Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Career Honors:
- 2010 Consensus Draft Services Preseason All-America (Honorable Mention)
- 2009 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2009 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2009 Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, Nov. 9)
- 2008 All-Louisiana (Second Team)
- 2008 Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15)
- 2007 All-Southland Conference (Honorable Mention)

2009: First team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana selection started all 11 games at linebacker … Led the team and ranked second in the Southland Conference with 110 tackles (81 solo) … Tackle total was the ninth-most in school history, while solo tackle tally was fourth-highest … Also ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in tackles for loss (9.5, 12th) and sacks (2, 18th) … Was named Southland Defensive Player of the Week after making a league-best 17 tackles (12 solo) and two tackles for loss versus Stephen F. Austin … Posted double-digit tackles versus South Dakota (15), Northwestern State (14), Texas State (13), McNeese State (13) and Nicholls (10) … Named Southland Defensive Player of the Week after recording six tackles, an interception, a tackle for loss and a pass breakup in 37-21 victory over Sam Houston State … Forced a fumble and was credited with a fumble recovery in a 69-20 win over Union College … Sacks came versus South Dakota and Nicholls … Broke up a pass to go with nine tackles in a 25-21 victory over Central Arkansas … Heads into senior season ranked among the school’s career leaders in tackles (293, 3rd), solo tackles (202, 3rd), tackles for loss (27.0, 6th), sacks (7.0, 6th) and forced fumbles (4, 6th) … A 2010 honorable mention Preseason All-America choice by Consensus Draft Services.

2008: All-Louisiana second team selection after finishing second on the team with 100 tackles (64 solo) … Ranked fourth in the Southland Conference in total tackles, second in tackles per game (9.1), 10th in tackles for loss (10) and seventh in fumble recovered (two) … Also forced two fumbles, broke up two passes and recorded two sacks … Started all but one of the 11 games he appeared in … Credited with double-digit tackles in five different contests … In the season-opening victory over Alcorn State, made 13 tackles, including two for loss and a sack … Also had 13 stops and two for loss in the Lions’ 31-30 win over South Dakota, earning Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts … Posted 12 tackles and a fumble recovery in a 26-21 triumph versus Northwestern State … Also posted 12 tackles at Central Arkansas … Credited with 10 tackles and a pass breakup in the team’s overtime win at Sam Houston State … Made nine tackles apiece versus McNeese State and Texas State … Finished with eight tackles, three for loss, one sack and two forced fumbles at Louisiana Tech … Had six solo tackles and a fumble recovery at Mississippi State.

2007: Earned honorable mention All-Southland Conference recognition after leading the Lions with 83 tackles (57 solo) as a true freshman … Season tackle total was the seventh-highest single-season total for a Lion since the program’s return in 2003 … Also was second on the team and eighth in the Southland Conference with eight tackles for loss … Also recorded three sacks and forced a fumble … Best game of the season came in 17-13 season-ending victory over Nicholls State … Credited with 18 tackles – the most all season by a Lion defender – and forced a fumble versus the Colonels … Recorded 11 tackles and a sack versus Sam Houston State … Had eight tackles, including two for loss at McNeese State … Had two tackles for loss and a sack at Texas State … Also had eight tackles versus Kentucky Wesleyan … Had seven tackles and a tackle for loss against both Northwestern State and Central Arkansas … Made six stops at Kansas and at Tulane … Credited with a sack versus Stephen F. Austin.

High School: Two-time first-team All-State selection at Neville HS … also earned multiple all-district and all-Northwest selections … was district Most Valuable Player as both a junior and senior … as a senior earned Toby Caston Award for top defensive player by the Monroe News Star along with KNOC and Northeast Louisiana Defensive Player of the Year honors … two-star Rivals.con ranking and ranked 42nd on PelicanPreps.com pre spring top 50 list for state prospects … carries 3.5 grade point average … concluded his senior year with 109 stops, two interceptions and five sacks and also pitched in as a short-yardage runner on offense.

Personal: Born in Monroe … Son of Mark Howell and Neysa Newbill … Has two siblings … Majoring in psychology.