Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2021. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Minneapolis, MN · Robbinsdale Cooper
Phillip Howard: DB · Minnesota · #2.
Phillip Howard
Fifth year in the Minnesota secondary. A game that shows it: 2 tackles against Northwestern — Week 9, 2021.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 pass 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-45vs No. 4 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-0@ Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-16vs Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-14vs Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-14@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-13vs No. 18 Wisconsin | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 12 · 2021
W 35-14
at Indiana
1 interception · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Indiana.
5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.2%
252 pass / 583 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
278 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 24 games over 5 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under P.J. Fleck.
