Get to know Jerry Howard

[bke1984]

Talk to me about this kid? I watched his HS film and was impressed, but has anyone seen him at practice?

 

[bke1984]

Changed the title as not to scare everyone

 

[techman]

Seems I recall CPJ recently making remarks about Jerry Howard e.g., "he is a LOAD!" and something like "that kid is everything we are about at Bback". Are those accurate quotes? If so, how good is Jerry Howard and why can't we assume he can contribute as a freshman, after all, Mills did.

 

[SteamWhistle]

He's had a great camp. He's another guy that's just a perfect fit for our offense. He's maybe not a game breaker like Mills but he will for sure get meaningful snaps now as a Freshman.

 

[TechTravis]

I have a buddy who works with the FCA at Jerry's high school, and he had NOTHING but glowing things to say about Jerry. He was livid that usce didn't offer.

 

[Cam]

I think CPJ said he was tailor made for what we do or something like that. Runs hard and hard to bring down. Seems to have a good head on his shoulders. I'm excited about him. 2 weeks to prep him for game time.

 

[ilovetheoption]

He's had a great camp. He's another guy that's just a perfect fit for our offense. He's maybe not a game breaker like Mills but he will for sure get meaningful snaps now as a Freshman.

Mills wasn't a gamebreaker like Mills.

 

[SteamWhistle]

We will see, CPJ likes him. He will play and get his shot now.

 

[bke1984]

Not to dismiss Quaide and Kirvonte by any means. If one of them wins out, glad to hear it. It just seems like this kid has been getting more praise thus far in camp.

 

[Dustman]

I believe CPJ said he's hard to tackle

 

[Bule]

Jerry is big and fast. He looks really really good to me. But honestly I am afraid of complementing him too much because every time I love a B back we seem to lose them

 

[FightWinDrink]

I heard he's secretly a bioengineering department artificial human made of the RB traits of Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson. I expect a 2900 yard season

 

[Em_Jae20]

The most reassuring thing about this entire situation is that hearing good things about guys (freshmen especially) in camp is usually a great sign. We heard great things about Mills last year, same can be said about JeT as a frosh. Even at that other school I vividly remember dwag fans pumped about signing Keith Marshall then when camp came around the guy that everyone was talking about was Todd Gurley. (My apologies for using that other school as a reference)

 

[Sean311]

Seems I recall CPJ recently making remarks about Jerry Howard e.g., "he is a LOAD!" and something like "that kid is everything we are about at Bback". Are those accurate quotes? If so, how good is Jerry Howard and why can't we assume he can contribute as a freshman, after all, Mills did.

I believe he said exactly what this man said.

 

[alagold]

We are about to find out.

 

[GTonTop88]

I think he can be a big yardage back. One thing I didn't like about Mills is that he couldn't take advantage of great blocking. Jerry may not be as tough of a runner when nothing is there but he does have enough speed to break off big runs when the play is blocked the right way. Mills very rarely had runs over 15 yards where Marshall had several, I believe Jerry is the perfect in between Mills and Marshall and will have a very high production season at BB.

 

[stech81]

If CPJ said it then bank on it

 

[Eastman]

I think he can be a big yardage back. One thing I didn't like about Mills is that he couldn't take advantage of great blocking. Jerry may not be as tough of a runner when nothing is there but he does have enough speed to break off big runs when the play is blocked the right way. Mills very rarely had runs over 15 yards where Marshall had several, I believe Jerry is the perfect in between Mills and Marshall and will have a very high production season at BB.

Your word to God's ears! CPJ praised Mills preseason last year and Jerry this year. Hope you are spot on.

 

[OldJacketFan]

I was very impressed with him at the scrimmage last week, tough runner!

 

[stech81]

I heard he's secretly a bioengineering department artificial human made of the RB traits of Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson. I expect a 2900 yard season

I'm sure being a true Freshman he will only get 2100 this year.