O.J. Howard

#88 · TE · Alabama6′6″ · Prattville, AL · Autauga Academy

O.J. Howard: TE · Alabama · #88.

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O.J. Howard

TE · Alabama · #88

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three seasons in the Alabama receiving corps to date. The first career honor came in 2016: All-SEC. On tape: 106 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Clemson, Bowl, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Alabama in the news

Alabama dismisses Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.Yahoo Sports Oct 28
LSU's Kiffin calls out SECHeavy Oct 28
Alabama DB suspended for gameSaturday Down South Oct 24
Coleman-Williams out vs TennesseeThe Tuscaloosa News Oct 15

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Alabama	45	595	13.2	3	68
2015	Alabama	38	602	15.8	2	63
2014	Alabama	17	260	15.3	0	53
Career		100	1,457	14.6	5	68

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 52-6vs No. 20 USC	3	39	13.0	0	40
Wk 2	W 38-10vs Western Kentucky	2	29	14.5	0	20
Wk 3	W 48-43@ No. 19 Ole Miss	2	24	12.0	0	18
Wk 4	W 48-0vs Kent State	3	60	20.0	1	34
Wk 5	W 34-6vs Kentucky	2	13	6.5	0	12
Wk 6	W 49-30@ No. 16 Arkansas	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 7	W 49-10@ No. 9 Tennessee	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 8	W 33-14vs No. 6 Texas A&M	8	69	8.6	1	21
Wk 10	W 10-0@ No. 15 LSU	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 51-3vs Mississippi State	6	77	12.8	0	30
Wk 12	W 31-3vs Chattanooga	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 30-12vs No. 16 Auburn	5	45	9.0	0	14
Wk 14	W 54-16vs No. 15 Florida	2	41	20.5	0	32
Bowl	W 24-7vs No. 4 Washington	4	44	11.0	0	16
Bowl	L 31-35vs No. 3 Clemson	4	106	26.5	1	68
Total		45	595	13.2	3	68

Signature game

Bowl · 2016

L 31-35

vs Clemson · neutral site

4 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD

With J. Scott — 45.8 yards per punt · 10 punts · 57 long · A. Stewart — 25 rush yds (1 car) · 24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Clemson · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.45O.J. Howard 68 Yd pass from Jalen Hurts
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.70Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 25 yds to the MisSt 45 for a
Week 8 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 14 yds to the TexAM 45 for a
Week 7 · Tennessee · 2nd and 16 · Q3 · EPA +2.58Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 23 yds to the Tenn 1 for a
Week 4 · Kent State · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Blake Barnett pass complete to O.J. Howard for 34 yds for a TD, (Adam Griffith KICK)
Week 2 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.01Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 20 yds to the WKent 4 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Washington · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.91Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 16 yds to the Alab 40 for a
Week 8 · Texas A&M · 1st and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 5 yds for a TD, (Adam Griffith KICK)
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 30 yds to the MisSt 28 for a
Week 6 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.68Jalen Hurts pass complete to O.J. Howard for 21 yds to the Alab 40 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Nick Saban — 40-4 over that span.

2014Alabama12-2HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2015Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2016Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (86th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#91 / 674 · 86th pct

78.6%

Explosive rate#109 / 674 · 84th pct

17.9%

EPA / target#351 / 674 · 48th pct

0.48

Yards / catch#364 / 674 · 46th pct

12.0

TD rate#404 / 674 · 40th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#11 / 96 · 89th pct

Rec yards#12 / 96 · 88th pct

595

Receptions#12 / 96 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#35 / 96 · 64th pct

13.2

Rec TDs#35 / 96 · 56th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

99th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

95th → 84th percentile

Catch rate

96th → 86th percentile

TD rate

55th → 40th percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 46th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	42.9	11.2	0.3
Road4g	1.2	16.2	13.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	2.4	39.9	16.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	39.3	9.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Nick Saban

Pass share

39.8%

417 pass / 630 run

Plays / game

69.8

15 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

449 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

O.J. Howard

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Alabama, drafted

2013

2016 15 games

2017