Quarterback, Butler (from Dartmouth), 2021–⁠24

Nick Howard

Number
No. 17
Height
6′2″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Green Bay, WI

Nick Howard played quarterback at Dartmouth (2021–⁠23) and Butler (2024).

Career highs

213passing yards, career highat Cornell, 2022186rushing yards, career highat Sacred Heart, 20223rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Stetson, 2024

Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2021 and 2023

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2022Dartmouth6511059.17306.623
2023Dartmouth336749.33024.513
2024Butler345265.452410.170
Career13222957.61,5566.8106

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Dartmouth1005035.0930
2023Dartmouth1386164.51032
2024Butler1336625.01131
Career3711,7814.83032

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
2022Dartmouth17QBSo.
2023Dartmouth17QBJr.
2024Butler17QBSr.6′2″230

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
2022Dartmouth (FCS)490.37––18.030%
2023Dartmouth (FCS)1750.3147th (n=255)0.3254.028%
2024Butler (FCS)1820.3360th (n=238)0.3059.525%

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

2024 Butler 12 games, 524 passing yards, 7 TD; 662 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.Upper IowaW 40–⁠756951054
Sep 7atMurray StateW 19–⁠1758900085
Sep 14vs.HanoverW 53–⁠068912087
Sep 28vs.Virginia LynchburgW 63–⁠045341048
Oct 5vs.Morehead StateW 40–⁠623181053
Oct 12atDrakeL 17–⁠2735400014
Oct 19vs.DaytonL 14–⁠2135470048
Oct 26atDavidsonW 48–⁠3823650040
Nov 2vs.StetsonW 46–⁠1313101092
Nov 9atValparaisoW 24–⁠171170050
Nov 16vs.St. Thomas (MN)W 36–⁠2023271054
Nov 23atPresbyterianL 27–⁠300200037
2023 Dartmouth 10 games, 302 passing yards, 1 TD; 616 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 16atNew HampshireL 7–⁠240500162
Sep 23vs.LehighW 34–⁠1757200173
Sep 30atPennsylvaniaW 23–⁠20918741058
Oct 7vs.YaleL 24–⁠3146270187
Oct 14atColgateL 24–⁠27812940062
Oct 21vs.ColumbiaW 20–⁠91340038
Oct 28atHarvardL 9–⁠17512560024
Nov 3vs.PrincetonW 23–⁠21020008
Nov 11vs.CornellW 30–⁠14112700108
Nov 18atBrownW 38–⁠130100096
2022 Dartmouth 8 games, 730 passing yards, 2 TD; 503 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 17vs.ValparaisoW 35–⁠13810850057
Sep 24atSacred HeartL 31–⁠3881612012186
Sep 30vs.PennsylvaniaL 17–⁠2312227800108
Oct 15vs.New HampshireL 0–⁠146754009
Oct 22atColumbiaW 27–⁠2458770023
Oct 29vs.HarvardL 13–⁠281620046
Nov 12atCornellL 13–⁠1719332131026
Nov 19vs.BrownW 30–⁠7681010148

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

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