Skyler Howard
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Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 6, 1994 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Fort Worth (TX) Brewer |
| College | West Virginia (2014–2016) |
| NFL draft | 2017: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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Skyler Howard (born November 6, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback that most recently played for the Obic Seagulls of the Japanese X-League.[1]
College statistics
Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Brewer High School.[2] Howard originally signed to play as a walk on for Stephen F. Austin State University, before opting to transfer to Riverside City College.[3] Howard passed for over 3,000 yards and 33 touchdowns while playing for Riverside City College.[4][5]
Howard transferred to WVU and joined the Mountaineers as a sophomore in 2014, playing only four games that season.
The following year, in 2015, Howard started for the Mountaineers, playing in 13 games. He helped lead his team to victory over Arizona State in the 2016 Cactus Bowl.[6]
In 2016, Howard had the best year of his career, throwing for 3328 yards, 26 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and a career high in completion percentage, 61.1 on 404 attempts. The Mountaineers started 6-0, but their win streak came to an end at unranked Oklahoma State, where WVU lost, 37-20, with Howard throwing 2 interceptions. Though he also threw three interceptions in a game at Texas, they still won 24-20. In Howard's final game in the 2016 Russel Athletic Bowl (now known as the Pop Tarts Bowl), WVU lost to Miami (FL), who would end a 10 year drought of bowl wins.
| Year | Team | G | GS | W – L | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
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| Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||
| 2014 | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 1–1 | 56 | 110 | 50.9 | 829 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 138.2 | 22 | 140 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2015 | West Virginia | 13 | 13 | 8–5 | 221 | 403 | 54.8 | 3145 | 7.8 | 26 | 14 | 134.7 | 158 | 502 | 3.2 | 6 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 13 | 13 | 10–3 | 247 | 404 | 61.1 | 3328 | 8.2 | 26 | 10 | 146.6 | 142 | 463 | 3.3 | 10 |
| Total | 30 | 28 | 19–9 | 524 | 917 | 57.1 | 7302 | 8.1 | 60 | 24 | 140.4 | 322 | 1105 | 3.4 | 16 | |