/3@ UCLAL 17-45200.500.500

Player Story

Cashius Howell story

Cashius Howell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive end from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 9, spending time with Bowling Green and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Cashius Howell's career was his defensive production: 125 tackles, 36.5 tackles for loss, 28 sacks, and 1 interception across 49 career games in the available record. That gives Cashius Howell'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. 1

    Bowling Green

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas A&M

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonBowling Green012.52.3
2022 Regular SeasonBowling Green6.516.54.86.5
2023 PostseasonBowling Green263111.219.5
2023 Regular SeasonBowling Green263111.20
2024 PostseasonTexas A&M28.533.210.42.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas A&M28.533.210.40
2025 PostseasonTexas A&M38.537.610.210
2025 Regular SeasonTexas A&M38.537.610.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 8 · W 41-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Mississippi State

Week 8 · W 34-24 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 58 Mississippi State

Week 6 · W 31-9 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Mississippi State

Week 4 · L 14-45

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 79 Utah State

Week 2 · W 44-22

6

Havoc Plays

84.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 84.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Texas A&M

38.5 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 10.2 usage

70.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas A&M

70.6

38.5 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 10.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Texas A&M

63.6

28.5 primary · 33.2 efficiency · 10.4 usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

26

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games