Xavien Howard

Xavien Howard

Howard (2019)
Miami Dolphins - No. 25
Cornerback
Date of birth: July 4, 1993
Place of birth: Houston , Texas
Height: 1.85 m	Weight: 87 kg
NFL debut
2016 for the Miami Dolphins
Career
College : Baylor
NFL Draft : 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38
Teams: Miami Dolphins (since 2016 )
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl ( 2018 ) Second-Team All-Pro ( 2018 ) First Team All- Big 12 ( 2015 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2018 season
Tackles	123
Passes defended	31
Forced fumbles	1
Interceptions	11
Touchdowns	1
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Xavien Howard (* 4. July 1993 in Houston , Texas ) is an American American football player at the position of the cornerbacks . He played college football for Baylor University and has been with the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League (NFL) since 2016 .

college

Howard grew up in the Fifth Ward , a troubled neighborhood in Houston , Texas . He attended Wheatley High School, where he befriended William Jackson III , who also came to the NFL as a cornerback in 2016. Howard played his first three years in high school as a quarterback and wide receiver, only in his senior year he played as a cornerback.

Howard played football in college from 2013 to 2015 . He attended Baylor University and played there for the Baylor Bears in the NCAA Division I FBS.

In total, he had 98 tackles , 23 defended passes, ten interceptions , one forced fumble and one touchdown in the three years .

NFL

Howard was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round in the 2nd round in a total of 38th place in the 2016 NFL Draft . He was selected as the sixth cornerback in the draft. Howard caught his first interception in the NFL in the play-off game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2016 postseason. In the season 2017 Howard went as a starter. Against the Denver Broncos he succeeded his first defensive touchdown.

Howard was nominated for the Pro Bowl for the first time on December 18, 2018 . Although he missed the last four games of the season due to a ruptured meniscus, Howard recorded the most interceptions of the season with seven interceptions (along with Kyle Fuller and Damontae Kazee ). Before the 2019 season , Howard signed a five-year contract extension that guaranteed him $ 46 million. Bonus payments can increase this amount to up to 76.5 million. This made Howard the highest-paid cornerback in the league.

On the third day of the 2019 season , Howard was sent off for a facemask foul. Coming back in week 8 after a two-week hiatus with a knee injury, he intercepted Mason Rudolph against the Pittsburgh Steelers before injuring his knee again and leaving the field in the second half. After the game he was put on the Injured Reserve List , which ended the season for him.

Howard was arrested on December 30, 2019 for domestic violence. He had pushed his fiancée, with whom he has three children together, into a wall of mirrors during an argument, and she fell.

Web links

• Xavien Howard website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cameron Wolfe: Houston's Fifth Ward gave Dolphins' Xavien Howard his ambition on espn.com. May 9, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019.
2. ↑ College statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed August 15, 2019.
3. ↑ Jerry Hill: Xavien Howard Taken No. 38 by Miami in NFL Draft on baylorbears.com, April 29, 2016, accessed August 15, 2019.
4. ↑ Xavien Howard 2016 on nfl.com, accessed August 15, 2019.
5. ↑ Dolphins' Week 1 depth chart gives some hints on starting jobs. In: The Daily Dolphin . September 12, 2017, accessed August 15, 2019.
6. ↑ Xavien Howard 2017 on nfl.com, accessed August 15, 2019.
7. ↑ Alain Poupart: Top News: Xavien Howard Headed To The Pro Bowl on the Miami Dolphins website. December 18, 2018, accessed August 15, 2019.
8. ↑ Adam Maya: Xavien Howard to sign 5-year, $ 76.5M extension on nfl.com, May 9, 2019, accessed August 15, 2019.
9. ↑ Adam H. Beasley: Xavien Howard's nightmare afternoon ends with at early shower. What went wrong? In: The Miami Herald . September 22, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2020.
10. ↑ Steelers overcome slow start, drop winless Dolphins 27-14 on espn.com. October 29, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2020.
11. ↑ Patrik Walker: Dolphins' Xavien Howard headed to injured reserve with knee injury suffered in loss to Steelers on cbssports.com. October 30, 2019, accessed January 26, 2020.
12. ↑ Michelle Marchante, Barry Jackson: Dolphins star arrested on battery charge for pushing his fiancée during a fight over a purse. In: The Miami Herald . December 30, 2019, accessed January 26, 2020.