(1970-05-15) May 15, 1970 (age 54) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:
188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:
St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio)
College:
Michigan (1988–1991)
NFL draft:
1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Washington Redskins (1992–1994)
Jacksonville Jaguars (1995)
Green Bay Packers (1996)
Oakland Raiders (1997–1998)
Green Bay Packers (1999)
Detroit Lions (1999–2002)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXI)
Super Bowl MVP (XXXI)
First-team All-Pro (1996)
Pro Bowl (2000)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (1992)
Heisman Trophy (1991)
Maxwell Award (1991)
Walter Camp Award (1991)
UPI Player of the Year (1991)
SN Player of the Year (1991)
Unanimous All-American (1991)
Third-team All-American (1990)
Big Ten Most Valuable Player (1991)
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1991)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1990, 1991)
Michigan Wolverines No. 21 retired
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
123
Receiving yards:
1,597
Receiving touchdowns:
7
Kickoff return yards:
7,959
Punt return yards:
2,895
Return touchdowns:
8
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is an American former football wide receiver and return specialist who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, where he was a two-time All-American, including a unanimous All-American selection in 1991, winning the Heisman Trophy. He was selected fourth overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. Howard spent most of his career on special teams as a return specialist and holds the NFL single season record for punt return yardage. With the Green Bay Packers, Howard was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXI after setting an NFL record for punt return yards and returning a kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown, the longest return in Super Bowl history at the time. To date, he is the only special teams player to receive the award. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Curtis Martin's 18-yard rushing touchdown. But on the ensuing kickoff, DesmondHoward returned the ball a then-Super Bowl record 99 yards for a touchdown...
and honors. He was the first wide receiver to win the Heisman since DesmondHoward in 1991 and only the fourth overall. He also won two national championships...
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defense, and no. 1 in special teams with former Heisman Trophy winner DesmondHoward returning punts and kickoffs for touchdowns. After relatively easy wins...
undefeated in the Big Ten Conference and was led by Heisman Trophy-winner DesmondHoward, Butkus Award-winner Erick Anderson and national statistical champion...
seasons performance with the ultimate goal of winning the Heisman trophy. DesmondHoward, a Heisman-winning player from the University of Michigan, is on the...
Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP DesmondHoward, and 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. Brady, Howard, and other athletes credit Harden with...
mocking him. Along with fellow College Gameday hosts Lee Corso and DesmondHoward, in 2007 Fowler broadcast College Gameday from Williams College for...
Trophy and Super Bowl MVP, along with Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, and DesmondHoward. He was named to the Pro Bowl six times during his 11-year NFL career...
Bowl MVP award: Starr twice in the first two Super Bowls (I and II), DesmondHoward in Super Bowl XXXI and Rodgers in Super Bowl XLV. The awardee is selected...
Packers' kick returner, DesmondHoward. For that, and his excellent performance on kick-off and punt returns throughout the game, Howard was named Super Bowl...
Lisa Salters and Tom Rinaldi Chris Fowler and Rece Davis Lee Corso, DesmondHoward, Pete Carroll, Lou Holtz and Mark May 17.2 2011 ESPN 2011 BCS National...
24–14 lead after three quarters on an Allen Jefferson 1-yard run and DesmondHoward's two TD catches from Elvis Grbac. The Fighting Irish rallied in the...
Reporter ESPN College Gameday Rece Davis Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, DesmondHoward, and Pat McAfee Jen Lada, Jess Sims, and “Stanford” Steve Coughlin SEC...
College GameDay (football) and ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC DesmondHoward (2005–present): College GameDay (football) Quint Kessenich (2005–present):...
Carl, Patrick, Clive and Barry Howard, as his permanent backing vocalists to perform with him under the name Desmond Dekker and the Aces. The new group...
to a Green Bay Packers team including Brett Favre, Reggie White and DesmondHoward and coached by Mike Holmgren. Milloy, Law, Vinatieri, Bledsoe, McGinest...
Trophy and Super Bowl MVP (Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett, and later DesmondHoward).[citation needed] In total, Allen rushed 58 times for 466 yards and...
previous draft), including Lee Corso, Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit and DesmondHoward. It marked the first time that broadcast television coverage of all...
Trophy winner DesmondHoward on the cover. He is the only cover athlete not to have played the year before their respective game; Howard last played at...
Distribution. Executive producer: Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano; Director: Howard Storm; Writer: Lew Schneider (31 January 1997). "The Car". Everybody Loves...
15, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2009. Freeman, Mike (January 28, 1997). "Howard Goes to Disneyland, but Maybe Not Back to Packerland". The New York Times...
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