Jordan Howden

HISTORY — from college bio

 

HONORS:
East-West Shirne Bowl (2023)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2022, media)
Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

CAREER: Started 49 of the 58 career games he played in • made 240 tackles (168 solo) and had 5.5 tackles for loss • broke up 20 passes and had four interceptions.    

2022: Started all 13 games • made 58 tackles (40 solo) and had 3.5 tackles for loss • broke up five passes and had two interceptions. Game-by-Game: Made two tackles against New Mexico State • had four tackles, one tackle for loss and one interception against Western Illinois • totaled two tackles against Colorado • had one tackle at Michigan State • made four tackles, had one interception and broke up one pass against Purdue • recorded 10 tackles and broke up one pass at Illinois • made seven tackles, including one tackle for loss, at Penn State • totaled two tackles against Rutgers • broke up two passes and made four tackles at Nebraska • made five tackles and had half a tackle for loss against Northwestern • had eight tackles against Iowa • made four tackles at Wisconsin • made seven tackles, one tackle for loss, broke up one pass and recovered one onside kick against Syracuse.

2021 (sr): Started all 12 games he played in • made 43 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss • broke up five passes. Game-by-Game: Recorded four tackles against Ohio State • missed the Miami game with an injury • registered one tackle at Colorado • made three tackles against Bowling Green • totaled two tackles at Purdue • recorded seven tackles and broke up one pass against Nebraska • registered six tackles against Maryland • notched three tackles at Northwestern • made six tackles, including 0.5 tackles for a loss, against Illinois • had two tackles at Iowa • broke up one pass and recorded three tackles, including one tackle for a loss, at Indiana • made three tackles and broke up one pass against Wisconsin • notched three tackles and broke up two passes against West Virginia in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. 

2020 (jr): Played in seven games • made 37 tackles and broke up one pass. Game-by-Game: Made five tackles against Michigan • made eight tackles and broke up one pass at Maryland • registered six tackles at Illinois • recorded four tackles against Iowa • made four tackles against Purdue • registered five tackles at Nebraska • made five tackles at Wisconsin. 

2019 (soph): Played in all 13 games and started 12 • recorded 57 tackles (40 solo) • broke up six passes and made one interception. Game-by-Game: Started against South Dakota State and tallied a career high 12 tackles (nine solo) with two pass breakups • broke up two passes and made five tackles in a start against Fresno State • saw action against Georgia Southern • recorded six tackles against Purdue • notched three tackles against Illinois • tallied five tackles against Nebraska • registered five tackles against Rutgers • made two tackles against Maryland • sealed victory over Penn State with a late game interception in the end zone and recorded six tackles and one pass breakup • recorded three tackles including 0.5 for loss at Iowa • notched two tackles at Northwestern • tallied six tackles and broke up one pass against Wisconsin • recorded two tackles against Auburn in the Outback Bowl.  

2018 (fr): Played in 13 games and started five • recorded 45 tackles (28 solo), broke up three passes and made one interception. Game-by-Game: Made collegiate debut against New Mexico and tallied two tackles • notched one tackle against Fresno State • made one tackle against Miami • registered three tackles against Maryland • saw action against Iowa and Ohio State • recorded a career high eight tackles against Nebraska • intercepted first career pass, broke up three passes and recorded seven tackles against Indiana • led team with nine tackles at Illinois • registered four tackles against Purdue • recorded three tackles against Northwestern • tallied four tackles against Wisconsin • made three tackles in Quick Lane Bowl victory against Georgia Tech. 

High school: Attended Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada where he played his senior year •  helped lead team to a state championship, 10-2 overall record and a 5-0 mark in league play • as a senior, notched 45 tackles and three interceptions while earning All-Conference honors • coached by Tico Rodriguez • also lettered in track where he excelled as a senior • won the NIAA 3A State Championship in the long jump (21-05.00) and was on the relay teams that took first in the 4x100 (42.70) and 4x200 (1:28.87) • placed fourth in state meet in the 100 meters (11.21) • played his junior season at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, Calif., where he had 29 tackles, three sacks and seven pass breakups.

PERSONAL

Son of Ramsese Howden and Johnna Taylor and of Brandi Rogers and Andrei Deshotels • has seven siblings (Breana Whitefield, Cassidy Howden, Tyler Howden, Ramsess Howden, Treyvon Davies, Andrei Deshotels Jr., and Adrien Deshotels) • father, Ramsese Howden, played football at Grambling State University • cousin, Saladin Martin, played college football at San Diego University and in the NFL with the New York Giants, New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers.

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
2.5	0.0	51.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	34.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.5	0.0	43.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	34.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	37.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	26.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.5	1.0	57.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	40.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

2018

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	45.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	28.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0