Education
Seattle University.
basketball player gridiron football player
Seattle University.
Howard played varsity football, basketball and track for Pasco High School for three years. As a senior, Howard led the Pasco basketball squad to a 25-1 record, with the one loss coming in the state championship game to Snohomish High School in overtime. He was a high school All-American in basketball and All-conference in football as a tight education
He went on to play basketball at Seattle University, where he was a two-year starter at forward.
In 2006, he was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame. Dallas Cowboys
Howard was a basketball player who had never played a down of college football, that the Dallas Cowboys signed as an undrafted free agent in 1974 and converted into a tight education
This was one of the innovative personnel decisions the Cowboys were renowned foreign Howard declined an offer to play professional basketball in France, so he could play for the Cowboys.
In his two years with the team, he earned the nickname "Doctor West." while playing as the Wedge Buster in the special teams unit
He played in Super Bowl X.
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks selected him from the Cowboys roster in the 1976 NFL Expansion Draft. He was named the starter at tight end and became the team"s second leading receiver. His 37 receptions in 1976, was a team record for tight ends that lasted 26 years until it was broken by Itula Mili in 2002.
He played three seasons for the Seahawks, before injuries limited his production and was eventually waived.
Buffalo Bills
In 1979, he signed with the Buffalo Bills and only played in 1 game. Howard spent 10 years as an ironworker in skyscraper construction.
He currently works at Aki Kurose Middle School Academy, also in Seattle, as its assistant principal.