Running back, Alabama State (from North Alabama), 2018–⁠23

Ja’Won Howell

Number
No. 8
Height
6′1″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2023)
Sophomore
Hometown
Lanett, AL

Ja’Won Howell played running back at North Alabama (2018–⁠20) and Alabama State (2022–⁠23).

Career highs

6catches, career highat Florida A&M, 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020*North Alabama23381.716
2022Alabama State742613.5416
2023Alabama State913644.0241
Career1886633.5741

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020*North Alabama5285.6016
2022Alabama State7547.7016
2023Alabama State1314311.0042
Career252259.0042

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020North Alabama8RBYr 1
2022Alabama State8RBYr 3
2023Alabama State8RBSo. (Yr 4)6′1″220

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
2020North Alabama (FCS)28-0.13––-3.816%
2022Alabama State (FCS)500.20––10.111%
2023Alabama State (FCS)990.0417th (n=450)0.174.218%

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

2023 Alabama State 10 games, 364 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 2vs.SouthernW 14–⁠1015360–––
Sep 23atFlorida A&ML 10–⁠23123006350
Sep 30vs.Alcorn StateL 20–⁠23167301220
Oct 7vs.Bethune-CookmanW 19–⁠146180–––
Oct 14atJackson StateW 24–⁠196470–––
Oct 28vs.Alabama A&MW 31–⁠1695211140
Nov 4vs.GramblingW 17–⁠611400170
Nov 11atMississippi Valley StateW 20–⁠34−60–––
Nov 18atPrairie View A&ML 14–⁠213403610
Nov 23vs.TuskegeeW 41–⁠39701140

No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Miles, so that game is not listed.

2022 Alabama State 11 games, 261 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 27vs.HowardW 23–⁠134111–––
Sep 3vs.MilesW 21–⁠1311480–––
Sep 10atUCLAL 7–⁠45390–––
Sep 24vs.Prairie View A&ML 15–⁠252−101150
Oct 1atTexas SouthernW 16–⁠13167512140
Oct 8vs.Jackson StateL 12–⁠263100140
Oct 15vs.Mississippi Valley StateW 24–⁠96151–––
Oct 29vs.Alabama A&MW 24–⁠176290–––
Nov 5atBethune-CookmanW 37–⁠22123801100
Nov 12vs.Florida A&ML 14–⁠2141001140
Nov 24vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffL 14–⁠197260170
2020 North Alabama 3 games, 38 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Oct 3atLibertyL 7–⁠2861201160
Nov 7atSouthern MissL 13–⁠244404120
Nov 21atBYUL 14–⁠6613221–––

No box score in the source for Oct 17 vs. Jacksonville State, so that game is not listed.

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

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