Linebacker, Tulane (from Austin Peay), 2021–25
Sam Howard
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Birmingham, AL
Sam Howard played linebacker at Austin Peay (2021–23) and Tulane (2024–25).
Career highs
14tackles, career highat Army, 2024Team titles: Atlantic Sun champions, 2022; United Athletic champions, 2023; American champions, 2025
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Austin Peay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Austin Peay | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Austin Peay | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Tulane | 62 | 33 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | Tulane | 50 | 30 | 8.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 128 | 70 | 15 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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 | Austin Peay | 15 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | Austin Peay | 15 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | Austin Peay | 15 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Tulane | 15 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Tulane | 15 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′2″ | 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.
Game by game
2025 Tulane 11 games, 50 tackles, 4 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Northwestern | W 23–3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at South Alabama | W 33–31 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Duke | W 34–27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at Ole Miss | L 10–45 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Tulsa | W 31–14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. East Carolina | W 26–19 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | at Memphis | W 38–32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Temple | W 37–13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Charlotte | W 27–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. North Texas | W 34–21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | atOle Miss | L 10–41 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Tulane 13 games, 62 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. SE Louisiana | W 52–0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Kansas State | L 27–34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at Oklahoma | L 19–34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Louisiana | W 41–33 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. South Florida | W 45–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at UAB | W 71–20 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Rice | W 24–10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | atNorth Texas | W 45–37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atCharlotte | W 34–3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Navy | W 35–0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.Memphis | L 24–34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | at Army | L 14–35 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Florida | L 8–33 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Austin Peay 1 game, 13 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Tennessee | L 13–30 | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Austin Peay 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19 | at Alabama | L 0–34 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Austin Peay 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | atOle Miss | L 17–54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 2 at Chattanooga, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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