Defensive end, Texas A&M (from Bowling Green), 2021–25
Cashius Howell
Lettered 2022–23 at Bowling Green (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 248 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Kansas City, MO
- Born
- Apr 16, 2003
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Cashius Howell played defensive end at Bowling Green (2021–23) and Texas A&M (2024–25). He was a consensus All‑American in 2025. The Cincinnati Bengals took Howell in round 2, No. 41 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
3sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Mississippi State, 2025Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 20 | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 27 | 15 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 40 | 26 | 8.5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 32 | 21 | 15 | 12.5 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Career | 125 | 73 | 36.5 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 19 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 9 | DE | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 9 | DE | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 9 | DE | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Texas A&M | 9 | DE | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 9 | DE | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 248 |
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.
Game by game
2025 Texas A&M 13 games, 32 tackles, 12.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. UTSA | W 42–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Utah State | W 44–22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at Notre Dame | W 41–40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Auburn | W 16–10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Florida | W 34–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | at Arkansas | W 45–42 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at LSU | W 49–25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Missouri | W 38–17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. South Carolina | W 31–30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Samford | W 48–0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | at Texas | L 17–27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Miami | L 3–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Texas A&M 13 games, 40 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs.Notre Dame | L 13–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. McNeese | W 52–10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | atFlorida | W 33–20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Bowling Green | W 26–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs.Arkansas | W 21–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | vs.Missouri | W 41–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atMississippi State | W 34–24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 26 | vs.LSU | W 38–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | atSouth Carolina | L 20–44 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. New Mexico State | W 38–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | atAuburn | L 41–43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.Texas | L 7–17 | 6 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. USC | L 31–35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2023 Bowling Green 12 games, 27 tackles, 9.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Liberty | L 24–34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Eastern Illinois | W 38–15 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Ohio | L 7–38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Georgia Tech | W 38–27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Miami (OH) | L 0–27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Buffalo | W 24–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Akron | W 41–14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Ball State | W 24–21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Kent State | W 49–19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Toledo | L 31–32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Western Michigan | W 34–10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Minnesota | L 24–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Bowling Green 9 games, 20 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at UCLA | L 17–45 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Marshall | W 34–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atMississippi State | L 14–45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | atAkron | W 31–28 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Buffalo | L 7–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Central Michigan | W 34–18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Western Michigan | W 13–9 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs.Kent State | L 6–40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | atOhio | L 14–38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Bowling Green 2 games, 6 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 | atBuffalo | W 56–44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | atMiami (OH) | L 7–34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 253 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| Wingspan | 74¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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