Skyler Howard

Quarterback for West Virginia. 2016: 3,328 passing yards, 26 TD, 10 INT.

QB · West Virginia · #3

6′0″ · Fort Worth, TX

Watch-list name (model)West Virginia 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 90 nationally · Joined West Virginia

Statement game532 yds · 5 TDvs Arizona State (FBS) · W 43-42

Top 0.1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for West Virginia. 2016: 3,328 passing yards, 26 TD, 10 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 7,302 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20144 games

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Riverside C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#90 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-14 over that span.

2014West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2015West Virginia8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (93rd percentile). Strength: pass tds (85th percentile). Concern: interceptions (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#10 / 167 · 93rd pct

Pass TDs#25 / 167 · 85th pct

Pass yards#27 / 167 · 84th pct

3328

Rush yards#29 / 167 · 83rd pct

463

Yards / att#39 / 167 · 77th pct

8.2

Completion %#56 / 167 · 66th pct

61.1%

Fumbles lost#113 / 163 · 25th pct

Interceptions#127 / 167 · 22nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	258	2.2	8.2	0.6
Road5g	253	1.6	8.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	287	1.3	8.3	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	229	2.6	8.5	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	247	404	61.1%	3,328	8.2	26	10	146.6	--	--	--
2015	West Virginia	221	403	54.8%	3,145	7.8	26	14	134.7	--	--	--
2014	West Virginia	56	110	50.9%	829	7.5	8	0	138.2	--	--	--
Career		524	917	57.1%	7,302	8.0	60	24	140.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	West Virginia	142	463	3.3	10	--
2015	West Virginia	157	502	3.2	6	--
2014	West Virginia	22	140	6.4	0	--
Career		321	1,105	3.4	16	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 24–21

vs Baylor

111 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.5 · 26 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Kinney — 33 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO · J. Crawford — 209 rush yds (28 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week