Delano Howell
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| No. 36, 26 | |||||||||
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | November 17, 1989 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Hart (Newhall, California) | ||||||||
| College | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2012: undrafted | ||||||||
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Delano Andre Howell[1] (born November 17, 1989) is a former safety. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Howell played his four years of college football at Stanford University first as a running back, before switching to safety. He is the younger brother of Dan Howell, who played football for the University of Washington.[2]
Howell attended William S. Hart High School in Newhall, California where he played football for the Indians as a running back and ran track as a sprinter, long jumper, and triple jumper. Rivals.com selected him as the number 16 all-purpose back in the country and was chosen by PrepStar to be part of the All-West Region for the class of 2008 as well as a first-team all-state selection.[3] Howell set multiple school records in his time at Hart, including rushing yards (4,502), total touchdowns (82), points scored (494), and yards from scrimmage (5,930).[3] He was named the 2007 CIF-Southern Section Northern Division Offensive Player of the Year.[4]
Collegiate career
Howell competed in both football and track & field at Stanford University where he wore number 26 on the field. In track & field, he owned Stanford's best mark of 2011 in the long jump at 23–8 3/4.[3]
As a freshman, Howell played football as a running back where he had a season best 59 rushing yards and 94 passing yards against San Jose State and as a kickoff returner where he averaged 25.8 yards per return.[3]
In his second year, he transferred to defense as a strong safety and totaled two interceptions, three pass breakups, and one fumble recovery.[3] When he played the University of Washington he became the first Stanford player to have two interceptions in one game since 2007 and had a career-high 15 tackles against California.[3]
Junior year Howell made the All-Pac-10 second-team and had 60 tackles, including 8 against USC, 11 against the University of Arizona and 12 against Notre Dame.[3] Against the University of Oregon, Howell picked up 8 tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery.[3]
In his final year at Stanford, Howell missed three games due to a hand injury.[3] He went on, however, to total seven tackles against Oklahoma State in Cardinal's 41–38 loss in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl.[3] He was awarded the Jack Huston Award for "the player who best exemplifies aggressiveness, exceptional performance and unheralded efforts" and was named to the All-Pac-12 Conference first-team.[3]
Howell ended his career at Stanford with 190 total tackles and seven interceptions in his 34 games.[3]