Howard is going to struggle at times and make a few bonehead plays, but the dude is a winner.
13-2 last year, district title (first in 14 years), and a trip to the semi-finals. He's 16 for 32, 314 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT in 1.5 games this year. Small sample size, but that ain't bad for getting thrown in on short notice. He probably had less than 50 live snaps with the first team in practice until the week leading up to the TCU game when the coaching staff knew Thompson was done. TCU corners are aggressive and our wideouts were not doing Howard any favors getting open or catching the ball. I expect two weeks of practice and a nice game against KU will get his mojo and confidence up. Howard will prove he is the future this season.
All bets are off if we try to turn him into a battering ram. That nonsense needs to stop.