Will Howard in the NFL, 2025
In the NFL, 2025. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Ohio State (from Kansas State), 2020–⁠24

Will Howard

Lettered 2020–⁠23 at Kansas State (school media guide)

Number
No. 18
Height
6′4″
Weight
237 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Downingtown, PA
Born
Sep 24, 2001, in West Chester, Pennsylvania

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Will Howard played quarterback at Kansas State (2020–⁠23) and Ohio State (2024). He was the quarterback of the 2024 national champions (14–⁠2). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Howard in round 6, No. 185 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
4,010
Passing yards, 2024 (Ohio State, 14–⁠2)
National rank
No. 4
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2024
Drafted
No. 185
Round 6, 2025 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

327passing yards, career highat Texas, 20234touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. Iowa, 2024125rushing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma State, 20202rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. UCF, 2023

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2022; National champions, 2024 (Ohio State)

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2020Kansas State9016853.61,1787.0810
2021Kansas State305554.53326.011
2022Kansas State11919860.11,6338.2154
2023Kansas State21935861.22,6437.42410
2024Ohio State30942373.04,0109.53510
Career7671,20263.89,7968.18335

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020Kansas State783644.7380
2021Kansas State321845.8471
2022Kansas State35220.6314
2023Kansas State803644.5970
2024Ohio State1052262.2719
Career3301,1603.52680

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Kansas State18QBYr 1
2021Kansas State18QBYr 2
2022Kansas State18QBYr 3
2023Kansas State18QBYr 4
2024Ohio State18QBSr. (Yr 5)6′4″237

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2020Kansas State2450.1925th (n=116)0.2745.745%0.250.12
2021Kansas State750.30––22.532%––
2022Kansas State2310.4179th (n=250)0.3293.648%0.58–
2023Kansas State4340.3660th (n=255)0.32155.549%0.410.47
2024Ohio State5190.5295th (n=238)0.30270.553%0.700.36

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Ohio State 16 games, 4,010 passing yards, 35 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠617282283018
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠01826292106
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠14162027521−2
Sep 28atMichigan StateW 38–⁠721312442114
Oct 5vs.IowaW 35–⁠721252094128
Oct 12atOregonL 31–⁠3228353262013
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠1713162213114
Nov 2atPenn StateW 20–⁠1316241822124
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠02126260307
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠71524247200
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠15222620121−1
Nov 30vs.MichiganL 10–⁠1319331751210
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠1724293112137
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonW 41–⁠21172631930−3
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠142433289114
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠2317212312057
2023 Kansas State 12 games, 2,643 passing yards, 24 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 45–⁠01826297215
Sep 9vs.TroyW 42–⁠1321322503133
Sep 16atMissouriL 27–⁠3025392703121
Sep 23vs.UCFW 44–⁠3127422550164
Oct 6atOklahoma StateL 21–⁠29153415213104
Oct 14atTexas TechW 38–⁠216986000
Oct 21vs.TCUW 41–⁠310161543062
Oct 28vs.HoustonW 41–⁠015171642024
Nov 4atTexasL 30–⁠33264232741−10
Nov 11vs.BaylorW 59–⁠25192923530−3
Nov 18atKansasW 31–⁠2713241652118
Nov 25vs.Iowa StateL 35–⁠4224482881146
2022 Kansas State 7 games, 1,633 passing yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 22atTCUL 28–⁠3813202252131
Oct 29vs.Oklahoma StateW 48–⁠02137296403
Nov 12atBaylorW 31–⁠31927196306
Nov 19atWest VirginiaW 48–⁠311927294216
Nov 26vs.KansasW 47–⁠271121213202
Dec 3vs.TCUW 31–⁠28183119920−3
Dec 31 ✦vs.AlabamaL 20–⁠45183521002−23
2021 Kansas State 5 games, 332 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 11vs.Southern IllinoisW 31–⁠2381776019
Sep 18vs.NevadaW 38–⁠177101231056
Sep 25atOklahoma StateL 20–⁠31412500028
Nov 6atKansasW 35–⁠102318009
Nov 26atTexasL 17–⁠22913650082
2020 Kansas State 9 games, 1,178 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 12vs.Arkansas StateL 31–⁠35112400−1
Oct 3vs.Texas TechW 31–⁠21712173108
Oct 10atTCUW 21–⁠148191170186
Oct 24vs.KansasW 55–⁠1417242432023
Oct 31atWest VirginiaL 10–⁠37193718413−9
Nov 7vs.Oklahoma StateL 18–⁠20102114311125
Nov 21atIowa StateL 0–⁠4539320112
Nov 28atBaylorL 31–⁠32918881241
Dec 5vs.TexasL 31–⁠6916271742279

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′4¼″
Weight236 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9″
Wingspan77⅛″
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′4″
3-cone drill7.13 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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