Naval Academy Athletics

•    At Navy: Enters the fall listed as the starter at tight end ... a starter in 11 games during his career (0 Fr // 3 So // 8 Jr) ... played both wide receiver and tight end as a sophomore, but moved to tight end full time last fall ... has fought through a myriad of injuries to get on the field ... if he can have a healthy senior year, will be a major impact player for the Mids in 2025 ... has earned 2 varsity letters.

•    2024: A starter in 8 of the 9 games in which he played, he closed out the year with 4 catches for 80 yards and a touchdown (15.0 yds/catch, 6.7 yds/gm) ... on 3rd-and-1 late in the 2nd quarter, he caught a 21-yard pass from Blake Horvath that led to Navy’s touchdown 2 plays later by Alex Tecza in the Mids’ 21-20 victory over Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl ... caught an 11-yard touchdown pass, the first of his career, in Navy’s Homecoming win over Charlotte ... after missing the first-2 games due to injury, returned to the field against Memphis where he caught a 23-yard pass.

•    2023: A starter in 3 of the 12 games in which he played ... caught 3 passes for 50 yards (16.7 yds/catch, 4.2 yds/gm) on the year ... also made 3 special teams tackles ... caught a 6-yard pass in his first Army-Navy game, while also making a solo tackle ... made the start at SMU where he caught just his second-career pass for a gain of 12 yards ... made his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ win over North Texas ... recorded a pair of special teams tackles against USF ... caught his first-collegiate pass for a gain of 32 yards in the win over Wagner ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Notre Dame.

•    2022: Did not see any varsity action.

•    High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Northern High School in Owings, Md., Howard was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in football and lacrosse ... member of the Northern HS football team that won the 2021 Maryland Class 3A State Championship in football ... caught a pair of touchdown passes in the championship game played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium ... served as captain of the football team his senior year ... father, Kevin, played football (WR) at Towson (1989-92) and stands #8 in the Tigers’ all-time record books for career receiving yards (2,086), #5 in receptions (161) and #8 in receiving touchdowns (15) ... meanwhile, his 222-yard receiving game against New Haven on Nov. 3, 1990, remains the eighth-best single-game receiving total in Towson history ... son of Kevin and Nicole Howard and Tim Blount and Kia Howard ... majoring in data science ... earned a 3.24 grade-point average in the fall and a 3.49 GPA in the spring of his junior year.