Last confirmed: App State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Hamilton, GA · Harris County
A.J. Howard: DB · App State · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
A.J. Howard
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at App State since. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Massachusetts, Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-31@ No. 15 Georgia | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-7vs Savannah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-13@ Texas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-20vs Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-31vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-20@ Idaho | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-29vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30@ Massachusetts | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 45-52@ UL Monroe | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-6vs Georgia Southern | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-10@ Georgia State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-14vs Louisiana | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-0@ Toledo | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL66 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Scott Satterfield, all run-heavy offenses — 30-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
38.0%
353 pass / 576 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
66 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at App State, 121 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Scott Satterfield.
