50 Facts About Jordan Howard

Jordan Reginald Howard was born on November 2,1994 and is an American football running back who is a free agent.

Jordan Howard was a two-year starter for the Rockets, gaining 2,876 yards in his junior and senior seasons.

Jordan Howard ended up going to play college football just a few miles away from his home at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama.

Jordan Howard began his college football career at UAB in 2013.

Jordan Howard rushed for a season-high 159 yards against FIU.

Jordan Howard finished the 2013 season with 881 rushing yards.

Jordan Howard's longest rushing play of the season was 52 yards against Vanderbilt.

Jordan Howard finished second in yards per carry in Conference USA.

Jordan Howard was second in rushing yards in Conference USA for the 2014 season.

Jordan Howard rushed for a season-high 238 yards and two touchdowns against Michigan on November 14,2015.

In only nine games in his junior season, Jordan Howard rushed for 1,213 yards and nine touchdowns on 196 attempts and had 11 receptions for 106 yards and one touchdown.

Jordan Howard received his Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University, Bloomington on May 4,2019.

On December 27,2015, Jordan Howard declared for the 2016 NFL Draft, foregoing his senior season.

Jordan Howard was one of 24 running backs invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jordan Howard attended the combine, but opted to only perform the bench press, vertical jump, and broad jump.

Jordan Howard performed all of the running drills that he opted out of at the combine and performed positional drills.

Jordan Howard was ranked as the third best running back in the draft by NFLDraftScout.

Jordan Howard was the tenth running back taken in the draft.

Jordan Howard had a strong performance in the Bears' preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns, where he rushed for 107 yards with one touchdown.

Jordan Howard made his professional regular season debut in the Chicago Bears' second game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles after Carey suffered a hamstring injury.

Jordan Howard finished the game with three carries for 22 rushing yards and two receptions for nine yards.

Jordan Howard was named the Bears' starting running back after Langford suffered an ankle injury.

The next game, Jordan Howard rushed the ball 16 times for 118 rushing yards and caught three passes for 45 yards and a touchdown in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Jordan Howard was named the 'NFC's Offensive Player of the Week' for his third game with more than 100 rushing yards against the Vikings.

Jordan Howard eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards, the fifth rookie in team history to reach 1,000 rushing yards.

Jordan Howard finished the season with a Bears rookie record 1,313 rushing yards, second in the league behind fellow rookie Ezekiel Elliott.

Jordan Howard was later named to the 2017 Pro Bowl as a replacement for injured Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson.

Jordan Howard joined Gale Sayers as the only Bears rookie running backs to make the Pro Bowl.

Jordan Howard shared the Bears' backfield with Tarik Cohen in the 2017 season.

Jordan Howard finished out the 2017 season with 90 rushing yards combined over the last three games.

The next week, Jordan Howard ran in two touchdowns against the Buffalo Bills.

Jordan Howard finished the season with 935 rushing yards and 9 touchdowns.

Jordan Howard ended the season with 935 rushing yards on 250 attempts, while his nine touchdowns led the team.

Jordan Howard received an overall grade of 70.2 from Pro Football Focus in 2018, which ranked as the 37th highest grade among all qualifying running backs.

On March 28,2019, Jordan Howard was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2020 sixth round pick.

Jordan Howard made his debut with the Eagles in Week 1 against the Washington Redskins.

Jordan Howard suffered a shoulder injury and did not appear in any games toward the end of the season.

On March 21,2020, Jordan Howard signed a two-year, $9.75 million contract with the Miami Dolphins.

Jordan Howard made his debut with the Dolphins in Week 1 against the New England Patriots.

On November 23,2020, Jordan Howard was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad.

Jordan Howard re-signed to a one-year contract on April 13,2021.

Jordan Howard was released on August 31,2021, and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.

In week 11 against the New Orleans Saints, Jordan Howard suffered a neck injury that sidelined him for two weeks.

Jordan Howard suffered a stinger against the New York Giants in week 16, but managed to play week 17 against the Washington Football Team.

Jordan Howard was placed on the COVID list on January 3,2022.

Jordan Howard finished the 2021 season with 86 carries for 406 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.

On October 12,2022, Jordan Howard was signed to the New Orleans Saints practice squad.

Jordan Howard is the son of Flora Hollis-Williams and Dr Reginald Bernard "Doc" Jordan Howard, a dentist.

Jordan Howard's father died at the age of 52 on January 31,2007, of pulmonary fibrosis.

Jordan Howard is a supporter of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.