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2021 Football Roster (Fall)

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31 Jerry Howard Jr.

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 230
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Rock Hill, S.C.
  • Highschool Northwestern H.S.
  • Prev School Georgia Tech

Biography

2021: All-CAA Third Team running back, finishing third in the CAA with 81.4 rushing yards per game... Towson's lead running back, starting all 11 games and earning 895 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns, also making 15 receptions for 134 yards and a score... four 100-yard rushing games, averaging 4.8 yards a carry... earned first 100-yard rushing game with Towson in home victory vs. Rhode Island (10/16)... season-high 145 yards, adding a touchdown, off 19 carries in victory vs. UAlbany (10/30)... earned 126 rushing yards vs. Elon (11/13), following with 125 rushing yards in finale at James Madison (11/20).

BEFORE TOWSON: Played 40 games in four seasons at Georgia Tech, finishing with 1,114 all-purpose yards including 850 rushing yards... top year was 2018, earning 564 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect by ESPN... lettered in football, wrestling and track at Northwestern High... led school to 2015 South Carolina title plus four straight district titles... earned three-time all-state and all-region performer, also being a four-time all-area player... racked up 4,451 all-purpose yards, including 3,352 rushing yards, and 52 total touchdowns, including 41 on the ground, in 39 career games... played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas... was a team captain in football, wrestling and track... honor roll student.

PERSONAL: Earned undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech in business administration.

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