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Player Dossier
2011-2015Boston College
Alex Howell
PK • 6'5" • Florence, SC, USA
Impact contributor
Alex Howell shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Alex Howell built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a placekicker from Florence, SC wearing No. 42, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Alex Howell's career was his field-position work:...
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- Committed To
- Boston College
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Alex Howell, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Boston College. Alex Howell shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Alex Howell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boston College · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Boston College
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · West Florence · Boston College
- High school pipeline
- West Florence · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Boston College | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Boston College | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boston College | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Alex Howell is listed as a PK for Boston College. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Boston College paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Postseason · Boston College
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. USC: 0. Maine: 0. Colorado State: 0. NC State: 0. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
— vs Penn State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | @ Penn State | L 30-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Syracuse | W 28-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Florida State | L 17-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Louisville | L 19-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Virginia Tech | W 33-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Wake Forest | W 23-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Clemson | L 13-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ NC State | W 30-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Colorado State | L 21-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Maine | W 40-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs USC | W 37-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Pittsburgh | L 20-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Massachusetts | W 30-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Alex Howell story
Alex Howell built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a placekicker from Florence, SC wearing No. 42, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Alex Howell's career was his field-position work: 157 punts, 6,602 punting yards, and 21 punts inside the 20 across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Boston College. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boston College.
The arc is straightforward: Alex Howell 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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Boston College
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2011 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Boston College | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 1 · L 30-31 · Postseason
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Syracuse
Week 14 · W 28-7 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 13 · L 17-20 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Louisville
Week 11 · L 19-38 · Conference game
0
Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 10 · W 33-31 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Boston College
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · Boston College
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Boston College
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
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Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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