Winn Howard: LB · Navy · #51.
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Winn Howard
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Two seasons in the Navy linebacker corps to date. On tape: 5 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-45vs Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-31vs No. 20 UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-34@ Temple | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 43-40vs SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-24@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24@ Houston | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-14vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-7vs Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups23 tackles · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 16-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
10.9%
99 pass / 813 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Navy, 31 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
