Chris Howard (American football)

His professional football career was haunted by fumble troubles, which caused the Broncos to release him before he played a regular season game for them.

Howard began to have fumble problems again when the Jaguars acquired and promoted him to a role as a regular player.

Howard led the National Champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team in rushing and was a Hula Bowl MVP in 1998.

[2] In the 1997 championship season, he was the rushing leader for an undefeated 12–0 Michigan team that did not have a 1000-yard rusher or 500-yard receiver.

He was complemented in the backfield by freshman Anthony Thomas who added 549 yards and 5 rushing touchdowns.

[8] He was also the North MVP for the 1998 edition of the Hula Bowl, an invitational college football all-star game.

He rushed for 116 yards on 14 carries and was involved in the culminating score in the North's second half comeback.

The North would lose, however, when the missed extra point left the door open for a game-winning field goal.

At the time, Jacksonville Coach Tom Coughlin said: "Chris Howard is a young man and he certainly still is developmental.