Player Dossier

2023-2025

Iowa

Dayton Howard

WR • 6'5" • 215 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Dayton Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa

23242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Dayton Howard, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa. Dayton Howard reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
152
Receptions
12
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Dayton Howard quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
152
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Washington
High school pipeline
Park Hill · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
91 receiving yards · WR 651st (top 60%) · Big Ten 133rd (top 47%) · National 1,042nd (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonIowa0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonIowa4461153
2025 PostseasonIowa616054.7
2025 Regular SeasonIowa6785154.7

Related Context

Dayton Howard played WR for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dayton Howard recorded 152 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Iowa paired 91 primary output with 53.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 71.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Iowa

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

15.3

Efficiency

71.7

Usage

9.8

Consistency

40.8

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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1234

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington: 33. Michigan State: 8. Northwestern: 8. UCLA: 12

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. Washington: 1 by 100. Michigan State: 1 by 53.3. Northwestern: 1 by 53.3. UCLA: 1 by 80

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins20.5 · Games = 2 · +10.5 vs Losses
Losses10 · Games = 2 · -10.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

100 vs Washington

Result
Sat 11/9@ UCLAL 17-201121212012
Sat 10/26vs NorthwesternW 40-14188808
Sat 10/19@ Michigan StateL 20-32188808
Sat 10/12vs WashingtonW 40-161333333133

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Iowa

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIowa0
2024 Regular SeasonIowa6171.79.861
2025 PostseasonIowa9153.38.530
2025 Regular SeasonIowa9153.38.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Washington

Week 7 · W 40-16 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

33

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 72 Rutgers

Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

75.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 11 · L 17-20 · Conference game

12

Receiving Yards

51.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 1 Indiana

Week 5 · L 15-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

21

Receiving Yards

49.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#5

@ No. 46 Nebraska

Week 14 · W 40-16 · Conference game

9

Receiving Yards

39.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

9 receiving yards with a 60 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Iowa

91 primary output · 53.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

54.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Iowa

54.7

91 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Iowa

53

61 primary · 71.7 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games