Senior safety on Arkansas's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 198 lb · Brentwood, TN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety on Arkansas's 2025 roster.
John Howse IV
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Clark Lea and Derek Mason. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Nevada — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Sam Pittman.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Arkansas
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (13th 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
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Middle Tennessee | 51 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 84 | 44 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs Austin Peay | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-13@ Nevada | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 28-42vs Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-24@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mitch Leigber’s 2024 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Mitch Leigber's junior season at Stanford (2023).
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Player DNA
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