Will Howard

PRO CAREER

• Has yet to make NFL debut

PRO CAREER

• Has yet to make NFL debut

COLLEGE

• Started 44 games in his 50-game collegiate career at Ohio State (2024) and Kansas State (2020-23)
• Played in 34 games for Kansas State and started 28 times
• Ranked fourth at Kansas State in career completions (458), fifth in passing yards (5,786), attempts (779) and total offense/game (197.3), sixth in passing yards/game (170.2) and seventh in passing efficiency (135.1)
• Ranked fourth in career TDs responsible for (67) and sixth in total offense (6,707)
• Totaled 9,994 passing yards and 85 TDs plus added another 1,147 rushing yards and 26 TDs for 11,141 yards of total offense and 111 TDs responsible for during his career
• Started all 16 games at quarterback for Ohio State in 2024 and led the team to a school-record 14-win season and the CFP National Championship
• Set Ohio State single-season and career completion percentage records by completing 71.4 percent of his passes (325-of-455)
• Set Ohio State record with eight games with at least an 80 percent completion percentage
• His 325 completions, 455 attempts and 4,208 passing yards all rank third in Ohio State single-season history
• Offensive MVP in the Cotton Bowl win over Texas and the CFP National Championship game win over Notre Dame
• Quarterbacked Ohio State to five victories over Top 5-ranked teams, an NCAA record: over No. 3 Penn State, No. 5 Indiana, No. 1 Oregon, No. 3 Texas and No. 5 Notre Dame
• Also led Ohio State to a sixth Top 10 win, over No. 7 Tennessee to open the College Football Playoffs, by throwing for 311 yards and two TDs in a 42-17 rout that launched the Buckeyes on their championship run of wins
• Spectacular in the CFP wins over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame, completing 75.2 percent of his passes (82-109) for 1,150 yards (287.5 yards per game) with eight TDs and only two interceptions in the four games
• Completed 17-of-21 passes in the CFP title game vs. Notre Dame plus rushed for 57 yards
• Set CFP championship game records for most consecutive completions (13) and highest passer rating (204.8)
• Ranked among the Top 6 QBs nationally in four categories for the season: completion percentage (2nd; 73.0), efficiency (3rd; 175.25), TD passes (4th; 35) and yards (6th; 4,010)

PERSONAL

• Attended Downingtown West H.S. (Downingtown, Pa.), where he was rated the 13th-best pro-style quarterback in the 2020 recruiting class by 247Sports
• Named the All-Southeastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer, all-state by the Pennsylvania Football Writers and the Maxwell Football Club Pennsylvania Player of the Year
• Threw for 5,308 yards and 48 TDs during his prep career
• A 1,000-plus point scorer as a prep basketball player
• Son of Maureen and Bob Howard and has three siblings: Tori, Ryan and Grace
• Entered the portal in December 2023 after a stellar, four-year career at Kansas State, and transferred to
  Ohio State in January of 2024