The truth about Xavien Howard

xaven Howard born July 4th 1993 is an American football cornerback who is a free agent he played college football at Baylor and was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins where he spent eight seasons with the team during his tenure in Miami Howard was a four-time pro bowler a two-time All Pro member and led the league in interceptions twice early years Howard was born on July 4th 19 1993 and grew up in Houston Texas he attended and played football at Wheatley High School in the city where he was teammates with fellow NFL cornerback William Jackson 3 he committed to Baylor University to play college football college career Howard played at Baylor from 2012 to 2015 during his career he had 98 tackles 10 interceptions 1.5 sacks and one touchdown after his junior year he declared for the 2016 NFL draft professional career pre-draft Howard attended the 2016 NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis Indiana 8 he completed all of the combine drills and finished tied for 12th among defensive backs in the short shuttle he also attended Baylor's Pro Day Howard opted to redo the majority of workouts and improved on all his combin numbers with Scouts and representatives from all 32 NFL teams looking on prior to the draft Howard was projected to be a second or third round pick 2016 the Miami Dolphins selected Howard in the second round with the 38th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft in order to draft Howard the Dolphins traded their second round pick 42nd overall and fourth round pick 107th overall in the 2016 NFL draft to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for their second round pick 38th overall dot Howard was the sixth quarterback select in 2016 on May 18th 2016 the Dolphins signed Howard to a 4-year 6.12 million us contract with $3.8 3 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $265 million during organized team activities and mini camp Howard competed for job as the number two starting cornerback against Tony lipet on the final day of mini camp Howard suffered a knee injury and was placed on the physically unable to perform list after it was discovered he would require surgery Howard underwent arthroscopy surgery and was unable to physically participate in training camp although he missed the first three preseason games head coach Adam gase elected to name Howard the second starting cornerback alongside veteran Byron Maxwell to begin the regular season he started the dolphin season opener at the Seattle Seahawks and recorded a season High 11 combined tackles during their 12 to10 loss on October 6th 2016 Howard suffered another knee injury during practice the meniscus injury required surgery and he missed the next nine games weeks 5 to 14 dot on December 17th 2016 Howard appeared in his first game since his knee injury and collected three solo tackles and had a season High three pass deflections during a 34-13 victory at the New York Jets he finished his rookie season in 2016 with 40 combined tackles 29 solo and six pass breakups in eight games and eight starts the Dolphins finished their first season Under head coach Adam gay second in the AFC East with a 10 to6 record on January 8th 2017 Howard started his first career playoff game and recorded five combined tackles broke up two passes and made his first career interception off of a pass attempt by Ben rothberger as the Dolphins were defeated by the Steelers in the AFC Wild Card round 2017 Howard entered training camp in 2017 slated as the Dolphins number one cornerback he was named the starting cornerback to start the regular season along with Byron Maxwell Bobby McCain and alteron verer were named the backup cornerbacks Howard started the dolphin season opener at the Los Angeles Chargers and recorded a season High seven combined tackles during their 19- 17 victory in week 13 Howard recorded a solo tackle a season high five pass breakups two interceptions and returned one for a touchdown during the Dolphins 35-9 win against the Denver Broncos during the second quarter Howard intercepted a pass by Trevor Simeon and returned it for a 30-yard touchdown to Mark the first score of his career the following week he deflected three passes and intercepted New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady twice during their 27 to20 win on Monday Night Football he earned AFC defensive player of the week honors for his performance against the Patriots on December 17th 2017 17 Howard collected for solo tackles and made his first career sack on tyed Taylor as the Dolphins were defeated by the Buffalo Bills 2416 Howard finished 2017 with 48 combined tackles 42 solo 13 pass deflections for interceptions and a sack in 16 games and 16 starts 2018 during the Jets home opener in week two zaven Howard got his first interception of the season one week later Howard recorded his third career game with two interceptions on Derek Carr in the 28 to20 victory over the Oakland Raiders Howard also intercepted Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck twice in a span of 14 seconds during the Dolphins loss on the road against the Colts in week 13 of the 2018 season Howard injured his knee after intercepting Bill's quarterback Josh Allen for the second time that afternoon he went on to miss the final four games of the regular season Howard ended the 2018 season leading the league interceptions with Chicago Bears corner Kyle Fuller and Atlanta Falcon safety Damon tazi with seven Howard was named to his first pro bowl and first second Team all pro he was ranked 55th by his fellow players on the NFL top 100 players of 2019 2019 on May 9th 2019 Howard signed a 5-year 76.5 million contract extension with the dolphins with $46 million guaranteed making him the highest paid cornerback in the league in week three against the Dallas Cowboys Howard was ejected after slapping wide receiver Cedric Wilson Jr on the face mask prior to being ejected Howard recorded two tackles and the 31-6 loss Howard was forced to miss the next three games due to a knee injury he made his return in week eight against the Steelers in the game Howard recorded an interception off a pass from Mason Rudolph that was intended for Juju Smith sh before reinjuring his knee without Howard the Dolphins lost 2714 he was placed on injured reserve on October 29th 2019 with a knee injury 2020 Howard was placed on the active SL physically unable to perform list by the Dolphins at the start of training camp on July 28th 2020 he was moved to the reserve co9 list by the team on August 11th 2020 he was activated from both lists on August 27th 2020 in week three against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football Howard recorded his first interception of the season during the 31-13 win in week four against the Seahawks Howard recorded his second interception of the Season off a pass thrown by Russell Wilson during the 31-23 loss Howard's second interception surpassed his previous season's interception total in week six against the Jets Howard recorded an interception off a pass thrown by by Joe flacko during the 24 to Zer win this was Howard's fourth game in a row with an interception in week 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals Howard was ejected after he and Tyler Boyd were involved in an altercation before Howard was ejected he recorded his eighth interception of the season a career high in week 14 against the Kansas City Chiefs Howard recorded a one-handed interception off a pass thrown by Patrick Mahomes during the 33 to 27 loss and we 17 against the bills Howard recorded his League leading 10th interception of the Season off a pass thrown by Matt barley during the 56 to 26 loss he was named to his second Pro Bowl on January 8th 2021 Howard was named as a first team All Pro the first time he had earned that honor he had been a second team All Pro in 2018 dot he was ranked 17th by his fellow players on the NFL top 100 players of 2021 2021 Howard at the 2022 Pro Bowl in July 2021 Howard announced that he had requested a trade from the Dolphins due to feeling undervalued and underpaid also stating I am just here so I don't get fined in regards to him reporting to training camp on August 8th the Dolphins reworked Howard's contract that would make him the highest pay cornerback of 2021 with incentives and bonuses in week 10 had five tackles a forced fumble and a 49y fumble recovery touchdown and a 22 to10 win over the Ravens earning AFC defensive player of the week he was named to his third Pro Bowl he was ranked 56th by his fellow players on the NFL top 100 players of 2022 2022 on April 1st 2022 Howard signed a new 5-year contract with 50.6 N1 million in new money in week 12 Howard had a 16 yard fumble return for a touchdown in the 30-5 victory over the Texans in the 2022 season Howard had 45 total tackles 35 solo one interception 12 passes defended and two forced fumbles he was named to the Pro Bull on March 13th 2024 the Dolphins released Howard with a post June 1 designation

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Published: Sat Jun 08 2024