Gregory Howell Jr.

Running back for Florida Atlantic. 2017: 740 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD.

RB · Florida Atlantic · #9

6′1″ · 215 lb · Ewa Beach, HI

Florida Atlantic 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 running back for Florida Atlantic. 2017: 740 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 2,419 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2016

Charlie Partridge

Florida Atlantic

2017

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2015Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2016Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2017Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / carry#21 / 328 · 93rd pct

6.6

Rush yards#89 / 328 · 73rd pct

740

Long run#100 / 328 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#131 / 328 · 57th pct

Carries#143 / 328 · 56th pct

112

Fumbles lost#44 / 221 · 53rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	63.1	6.8	0.4
Road5g	59.6	6.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	75.5	7.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	47.8	6.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Florida Atlantic	112	740	6.6	5	--
2016	Florida Atlantic	167	828	5.0	13	--
2015	Florida Atlantic	133	598	4.5	3	--
2014	Florida Atlantic	50	253	5.1	1	--
Career		462	2,419	5.2	22	--

Season	Team
2017	Florida Atlantic	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Florida Atlantic	5	42	8.4	0	--
2015	Florida Atlantic	5	54	10.8	0	--
2014	Florida Atlantic	--	--	--	--	--
Career		10	96	9.6	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 45–0

vs Bethune-Cookman

175 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With D. Parr — 165 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 38 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · D. Singletary — 109 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 19-42vs Navy	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 2	L 14-31@ Wisconsin	3	23	7.7	0	20
Wk 3	W 45-0vs Bethune-Cookman	13	175	13.5	1	60	Season-high 175 yds
Wk 5	W 38-20vs Middle Tennessee	18	88	4.9	0	18
Wk 6	W 58-28@ Old Dominion	21	109	5.2	1	17
Wk 8	W 69-31vs North Texas	13	70	5.4	1	9
Wk 9	W 42-28@ Western Kentucky	8	53	6.6	0	19
Wk 10	W 30-25vs Marshall	4	6	1.5	0	3
Wk 11	W 48-23@ Louisiana Tech	6	50	8.3	1	19
Wk 12	W 52-24vs Florida International	5	45	9.0	1	16
Wk 13	W 31-12@ Charlotte	11	63	5.7	0	12
Bowl	W 50-3vs Akron	9	50	5.6	0	14
Total		112	740	6.8	5	60

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology