Usage / Role
63%
Regular offensive contributor
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2013-2015Indiana
Jordan Howard
RB • 6'1" • Gardendale, AL, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Jordan Howard leans workhorse runner traits and 62.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
lowelite
Reliability
72
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · UAB
131415
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UAB • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Jordan Howard built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a running back from Gardendale, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana and UAB. The clearest part of Jordan Howard's career was his backfield...
Read the story2★
- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 150
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Jordan Howard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · UAB. Jordan Howard leans workhorse runner traits and 62.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,942
- Rushing yards
- 3,681
- Receiving yards
- 261
- Touchdowns
- 27
Featured Highlight
Watch Jordan Howard on film
Jordan Howard Indiana Highlights
2015 · Indiana · Player Highlight
Jordan Howard college highlights at Indiana.
- Season
- 2015
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Jordan Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,942
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Gardendale · UAB
- High school pipeline
- Gardendale · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 5 · Pick 11 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,319 scrimmage yards · RB 37th (top 7%) · Big Ten 3rd (top 2%) · National 57th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UAB | 11 | 964 | 881 | 83 | 3 | 63.9 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UAB | 12 | 1,659 | 1,587 | 72 | 14 | 80.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 1,319 | 1,213 | 106 | 10 | 78.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jordan Howard
Jordan Howard played RB for UAB and Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jordan Howard recorded 3,681 rushing yards, 261 receiving yards, and 27 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
UAB paired 1,659 primary output with 52 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 62.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 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 UAB, Indiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2015 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
146.6
Efficiency
62.9
Usage
34.7
Consistency
71.4
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 170. Florida International: 164. Western Kentucky: 241. Wake Forest: 168. Ohio State: 50. Michigan State: 78. Iowa: 189. Michigan: 245. Maryland: 14
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Illinois: 22 by 77.5. Florida International: 28 by 61.2. Western Kentucky: 34 by 70.5. Wake Forest: 33 by 53. Ohio State: 16 by 28.2. Michigan State: 11 by 73.9. Iowa: 24 by 82.2. Michigan: 36 by 70.9. Maryland: 3 by 48.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins151.4 · Games = 5 · +10.9 vs Losses
Losses140.5 · Games = 4 · -10.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
82.2 vs Iowa
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/21 | @ Maryland | W 47-28 | 3 | 14 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 41-48 | 35 | 238 | 6.80 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6.8 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Iowa100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 27-35 | 22 | 174 | 7.90 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.9 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Michigan State | L 26-52 | 11 | 78 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ohio State | L 27-34 | 14 | 34 | 2.40 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Wake Forest100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-24 | 33 | 168 | 5.10 | 1 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Western Kentucky100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-35 | 31 | 203 | 6.50 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 7.1 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Florida International100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 36-22 | 27 | 159 | 5.90 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Southern Illinois100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 48-47 | 20 | 145 | 7.30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 7.7 |
Player Story
Jordan Howard story
Jordan Howard built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a running back from Gardendale, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana and UAB. The clearest part of Jordan Howard's career was his backfield work: 3,681 rushing yards, 647 carries, 24 rushing touchdowns, and 261 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with UAB. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 261 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana and UAB.
The arc is straightforward: Jordan Howard 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UAB
2013-2014
Opening stop
- 2
Indiana
2015
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201320142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | UAB | 964 | 62.8 | 24.7 | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | UAB | 1,659 | 52 | 38.8 | 695 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Indiana | 1,319 | 62.9 | 34.7 | -340 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 14 · W 45-24 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
262
Scrimmage Yards
92.7 takeover
262 scrimmage yards and 50.7 usage.
#2
@ Florida International
Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game
159
Scrimmage Yards
92.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
159 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 11 · L 41-48 · Conference game
245
Scrimmage Yards
90.3 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
245 scrimmage yards and 48 usage.
#4
vs Western Kentucky
Week 3 · W 38-35
241
Scrimmage Yards
89.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
241 scrimmage yards and 43.6 usage.
#5
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 10 · L 21-24 · Conference game
154
Scrimmage Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
154 scrimmage yards and 37.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · UAB
1,659 primary output · 52 efficiency · 38.8 usage
80.6
#2
2015 Regular Season · Indiana
78.2
1,319 primary · 62.9 efficiency · 34.7 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · UAB
63.9
964 primary · 62.8 efficiency · 24.7 usage
Milestones
17
100+ rush yards
13
150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Jordan Howard
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.