Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is a former wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.
Howard was born in Cleveland, and earned All-America and All-State honors as a tailback during his senior season at St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio, scoring 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on defense. He earned three varsity letters each in track and football, as well as one in basketball.
During his college career at the University of Michigan, Howard set or tied five NCAA and 12 Michigan records. He also led the Big Ten Conference in scoring with 138 points during the 1991 season on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and earning first-team All-American honors. Howard captured 85% of the first place votes in balloting for the Heisman, the largest margin in the history of the trophy at that time. Howard also earned a Bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
After college, Howard was selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round, fourth overall in the 1992 NFL Draft. In the middle of the 2000 season, he was traded to the Detroit Lions, where he spent the rest of his career until his retirement after the 2002 season.
Howard then worked for ESPN as a college football analyst. He appeared as an in-studio personality and, in 2005, began traveling with Chris Fowler, Lee Corso,and Kirk Herbstreit to marquee matchup sites during the season for the pre-game show ESPN College Gameday. He appears in College Gameday commercials where in one he sings "Texas Fight" with Texas head coach Mack Brown and puts his picture on the College Gameday bus with a Superman cape. On January 1, 2011 he appeared on the pre and post game show for the Rose Bowl on ESPN. He also became the color commentator for Detroit Lions pre-season games on the Detroit Lions Television Network.
On May 6, 2005, EA Sports announced that Howard would be the cover athlete for their latest installment in the NCAA Football video game series, NCAA Football 06. The announcement is a departure for the series, which has traditionally featured college athletes who went to the NFL the previous year on its covers. He was chosen to highlight the new feature "Race for the Heisman," and his cover picture showed him striking his famous Heisman pose while at Michigan. He struck this pose after a punt return for a touchdown during the 1991 Michigan–Ohio State game.
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