Senior linebacker for North Texas. 2021: 6 tackles.
6′0″ · 227 lb · Lantana, TX
The story
4 linebacker for North Texas. 2021: 6 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKyleb Howell
This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at North Texas. The receipt: 3 tackles against Northwestern State — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at North Texas, 36 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Seth Littrell.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Seth Littrell — 23-25 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Texas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Texas | 30 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 44–14
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-14vs Northwestern State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 35-48@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-24@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-7@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Player DNA