Career: Played in 64 career games and was App State’s starting punter in 26 of them … Freshman All-American in 2018 with a net average of 41.9 yards and overall average of 43.6 yards as App State’s primary punter … Career totals of 92 punts for 3,783 yards (41.1 average) with 15 punts of 50-plus yards and 22 kicks inside the 20.
 
2022: Served as App State’s punter and holder in all 12 games … Averaged 38.8 yards on 42 punts with a long of 51 … Had five punts of 50-plus yards, 10 punts inside the 20 and 21 fair-caught punts … Put three punts inside the 20 against Marshall and Robert Morris.
 
2021: Appeared in all 14 games, serving as the primary holder on kicks … Held for Chandler Staton on the game-winning field goal as time expired in a 30-27 win against No. 14 Coastal Carolina … Delivered App State’s first punt in the Boca Raton Bowl.

2020: Appeared in 11 of 12 games, contributing primarily as a holder on kicks ... Helped App State convert 13 field goals and 51 PATs.

2019: Appeared in all 14 games and served as the primary holder on kicks … Helped App State convert 11 field goals and 72 PATs with no blocks during a 13-1 season.

2018: Freshman All-American from the Football Writers Association and The Athletic … Ranked eighth nationally and first among FBS freshmen with a net punting average of 41.9 yards and had an overall average of 43.6 yards per punt with just one touchback … Opponents were limited to a combined 61 return yards on his 47 punts. Only 15 of his punts were returned, as there were 12 attempts forcing a team to start a drive inside its 20-yard line and 20 attempts that were fair caught … Howell's 10 punts of 50-plus yards included a 60-yarder that was downed at the 1-yard line on his only kick during the New Orleans Bowl win … Season-long kick of 62 yards was delivered from his own end zone and downed at the Arkansas State 29 … Had punts of 56 and 54 yards from his own end zone to go along with a 53-yard punt that was downed at the Penn State 4, a 53-yard punt that was downed at the Louisiana 1 and a 49-yard punt that was downed at the Coastal Carolina 2 … Following Penn State's 29-yard return on Howell's first punt of the season, final 46 attempts produced a 42.1 net average with only 32 total return yards.

2017: Redshirted as a reserve punter who competed with two other players for the starting job during the preseason.

High School: Attended High Point Central ... Named to the Winston-Salem Journal’s All-Northwest team as a senior in 2016 ... Two-time punter of the year in the Piedmont Triad 4-A Conference, also handled placements and kickoffs for the Bison ... Picked App State over Winston-Salem State, Florida International and Towson ... Coached by Wayne Jones … Also an all-conference tennis player as a junior and most-improved player as a sophomore in soccer.

Personal: Born Sept. 8, 1998. … Parents are David and Sue Howell. … Has two sisters.