William Howard (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}

{{other people||William Howard (disambiguation){{!}}William Howard}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = William Howard

| number = 43

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|2}}

| birth_place = Lima, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 240

| high_school = Lima Senior (OH)

| college = Tennessee

| draftyear = 1988

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 113

| pastteams =

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1988|1989}})
• Phoenix Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1990}})*

| highlights =

• Second-team All-SEC (1986)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 809

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.6

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = HowaWi00

}}

William Dotson Howard (born June 2, 1964) is an American former professional football running back who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons, from 1988 to 1989.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HowaWi00.htm William Howard], Pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved: August 30, 2014. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 1988 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at Tennessee, where during the 1986 season he led the team in rushing, led the SEC in scoring,"[http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/fbpro/main.php?bid=749&pg=68 Tennessee Squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033410/http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/fbpro/main.php?bid=749&pg=68 |date=March 4, 2016 }}," 1987 Tennessee Volunteers Football Guide, p. 66. and set the NCAA record for most consecutive rushes by the same player (16)."[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf Football Bowl Subdivision Records]," NCAA.org, 2012, p. 2. Accessed: August 30, 2014.