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Desmond Kevin Howard was born on May 15th 1970 he is an American former football wide receiver and returned specialist who played in the National Football League NFL for 11 Seasons he played college football for the Michigan Wolverines where he was a two-time All-American including a unanimous All-American selection in 1991 winning the Heisman Trophy he was selected fourth overall in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins Howard spent most of his career on special teams as a return specialist and holds the NFL single season record for punt return yardage with the Green Bay Packers Howard was named most valuable player of Super Bowl 31 after setting an NFL record for punt return yards and returning a kickoff for a 99 yard touchdown the longest return in Super Bowl history at the time to date he is the only special teams player to receive the award he was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010 how Howard was born in Cleveland Ohio and earned All-American and all Ohio honors as a tailback during his senior season at St Joseph High School in Cleveland Ohio scoring 18 touchdowns with a record-breaking 5,392 rushing yards as well as 10 interceptions on defense he earned three Varsity letters each in track and football as well as one in basketball Howard played college football at the University of Michigan during his time their Howard set or tied five NCAA records and 12 school records including 19 receiving touchdowns in a single season the program's current all-time record in 1991 Howard caught 62 passes for 985 yards and scored 23 total touchdowns while also rushing for 18 180 yards and gaining 694 yards on special teams with an average of 27.5 yards per kickoff return and 14.1 yards per punt return he won the Heisman Trophy Maxwell award and Walter Camp award earning unanimous All-American honors Howard captured 85% of the first place votes in balloting for the Heisman the largest margin in history at that time Howard also earned a bachelor's degree in Communications in 1992 in 2010 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and he was honored as the inaugural Michigan football legend a program honoring former players equivalent to a retired jersey number each Michigan player to wear Howard's number 21 Jersey was to wear a patch recognizing Howard and dress at a locker bearing a plaque with his name and time of tenure at Michigan Howard finished his three seasons at Michigan with 249 rushing yards 134 receptions for 2,146 yards 1,211 kickoff return yards and 339 yds returning punts while also scoring 37 touchdowns Howard had come to Michigan as a tailback and initially struggled for playing time he met with Michigan counselor Greg Harden who helped him to build his confidence and Achieve success on and off the field Howard told 60 minutes in4 if Greg Harden wasn't at the University of Michigan I don't win the Heisman on December 12th 2014 the Big 10 Network included Howard on the Mount Rushmore of Michigan football as chosen by online fan voting Howard was joined in the Honor by Charles Woodson Tom Harmon and Anthony Carter on November 28th 20 2015 Howard had his number 21 officially retired along with Gerald Ford 48 Tom Harmon 98 Ron Kramer 87 Benny Urban 47 and Albert Alvin and Whitey wiard 11 at a ceremony before the Michigan game against Ohio State Howard commented afterward anytime you have your name mentioned along with Gerald Ford you've done something right Desmond Howard stands at a height of 5' 10 in 178 cm and weighs around 85 kg 187 lb Desmond Howard boasts an estimated net worth of about $14 million about Desmond Howard personal life Howard served as the cover athlete for the college football video game NCAA football 06 Howard has two sons Desmond Howard Jr and dammer Howard and daughter Sydney Howard Desmond Howard a former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner has made significant contribution tions to philanthropy particularly in education he and his family have established the Desmond and Rebeca Howard scholarship fund to support Scholars through the lead Scholars Program this initiative is part of Howard's commitment to investing in solutions that address the low enrollment numbers of black students at the University of Michigan his efforts were spurred by a social media post from the black student union which highlighted the issue of declining black student enrollment Howard's Legacy extends Beyond his impressive football career into meaningful community support and advocacy for educational Equity about Desmond Howard professional career after college Howard was selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round fourth overall in the 1992 NFL draft the pick was considered a luxury for the Redskins who had just won Super Bowl 26 and had receivers art monk Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders on the roster the Redskins worried that the Green Bay Packers were going to draft Howard in the fifth spot leap frogged above them by dealing their two first round picks 6th and 28th and their third round Choice 84th to the Cincinnati Bengals for their first round pick fourth and their third round pick 58th Howard was the highest Redskins