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Jersey Number 42
Alex Howell
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Florence, S.C.
- High School:
- West Florence
Bio
HOWELL’S CAREER HIGHS
2015 (SENIOR): Saw action in all 12 games … served as the team’s punter in every game and handled place-kicking duties in the first four games before injury prevented him from doing so the rest of the season … earned ACSMA All-ACC honorable mention honors … averaged 41.7 yards on 92 punts for 3,838 total yards … was 1-for-2 on field-goal attempts … six punts went for touchbacks; 24 were fair caught; 14 were 50 yards or longer; and 30 were inside the 20 … was ranked second nationally in punts (92), punt yardage (3,838), punts per game (7.7) and yards per game (319.8) … his 41.72 yards per punt average ranked 54th nationally … among ACC punters, he was ranked first in punts and yards, and eighth in average … made 1-of-2 field goals – converting from 31 yards – and went 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts against Maine (Sept. 5), while also averaging 57.6 yards on five kickoffs with one touchback and 40.2 yards on five punts with two downed inside the 20 … punted seven times in loss to No. 9/6 Florida State (Sept. 18), averaging 47.9 yards per punt – including a 57-yarder, three longer than 50 yards, one inside the 20 and two for touchbacks … punted nine times for 341 yards, averaging 37.9 yards per punt in the victory over Northern Illinois (Sept. 26) with a long of 55 yards and one inside the 20 … punted eight times each game at Duke (Oct. 3) and Wake Forest (Oct. 10 … earned the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week honors for his performance at No. 5/6 Clemson (Oct. 17) when he had 10 punts for 452 yards and booted two longer than 50 yards, including a season-long 58-yarder and one downed at the Eagles’ 2-yard line from the Tigers’ 33-yard line … tallied career highs in punt attempts (12) and punt yardage (507), with five that fell inside the 20, at Louisville (Oct. 24) … broke the BC single-season record for punts (85) with a nine-punt effort (350 yards) against No. 5/4 Notre Dame (Nov. 21) … added seven punts, three of which were inside the 20, in season finale at Syracuse (Nov. 28) … earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
2014 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games … served as the team’s punter, kickoff specialist and attempted long field goals … named to the All-New England Team by the area’s writer for punting abilities … recorded 23 points on the season … kicked 65 punts totaling 2,764 yards … averaged 42.5 yards per punt, good for sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference … recorded four touchbacks, 16 fair catches, 21 punts inside the 20-yard line, 15 punts of 50 yards or more and had one punt blocked … recorded 67 kickoffs for a total of 3,940 yards, averaging 58.8 yards per kick … tallied 18 touchbacks … was 5-for-11 on field-goal attempts, all outside the 30-yard line … was 8-for-9 on extra-point attempts with one blocked … recorded a career-long, 44-yard field goal at Massachusetts (Aug. 30), going 1-for-2 on the day … punted seven times against Pittsburgh (Sept. 5), averaging 45.4 yards per punt and connecting on a career-long, 62 yarder … was 2-for-2 on field-goal attempts against Maine (Sept. 20), hitting from the 40- and 34-yard lines and was 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts … was 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts against Colorado State (Sept. 27) … punted a career-high 10 times against Clemson (Oct. 18), averaging 50.1 yards per punt and pinning the Tigers inside the three times … nailed a career-long, 44-yard field goal at Virginia Tech (Nov. 1), which put the Eagles up by two with four minutes to play … punted three times against Louisville (Nov. 8), averaging 51.7 yards per punt ... punted six times in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State (Dec. 27), averaging 38.3 yards per punt and recording a long of 52 ... averaged 60.2 yards per kick on five kickoffs in the bowl game.
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Did not see any game action … served as the team’s back-up punter and kickoff specialist.
2012 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in one game – the season opener against Miami (Sept. 1) … registered four kickoffs for 240 yards (60.0 yards per kick).
2011 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-State second-team honors from SCVarsity.com as a senior kicker at West Florence High School … selected as the 4A Kicker of the Year by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association … chosen as the kicker on the Palmetto Champions All-Star Team; also gained Special Teams Player of the Year Award from the South Carolina Football Coaches Association … was 29-for-29 on extra points and 8-for-12 on field goals in 2010; converted a 51-yard field goal against Darlington … averaged 40.3 yards per punt … served as team captain for Knights head coach Trey Woodberry … played in the National Underclassmen Combine's All World Gridiron Classic on Dec. 31, 2010; captured NUC Special Team Player of the Year honors … played for the South team in South Carolina’s North-South All-Star Game on Dec. 11, 2010.
PERSONAL: Alexander Scott Howell ... enrolled as a finance major in the Carroll Graduate School of Management … recipient of the McCourt Family Football Place Kicker Scholarship Fund … Alex and his older brother Jimmy are the sons of April and James Howell; Jimmy was a four-year letter-winning punter at Virginia.
