Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Clemson
D.J. Howard
RB • 5'11" • Lincoln, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
D.J. Howard leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
1
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
D.J. Howard built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a running back from Lincoln, AL wearing No. 22, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of D.J. Howard's career was his backfield work: 776 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
D.J. Howard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Clemson. D.J. Howard leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 957
- Rushing yards
- 776
- Receiving yards
- 181
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
D.J. Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 957
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Clemson
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Shakopee · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Shakopee · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 218 scrimmage yards · RB 304th (top 56%) · ACC 111th (top 45%) · National 968th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Postseason | Clemson | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Clemson | 12 | 228 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 41.9 |
| 2012 Postseason | Clemson | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Clemson | 9 | 170 | 137 | 33 | 2 | 34.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Clemson | 11 | 336 | 213 | 123 | 3 | 50.4 |
| 2014 Postseason | Clemson | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Clemson | 10 | 216 | 194 | 22 | 3 | 44.3 |
Related Context
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D.J. Howard played RB for Clemson. Across 5 tracked seasons, D.J. Howard recorded 776 rushing yards, 181 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Clemson paired 336 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2012 Postseason · Clemson
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
19
Efficiency
39.3
Usage
5.5
Consistency
30.4
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 1. Auburn: 23. Ball State: 50. Boston College: 5. Virginia Tech: 11. Wake Forest: 6. Duke: 65. Maryland: -1. NC State: 11
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. LSU: 1 by 10.4. Auburn: 4 by 59.9. Ball State: 6 by 56. Boston College: 2 by 26. Virginia Tech: 1 by 95.8. Wake Forest: 4 by 15.6. Duke: 13 by 52.1. Maryland: 2 by 0. NC State: 3 by 38.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half18 · Games = 5 · -2.3 vs Second Half
Second Half20.3 · Games = 4 · +2.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | vs LSU | W 25-24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs NC State | W 62-48 | 3 | 11 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Maryland | W 45-10 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | — | — | -0.5 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Duke | W 56-20 | 13 | 65 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Thu 10/25 | @ Wake Forest | W 42-13 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Virginia Tech | W 38-17 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Boston College | W 45-31 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Ball State | W 52-27 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8.3 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Auburn | W 26-19 | 4 | 23 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
Player Story
D.J. Howard story
D.J. Howard built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a running back from Lincoln, AL wearing No. 22, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of D.J. Howard's career was his backfield work: 776 rushing yards, 183 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 181 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 181 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives D.J. Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Clemson
2010-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20102011201120122012201320142014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Postseason | Clemson | 232 | 49 | 5.9 | 232 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Clemson | 232 | 49 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Clemson | 171 | 39.3 | 5.5 | -61 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Clemson | 171 | 39.3 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Clemson | 336 | 37.9 | 8.5 | 165 |
| 2014 Postseason | Clemson | 218 | 41.7 | 8.6 | -118 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Clemson | 218 | 41.7 | 8.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Auburn
Week 3 · W 38-24
Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86
Scrimmage Yards
74.2 takeover
86 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 5 · W 56-7 · Conference game
120
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120 scrimmage yards and 12.2 usage.
#3
vs South Carolina State
Week 2 · W 73-7
58
Scrimmage Yards
69.7 takeover
Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 8.6 usage.
#4
@ Duke
Week 10 · W 56-20 · Conference game
65
Scrimmage Yards
67.9 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 18.1 usage.
#5
vs Georgia State
Week 13 · W 28-0
43
Scrimmage Yards
55.3 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Clemson
336 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
50.4
#2
2014 Postseason · Clemson
44.3
218 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Clemson
44.3
218 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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