#59

Keiron Howard

Senior defensive lineman for Maryland. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

DL · Maryland · Sr. · #59

6′3″ · 278 lb · Fort Washington, MD

Maryland 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Maryland. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Maryland, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Maryland

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

3 coaches

2016–2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

2019

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Maryland6-7HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-heavy

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#940 / 2688 · 63rd pct

3.5

Tackles#1897 / 2688 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Solo tackles#2096 / 2688 · 20th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	20	9	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2018	Maryland	22	11	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Maryland	13	6	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2016	Maryland	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		56	26	10.0	5.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 79–0

vs Howard

1 TOT

Dominant 79-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Jackson — 245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · J. Funk — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 79-0vs Howard	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 63-20vs Syracuse	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 0-59vs Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Purdue	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 28-34vs Indiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 10-52@ Minnesota	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 10	L 7-38vs Michigan	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 14-73@ Ohio State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 7-54vs Nebraska	3	2	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 14	L 16-19@ Michigan State	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Total		20	9	3.5	1.5	—

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

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays