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Jack Howell

Former defensive back at Colorado State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Colorado State · Sr. · #17

6′0″ · 200 lb · Chandler, AZ

CFB Index 71 · #94 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceColorado State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2129 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

Statement game16 tacklesvs Washington State (FBS) · L 24-50

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Colorado State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado State, 372 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202110 games

Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Hamilton

202211 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

202312 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2129 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)

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FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2021)

2 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

2022–2024

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado State8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #94 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#104 / 2892 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#240 / 2892 · 91st pct

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.9	0.1	0.0	0.6
Road4g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.9	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #94 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Colorado State	86	39	1.0	0.0	5	--	--
2023	Colorado State	114	50	0.5	0.0	3	1	--
2022	Colorado State	108	42	3.0	0.5	3	3	--
2021	Colorado State	64	41	3.5	0.0	4	1	--
Career		372	172	8.0	0.5	15	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 38–17

vs Northern Colorado

2 PD · 1 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 21-point win at home against Northern Colorado.

With T. Horton — 22 rush yds (1 car) · B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 180 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-52@ Texas	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Northern Colorado	4	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 9-28vs Colorado	12	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-17vs UTEP	6	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-39@ Oregon State	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-24vs San José State	11	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 21-13@ Air Force	8	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 17-6vs New Mexico	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 22-28@ Fresno State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-37vs Utah State	14	6	0.5	—	1	Season-high 14 tackles
Bowl	L 17-43vs Miami (OH)	10	3	0.0	—	0
Total		86	39	1.0	—	5

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

Jack Howell

202110 games

202211 games

202312 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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