- Points scored: 9 vs. Maine, Sept. 20, 2014
- Kick PATs: 5, vs. Howard, Sept. 12, 2015
- Points by kicking: 6 (twice), last vs. Maine, Sept. 5, 2015
- Field goals made: 2 vs. Maine, Sept. 20, 2014
- Field goal attempts: 2 (three times), last vs. Maine, Sept. 5, 2015
- Longest field goal: 44 (twice), at Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 2014 and at Virginia Tech, Nov. 1, 2014
- Punt attempts: 12 at Louisville, Oct. 24, 2015
- Punt yards: 507 at Louisville, Oct. 24, 2015 (12 punts)
- Longest punt: 62 vs. Pittsburgh, Sept. 5, 2014
2015 (SENIOR): Saw action in all 12 games … served as the team’s punter in every game and handled place-kicking duties in the first four games before injury prevented him from doing so the rest of the season … earned ACSMA All-ACC honorable mention honors … averaged 41.7 yards on 92 punts for 3,838 total yards … was 1-for-2 on field-goal attempts … six punts went for touchbacks; 24 were fair caught; 14 were 50 yards or longer; and 30 were inside the 20 … was ranked second nationally in punts (92), punt yardage (3,838), punts per game (7.7) and yards per game (319.8) … his 41.72 yards per punt average ranked 54th nationally … among ACC punters, he was ranked first in punts and yards, and eighth in average … made 1-of-2 field goals – converting from 31 yards – and went 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts against Maine (Sept. 5), while also averaging 57.6 yards on five kickoffs with one touchback and 40.2 yards on five punts with two downed inside the 20 … punted seven times in loss to No. 9/6 Florida State (Sept. 18), averaging 47.9 yards per punt – including a 57-yarder, three longer than 50 yards, one inside the 20 and two for touchbacks … punted nine times for 341 yards, averaging 37.9 yards per punt in the victory over Northern Illinois (Sept. 26) with a long of 55 yards and one inside the 20 … punted eight times each game at Duke (Oct. 3) and Wake Forest (Oct. 10 … earned the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week honors for his performance at No. 5/6 Clemson (Oct. 17) when he had 10 punts for 452 yards and booted two longer than 50 yards, including a season-long 58-yarder and one downed at the Eagles’ 2-yard line from the Tigers’ 33-yard line … tallied career highs in punt attempts (12) and punt yardage (507), with five that fell inside the 20, at Louisville (Oct. 24) … broke the BC single-season record for punts (85) with a nine-punt effort (350 yards) against No. 5/4 Notre Dame (Nov. 21) … added seven punts, three of which were inside the 20, in season finale at Syracuse (Nov. 28) … earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
2014 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 13 games … served as the team’s punter, kickoff specialist and attempted long field goals … named to the All-New England Team by the area’s writer for punting abilities … recorded 23 points on the season … kicked 65 punts totaling 2,764 yards … averaged 42.5 yards per punt, good for sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference … recorded four touchbacks, 16 fair catches, 21 punts inside the 20-yard line, 15 punts of 50 yards or more and had one punt blocked … recorded 67 kickoffs for a total of 3,940 yards, averaging 58.8 yards per kick … tallied 18 touchbacks … was 5-for-11 on field-goal attempts, all outside the 30-yard line … was 8-for-9 on extra-point attempts with one blocked … recorded a career-long, 44-yard field goal at Massachusetts (Aug. 30), going 1-for-2 on the day … punted seven times against Pittsburgh (Sept. 5), averaging 45.4 yards per punt and connecting on a career-long, 62 yarder … was 2-for-2 on field-goal attempts against Maine (Sept. 20), hitting from the 40- and 34-yard lines and was 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts … was 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts against Colorado State (Sept. 27) … punted a career-high 10 times against Clemson (Oct. 18), averaging 50.1 yards per punt and pinning the Tigers inside the three times … nailed a career-long, 44-yard field goal at Virginia Tech (Nov. 1), which put the Eagles up by two with four minutes to play … punted three times against Louisville (Nov. 8), averaging 51.7 yards per punt ... punted six times in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State (Dec. 27), averaging 38.3 yards per punt and recording a long of 52 ... averaged 60.2 yards per kick on five kickoffs in the bowl game.
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Did not see any game action … served as the team’s back-up punter and kickoff specialist.
2012 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in one game – the season opener against Miami (Sept. 1) … registered four kickoffs for 240 yards (60.0 yards per kick).
2011 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-State second-team honors from SCVarsity.com as a senior kicker at West Florence High School … selected as the 4A Kicker of the Year by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association … chosen as the kicker on the Palmetto Champions All-Star Team; also gained Special Teams Player of the Year Award from the South Carolina Football Coaches Association … was 29-for-29 on extra points and 8-for-12 on field goals in 2010; converted a 51-yard field goal against Darlington … averaged 40.3 yards per punt … served as team captain for Knights head coach Trey Woodberry … played in the National Underclassmen Combine's All World Gridiron Classic on Dec. 31, 2010; captured NUC Special Team Player of the Year honors … played for the South team in South Carolina’s North-South All-Star Game on Dec. 11, 2010.
PERSONAL: Alexander Scott Howell ... enrolled as a finance major in the Carroll Graduate School of Management … recipient of the McCourt Family Football Place Kicker Scholarship Fund … Alex and his older brother Jimmy are the sons of April and James Howell; Jimmy was a four-year letter-winning punter at Virginia.
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