Skyler Howard

Skyler Howard (born November 6, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback that most recently played for the Obic Seagulls of the Japanese X-League.

Early life and college Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Brewer High School. Howard originally signed to play as a walk on for Stephen F. Austin State University, before opting to transfer to Riverside City College. Howard passed for over 3,000 yards and 33 touchdowns while playing for Riverside City College.

Howard transferred to WVU and joined the Mountaineers as a sophomore in 2014, playing only four games that season.

The following year, in 2015, Howard started for the Mountaineers, playing in 13 games. He helped lead his team to victory over Arizona State in the 2016 Cactus Bowl.

In 2016, Howard had the best year of his career, throwing for 3328 yards, 26 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and a career high in completion percentage, 61.1 on 404 attempts. The Mountaineers started 6-0, but their win streak came to an end at unranked Oklahoma State, where WVU lost, 37-20, with Howard throwing 2 interceptions. Though he also threw three interceptions in a game at Texas, they still won 24-20. In Howard's final game in the 2016 Russel Athletic Bowl (now known as the Pop Tarts Bowl), WVU lost to Miami (FL), who would end a 10 year drought of bowl wins.

College statistics

Year Team G GS W – L Passing Rushing Comp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD2014 West Virginia 4 2 1–1 56 110 50.9 829 7.5 8 0 138.2 22 140 6.4 02015 West Virginia 13 13 8–5 221 403 54.8 3145 7.8 26 14 134.7 158 502 3.2 62016 West Virginia 13 13 10–3 247 404 61.1 3328 8.2 26 10 146.6 142 463 3.3 10Total 30 28 19–9 524 917 57.1 7302 8.1 60 24 140.4 322 1105 3.4 16

Professional career Seattle Seahawks Howard signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2017. He was waived by the Seahawks on June 15.

Toronto Argonauts On September 20, 2017, Howard was signed to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was released from their practice roster on October 3.

Obic Seagulls 2018 Howard began playing overseas for the X-League of Japan. Howard started his first game completing 7 of 12 for 134 yards and 3 touchdowns, rushing 69 yards and 1 touchdown, leading the team to rout the Meijiyasuda PentaOcean Pirates 59–0 on Thursday, May 3, 2018, in the preliminary round of the Pearl Bowl preseason tournament at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki.

During the second round, Howard completed 12 out of 20 passes including 2 touchdowns and rushed 36 yards that helped secure a 21–6 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers to clinch a place in the semifinals of the Pearl Bowl tournament.

Despite wet and sloppy playing conditions, Howard was leading the Obic Seagulls to a 23–10 win over the Lixil Deers. The Obic Seagulls advanced to the championship game against the IBM BigBlue on June 28 in the Tokyo Dome.

In the Pearl Bowl final, Howard completed 7 out of 14 passes for 102 yards with 1 touchdown, and rushed 63 yards. The Obic Seagulls won the IBM BigBlue 28–2. For his efforts, he was awarded the Pearl Bowl MVP.

Statistics Preseason Year Team G GS W – L Passing Rushing Comp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD2018 Obic 4 4 4–0 39 75 52.0 640 8.5 8 2 153.5 35 229 6.5 1Total 4 4 4–0 39 75 52.0 640 8.5 8 2 153.5 35 229 6.5 1

Regular season Year Team G GS W – L Passing Rushing Comp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD2018 Obic 6 6 4–2 39 75 52.0 562 7.5 7 6 129.7 57 468 8.2 42019 Obic 5 5 4–1 54 93 58.1 763 8.2 6 4 139.7 55 210 3.8 3Total 11 11 8–3 93 168 55.4 1325 7.9 13 10 135.2 112 678 6.1 7