Omar Howard

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
240
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Midlothian, Va.
High School:
MIdlothian

2015
• Third-Team Preseason All-CAA by College Sports Madness
• Started all 14 games for the Spiders as a linebacker
• Led the team with 136 total tackles, had two sacks and forced a fumble
• Had an interception against William & Mary, which he returned for 21 yards

2014
• Appeared in all 14 games, earning 10 starts
• Second on the team with 92 tackles on the season
• Also totaled 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one interception, one pass breakup, three quarteback hurries and one forced fumble
• Led the team with 12 tackles, including eight solo at Coastal Carolina
• Led the team with eight tackles against Morgan State in the first round of the playoffs
• Had eight tackles and one for loss against James Madison
• Made seven tackles at Maine
• Named CAA Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Villanova
• Set a career-high 18 tackles and a sack in the No. 3 Villanova win
• Picked up two tackles and a sack in the win at Elon
• Made four tackles in the win against Rhode Island
• Had eight tackles and two quarterback hurries in the win at Albany
• Made five tackles, 0.5 TFL and had the game-winning interception at Liberty
• Recorded three tackles and a quarterback hurry against No. 7 New Hampshire
• Picked up a career-high nine tackles and forced his first fumble in the win over Hampton
• Made his first-career sack and picked up two tackles at Virginia
• Picked up four tackles, a pass breakup and 0.5 TFL in the season opener against Morehead State

2013
• Played in all 12 games
• Finished with 21 tackles, seven solo and a quarterback hurry
• Made three tackles and a quarterback hurry in the win over William & Mary
• Picked up four tackles in the win at Delaware
• Recorded two tackles in the win over Albany
• Set a season-high four tackles against No. 6 Towson
• Picked up a tackle against Maine
• Registered two tackles at Gardner-Webb
• Recorded three tackles in the season opener against VMI

2012
• Redshirted

High School
• Three-year letterman at Midlothian, playing linebacker and tight end
• 2011 Virginia Preps AAA All-State Second-Team
• Second-Team Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro
• First-Team All-Region
• Two-time all-district honoree
• Had 70 tackles during his senior season, while catching 28 balls for 480 yards and five touchdowns
• Team captain during his senior season
• Also lettered in wrestling

Personal
• Son of Tyrone Howard and Michaele Bergan
• Brother, Mark, currently wrestles for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Father played football at Oregon State
• National Honor Society
• Honor Roll
• Three-time academic all-district honoree