1. Sam Howell played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, setting school records for most touchdown passes in a single season as well as career passing yards and touchdown passes.
26 Facts About Sam Howell
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Sam Howell was born on September 16,2000, in Waynesville, North Carolina, and grew up in Union County, North Carolina.
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Sam Howell attended and played football for Sun Valley High School, where he threw for 13,415 yards and 145 touchdowns while rushing for 3,621 yards and 60 touchdowns.
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The second-ranked recruit in North Carolina, Sam Howell originally committed to play college football at Florida State University but flipped to the University of North Carolina after FSU offensive coordinator Walt Bell left the program to pursue other coaching opportunities and Mack Brown was hired as UNC's head coach.
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Sam Howell enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 2019.
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Sam Howell became the first true freshman to win the starting quarterback job for the Tar Heels.
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Sam Howell was named the ACC Rookie of the Year after completing 259 of 422 passes for 3,641 yards with 38 touchdowns, a freshman FBS record.
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Sam Howell was included on watchlists for the Maxwell, Manning, and O'Brien awards prior to his sophomore season.
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Sam Howell earned ACC Player of the Week honors after throwing for 443 yards against Virginia.
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Against Wake Forest two weeks later, Sam Howell threw for 550 yards and 6 touchdowns, both school records, while rushing for another touchdown.
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Much like his sophomore year, Sam Howell received significant hype going into his junior campaign, being named to multiple award watchlists, and was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the nation.
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Against Georgia State in week two, Howell threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 104 yards and two more scores, becoming the second quarterback in Tar Heel history to throw for over 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in the same game.
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Sam Howell finished the season throwing for 3,056 with 24 touchdowns while rushing for 828 yards with 11 touchdowns.
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Sam Howell graduated in December 2021 and announced that he would forgo his remaining college eligibility to enter the 2022 NFL draft.
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Sam Howell threw at least one touchdown pass in every game he played in college.
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Sam Howell signed his four-year rookie contract on May 6,2022.
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Sam Howell made his first career start and played in his first career game in week 18 of the 2022 season after the team had been eliminated from playoff contention.
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Sam Howell would remain the starting quarterback for the 2023 season, beating out Jacoby Brissett in training camp.
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In week 15 against the Los Angeles Rams, Sam Howell was benched in favor of Brissett in the fourth quarter after only managing to accrue 11 completions out of 26 pass attempts, one touchdown, and one interception.
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Sam Howell started the following week against the New York Jets, but would be benched in the third quarter after recording 56 yards on 6 pass completions and two interceptions.
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Sam Howell was benched for the week 17 game for Brissett.
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Sam Howell finished the regular season starting all 17 games with 3,946 passing yards and 21 touchdowns.
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Sam Howell threw 21 interceptions and took 65 sacks, both of which led the NFL.
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On March 14,2024, Sam Howell was traded to the Seattle Seahawks along with a fourth-round pick and a sixth-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft in exchange for a 2024 third-rounder and a 2024 fifth-rounder.
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Sam Howell is part Korean; his American grandfather met his Korean grandmother while stationed in Korea in 1960 after the Korean War.
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Sam Howell has never eaten any beef or seafood, with chicken being the only meat in his diet.