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UW This Season: Kyle Howard earned Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2007. He enters his senior year having started the last 28 consecutive games on the offensive line for the Cowboys. He and fellow senior Tim Bond are the veterans of the offensive line. 2007: Due to Howard's experience and athletic ability, he shifted from his familiar left guard position to right tackle in 2007, and started all 12 games at right tackle. As Wyoming's right tackle, he protected the blind side of UW's left-handed starting quarterback Karsten Sween. 2006: Howard started all 12 games at left guard for the Cowboys. He had an outstanding sophomore season. He showed his athleticism on a screen pass versus Utah. Howard caught the screen pass and took it nearly 20 yards down the sideline before being tackled just shy of scoring a touchdown. Unfortunately, Howard wasn't an eligible receiver on the screen pass and the play ended in a penalty on the Cowboys. By the conclusion of his sophomore season, Howard had developed into a dominating run blocker and a very effective pass protector. 2005: Howard showed steady improvement during his redshirt freshman season of 2005, resulting in him winning the starting spot at left guard for the final four games. He appeared in a total of seven games on the year, playing in wins over Louisiana-Monroe, Ole Miss and UNLV, prior to becoming a starter. Earned his first varsity letter. He came out of 2005 spring drills listed No. 2 at right guard behind two-year starter Jason Karcher. He was shifted to left guard in 2005 fall drills. Howard is among the most versatile lineman the Cowboys have. He can also play tackle, and practiced some at center during 2005 spring drills. 2004: Redshirted. High School: Howard was named Honorable Mention All-State Class 5A by The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News as an offensive lineman in 2003. Howard also earned First Team All-Conference, All-Region and All-City honors at Coronado High in Colorado Springs. Both his junior and senior seasons, Howard was named his team's Most Valuable Lineman. Not only was he an outstanding football player, but he was a standout basketball player at Coronado. He earned Second Team All-City and Second Team All-Conference honors as a senior, and led Coronado to an 18-4 record and the Elite Eight of the Colorado State Playoffs. An exceptional student, Howard achieved First Team Academic All-State honors twice in football and twice in basketball. He was also a National Honor Society member. He earned a President's Award for Academic Excellence in 2004, and was runner-up for the Coronado Scholar-Athlete Award his senior year. His high school football coach was Jeff Chabot. Howard was also recruited by Eastern Michigan, Northwestern, Texas Tech and a number of Ivy League schools. Personal: Born May 13, 1986, his parents are Cindy Morse and David Howard. His father, David, competed in track and field at the University of Oregon. He is also the Athletics Director at Coronado High School. Howard is majoring in physical and health education-teaching. |
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