Brandon Howe

Height:
6-2
Weight:
220
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Juan Capistrano, CA
High School:
Dana Hills HS

Expected to start at fullback this fall, backed up by BrentMichaels.

2013 -- As a backup to Akaninyene Umoh, rushedfor 271 yards on 58 carries, scoring three touchdowns ... one scoreeach against Yale (33 yards), Weber State (1) and EasternWashington (2) ... season-high 55 yards on 12 carries againstPortland State and added 47 yards on 11 trips against Montana ...caught pair of passes for 16 yards ... catches were against WeberState (12 yards) and Montana (4) ... rushed for 20 yards on fivecarries in 2014 Spring Game.

2012 -- Played in 10 games with starts againstWeber State, Portland State and Sacramento State as a sophomorefullback after moving over from the defensive side of the ball ...rushed for season-high 78 yards on nine carries against WeberState, scoring a touchdown on a 37-yard run ... rushed for 44 yardsagainst Northern Colorado and 40 yards against Sacramento State ...caught five passes for 30 yards, including eight-yard scoring catchfrom Andre Broadous against Weber State ... season-high threecatches for 23 yards in Weber State game ... rushed three times for12 yards and caught one pass for 12 yards in 2013 Spring Game.

2011 -- Played in six games as a reservelinebacker ... did not make any tackles ... six carries for 29yards in 2012 Spring Game, including a 15-yard run to set up atouchdown ... also caught a pair of 10-yard passes.

2010 -- Redshirt.

High School -- Howe rushed for 752 yards andrecorded 83 tackles in senior season under head coach Brent Melbonat Dana Hills High School ... averaged 6.6 yards per rush as hecarried the ball 114 times and scored five touchdowns ... seasonhigh for rushing yards was 128 against San Clemente and also rushedfor 111 yards against El Modena ... also caught 10 passes for 107yards and two scores ... on defense notched 54 solo stops among histotal tackles and produced season highs of 12 tackles againstEdison and 10 against Tesoro ... a team captain, team MVP and teamdefensive player of the year ... also recorded two interceptions,nine pass breakups and one forced fumble en route to first-teamAll-South Coast League and second-team All-Orange County honors asa defensive back ... Dana Hills was 9-3 in 2009 (best record inschool history), finishing second in South Coast League with 4-1mark and reaching quarterfinal round of CIF-Southern Section Pac 5Division playoffs ... as a junior made the Principals List, wasnamed defensive player of the year on his team and earned honorablemention all-league honors ... earned Honor Roll and Scholar-Athletehonors ... member of California Scholastic Federation and an EagleScout ... member of the school’s 1,000-pound Club (squat,clean, bench).

Personal -- Son of Dale and Rita Howe ... twobrothers, Kevin and Connor, and one sister, Jamie ...hobbiesinclude sports, the beach and friends ... plays the ukelele ...earned Eagle Scout honors ... plays the ukelele ... born August 29,1991, in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... majors in agriculturalbusiness.