Senior defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2020: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′4″ · 280 lb · San Angelo, TX
The story
4 defensive lineman for Texas Tech. 2020: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearEli Howard
Four seasons at Texas Tech, two different head coaches: Kliff Kingsbury and Matt Wells. 2020 brought the first one: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Iowa State — Week 6, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas Tech, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: tackles (27th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Texas Tech | 16 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 21 | 14 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 37 | 20 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Texas Tech | 27 | 20 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 101 | 65 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 8 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2020
W 35–33
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS
Edged out Houston Christian at home in a shootout.
With A. Bowman — 430 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 21 rush yds (4 car) · A. McNamara — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 43 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-33vs Houston Christian | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 56-63vs Texas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-31@ Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 15-31@ Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-62vs Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |