Defensive back, Minnesota, 2017–⁠21

Phillip Howard

Number: No. 2
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

Phillip Howard played defensive back at Minnesota (2017–⁠21).

8tackles, career highvs. Purdue, 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2017	Minnesota	2	1	0	0	0
2019	Minnesota	5	2	0.5	1	0
2020	Minnesota	11	9	0	0	1
2021	Minnesota	14	11	0	1	1
Career		32	23	0.5	2	2

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2017	Minnesota	11	132	12.0	25
2018	Minnesota	2	5	2.5	7
Career		13	137	10.5	25

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2019	Minnesota	1	0	0	–	–	–
2020	Minnesota	–	–	–	4	−4	0
2021	Minnesota	1	10	0	–	–	–
Career		2	10	0	4	−4	0

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
2017	Minnesota	2	DB	Yr 1
2018	Minnesota	2	DB	Yr 2
2019	Minnesota	2	DB	Yr 3
2020	Minnesota	2	DB	Yr 4
2021	Minnesota	2	DB	Sr. (Yr 5)	5′11″	195

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

2021 Minnesota 10 games, 14 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Ohio State	L 31–⁠45	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Miami (OH)	W 31–⁠26	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	atColorado	W 30–⁠0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Oct 2	atPurdue	W 20–⁠13	2	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 23	vs.Maryland	W 34–⁠16	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 30	atNorthwestern	W 41–⁠14	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Illinois	L 6–⁠14	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 20	atIndiana	W 35–⁠14	2	2	0	0	1	0
Nov 27	vs.Wisconsin	W 23–⁠13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dec 28 ✦	vs.West Virginia	W 18–⁠6	2	2	0	0	0	0

2020 Minnesota 4 games, 11 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Nov 13	vs.Iowa	L 7–⁠35	3	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 20	vs.Purdue	W 34–⁠31	8	8	0	0	0	0
Dec 12	atNebraska	W 24–⁠17	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dec 19	atWisconsin	L 17–⁠20	–	–	–	–	–	–

2019 Minnesota 4 games, 5 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int
Oct 5	vs.Illinois	W 40–⁠17	2	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Nebraska	W 34–⁠7	1	1	0	0
Oct 19	atRutgers	W 42–⁠7	1	0	0.5	1
Oct 26	vs.Maryland	W 52–⁠10	1	1	0	0

2018 Minnesota 1 game, 2 catches, 5 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 8	vs.Fresno State	W 21–⁠14	–	–	–	–	–	–

2017 Minnesota 6 games, 11 catches, 132 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Buffalo	W 17–⁠7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 16	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 34–⁠3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Maryland	L 24–⁠31	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Illinois	W 24–⁠17	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 4	atMichigan	L 10–⁠33	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 11	vs.Nebraska	W 54–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	–