draft pick since they took Hall of Fame receiver Charlie Taylor with the third pick in 1964 Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs remarked of Howard this guy doesn't have any floss we're excited Howard's performance as a receiver was secondary to his skill BS as a punt and kickoff returner throughout his 11-year career though he recorded 92 receptions in his first four seasons he excelled as a punt and kickoff returner throughout his career Howard played one season for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 having been selected in the 1995 NFL expansion draft with the 55th pick he had 26 receptions and one touchdown with 10 kick returns his most notable professional season was in 1996 for the Green Bay Packers he led the NFL in punt returns 58 punt return yards 875 punt return average 15.1 and punt return touchdowns three while gaining 460 kickoff return yards and catching 13 passes for 95 yards his 875 punt return yards were an NFL record easily surpassing the old record of 692 yards set by fton Walker in 1985 during the 1996 NFL post season Howard had a punt return for a touchdown in a game between the Packers and the San Francisco 49ers and 46-yard punt return that set up another score however he did have an odd blunder in the second half in which he failed to come out of the locker room in time for the start of the third quarter no one on the team noticed so the Packers had only 10 men on the field for the second half kickoff with no one in the returner position as a result San Francisco ran down the field and recovered the kickoff leading to a 49 ners touchdown still the Packers won the game and eventually reached Super Bowl 31 against the New England Patriots the Packers LED 27 to 14 at halftime but Patriots quarterback Drew bledo LED his team on a short drive that ended with Curtis Martin's 18yd touchdown run to pull the Patriots within six points late in the third quarter the Patriots boomed the ensuing kickoff to the one yd line but Howard effectively shattered the Patriots hopes for a comeback with a 99 yd kickoff return for a Packers touchdown his return in the Packers subsequent two-point conversion closed out the scoring of the game and the Packers eventually won 35 to 21 Bill Purcells the Patriots head coach commented after the game we had a lot of momentum and our defense was playing better but Howard made the big play that return was the game right there he's been great all year and he was great again today Howard totaled a Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards and 154 k kickoff return yards with one touchdown his 244 all-purpose yards also tied a Super Bowl record his performance won him the Super Bowl MVP award making Howard the only player to ever win the award based solely on a special team's performance his kickoff returned touchdown in the Super Bowl ended up being the only one of his career Howard became a free agent after the season and signed with the Oakland Raiders he led the NFL in kickoff returns 61 and kickoff return yard yards 1,381 Howard spent the 1998 football season with the Raiders before rejoining the Packers in 1999 in the middle of the 1999 season Howard was cut by the Packers after subpar performance and multiple injuries he was signed by the Detroit Lions 4 days later where he spent the rest of his career until his retirement after the 2002 season in a special homecoming he scored a special teams touchdown in his Lions debut in February 20 won he made his first and only Pro Bowl appearance as the nfc's kick returner in his 11 NFL seasons Howard caught 123 passes for 1 1597 yards rushed for 68 yards returned 244 punts for 2,895 yards and gained 7,595 yards returning 359 kickoffs he also scored 15 touchdowns seven receiving eight punt returns over all Howard gained 12,155 all-purpose yards in his professional career Howard currently works for ESPN as a college football analyst he appears as an in studio personality and in 2005 began traveling with Chris Fowler Lee Coro and Kirk Herbst to Marquee matchup sites during the season for the pregame show ESPN college game day he is also currently the color commentator for Detroit Lions preseason games on the Detroit Lions television network he called games for the NFL on Fox for one season with former ESPN klie Carter Blackburn about Desmond Howard house Desmond Howard the former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner grew up in a modest neighborhood in Cleveland the house he grew up in is described as a two-story two-bedroom residence on Stockbridge Avenue painted white and yellow with green trim it's where Desmond's mother Patty Dawkins and her husband Floyd lived with his youngest brother Germaine Howard the house also served as a daycare Nursery run by his mother and now houses Desmond's trophy room as for his current residence there isn't much public information available as Desmond Howard tends to keep his personal life including details about his house private this approach is quite common among celebrities who wish to maintain a certain level of privacy and separation from their public Persona that s all we have for you today please go ahead and give us a like share to your friends leave a comment and do not forget to subscribe [Music]