Receiver, Tennessee, 2012–⁠15

Alton Howard

Number
No. 2
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Orlando, FL

Alton Howard played receiver at Tennessee (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

8catches, career highvs. Missouri, 2014109receiving yards, career highat South Carolina, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Tennessee13544.2116
2013Tennessee443888.8333
2014Tennessee5461811.4133
2015Tennessee188.008
Career1121,0689.5533

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Tennessee14443.1016
2013Tennessee18935.2020
2014Tennessee15966.4218
2015Tennessee2136.5012
Career492465.0220

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Tennessee2WR
2013Tennessee2WR
2014Tennessee2WR
2015Tennessee2WR5′8″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Tennessee550.4718th (n=341)0.8125.79%
2014Tennessee6-0.15––-0.9–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Tennessee 2 games, 1 catch, 8 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 12vs.OklahomaL 24–⁠31180812
Sep 19vs.Western CarolinaW 55–⁠10––––1
2014 Tennessee 13 games, 54 catches, 618 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Utah StateW 38–⁠76370149
Sep 6vs.Arkansas StateW 34–⁠19330020–
Sep 13atOklahomaL 10–⁠34422019–
Sep 27atGeorgiaL 32–⁠354461318
Oct 4vs.FloridaL 9–⁠106790255
Oct 11vs.ChattanoogaW 45–⁠10150513
Oct 18atOle MissL 3–⁠34224019–
Oct 25vs.AlabamaL 20–⁠34449028–
Nov 1atSouth CarolinaW 45–⁠42510903129
Nov 15vs.KentuckyW 50–⁠164430190
Nov 22vs.MissouriL 21–⁠29890024–
Nov 29atVanderbiltW 24–⁠175550338
Jan 2 ✦vs.IowaW 45–⁠2822901824

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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