Tytus Howard

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans with the 23rd pick in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 13, 2021... Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 18, 2021...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Dec. 23, 2021...Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Jan. 5, 2022...Fifth-year option exercised by the Texans on May 2, 2022...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Sept. 6, 2023...Reinstated from the reserve/injured list on Oct. 4, 2023...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Nov. 29, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans with the 23rd pick in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 13, 2021... Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 18, 2021...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Dec. 23, 2021...Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Jan. 5, 2022...Fifth-year option exercised by the Texans on May 2, 2022...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Sept. 6, 2023...Reinstated from the reserve/injured list on Oct. 4, 2023...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Nov. 29, 2023. 

HONORS:

• 2022 Black College Football Pro Player of the Year
• 2019 PFWA All-Rookie Team

2023 (Houston 7/7):

• Started in all seven games he played in at left guard before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season
• Made his season debut in Week 5 at Atlanta (10/8) as part of an offensive line that surrendered zero sacks on the afternoon for the third consecutive week
• Blocked for an offense that generated 544 net yards on offense in the Week 10 win at Cincinnati (11/12)
• Started at left guard in the Week 11 win vs. Arizona (11/19) as part of an offensive line that generated 419 net yards of total offense
• Started at left guard in Week 12 vs. Jacksonville (11/26) but left the game due to injury

2022 (Houston 17/17):

• Started 15 games at right tackle and two games at left guard during the season
• According to Pro Football Focus, he earned a 68.2 overall blocking grade, which was good 25th among tackles, minimum 80-percent of snaps played 
• Blocked for Pierce at Chicago (9/25), helping him garner his first career rushing touchdown
• Helped Pierce rush for 99 yards in the team's first win of the season at Jacksonville (10/2)
• Blocked for RB Dameon Pierce's career-high 139-yard performance vs. Philadelphia (11/3)
• Blocked for QB Davis Mills who posted a season-high 319 yards at the New York Giants (11/13), which marked the sixth 300-yard passing game of his career
• Moved over to left guard in the absence of OL Kenyon Green vs. Kansas City (12/18)
• Started his second consecutive game at left guard in the team's win at Tennessee (12/24)

2021 (Houston 15/15):

• Started all 15 games he played, a career high, with 11 starts at left guard and four starts at left tackle. Rated as Pro Football Focus' highest-graded pass-blocking tackle among the four weeks he started at left tackle with a grade of 89.9
• Started vs. Jacksonville (9/12) and helped the offense score 37 points, the highest Week 1 point total in franchise history
• Blocked for QB Davis Mills vs. New England (10/10), helping him become the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to finish a game with 300-plus passing yards, three-plus passing touchdowns and a passer rating of 140.0 or higher
• Helped pave the way for a rushing attack that combined for 124 yards on the ground and averaged 4.3 yards per carry at Indianapolis (10/17)
• Blocked for QB Davis Mills vs. the L.A. Rams (10/31) as he threw for 310 yards and completed 29-of-38 passes (76.3 percent), the best completion percentage of his career
• Made his first career start at left tackle, helping pave the way for a rushing attack that totaled 96 yards on 24 attempts, averaging 4.0 yards per carry vs. the N.Y. Jets (11/28)
• Helped protect QB Davis Mills as he threw for a career-high 331 yards vs. Seattle (12/13)
• Blocked for QB Davis Mills as he threw for 209 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 92.2 in the win at Jacksonville (12/19)
• Helped protect QB Davis Mills vs. Tennessee (1/9/22) as he completed 23-of-33 passes (69.7 percent) for 301 yards, three touchdowns and a passer rating of 128.5

2020 (Houston 14/14):

• Started at right tackle in all 14 games he played in before being placed on the Reserve/Injured list on Dec. 23 and helped the team average an NFL-best 8.31 yards per passing play
• Started at right tackle at Kansas City (9/10) in which the Texans rushed for 5.4 yards per attempt
• Blocked for QB Deshaun Watson at right tackle as Watson threw for 300 passing yards and two touchdowns vs. Minnesota (10/4)
• Started at right tackle vs. Jacksonville (10/11) and helped the Texans record 486 net yards and an average of 8.4 yards per play, which was the third highest average in franchise history
• Started at right tackle as part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack and helped QB Deshaun Watson pass for 344 yards and two touchdowns vs. New England (11/22)
• Blocked for QB Deshaun Watson at right tackle as Watson passed for 318 yards and four passing touchdowns at Detroit (11/26)

2019 (Houston 8/8, 0/0):

• Played in eight games (eight starts) at right tackle before being placed on the Reserve/Injured list on Nov. 30
• Blocked for 396 total net yards of offense vs. Indianapolis (11/21), the Texans eighth game on the season with over 350 total net yards
• Started at right tackle in the win over Jacksonville (11/3) at Wembley Stadium in London as part of an offensive line that paved the way for 216 total rushing yards, the most rushing yards in a single game since Week 12 of the 2018 season vs. Tennessee (281) and the second-most yards in a game under Head Coach Bill O'Brien
• Started at right tackle at Kansas City (10/13) and was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack on QB Deshaun Watson for a second-consecutive week, the first time the Texans had accomplished the feat since Weeks 1-2 of 2014
• Started at right tackle vs. Atlanta (10/6) and protected QB Deshaun Watson, who threw for 426 yards and five touchdowns 
• Made his second-career start and first at right tackle, playing every snap in the Week 3 win over the L.A. Chargers (9/22)
• Started at left guard in his NFL debut vs. Jacksonville (9/15) and played every snap of the Texans' first win of the season 

COLLEGE:

• Played four seasons (2015-18) at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Ala. after redshirting the 2014 campaign
• Three-year starter and three-year captain along the offensive line
• Began his career as a walk-on tight end before transitioning to offensive line
• Started 10 games along the offensive line as a senior in 2018, earning FCS First-Team All-America honors from HERO Sports
• Played and started all 11 games at tackle in 2017, allowing just one sack
• Started in seven games on the offensive line in 2016
• Appeared in eight games with six starts in 2015, helping Alabama State average 373.5 yards per game on offense
• Redshirted as a freshman in 2014

PERSONAL:

• Attended Monroe County High School in Monroeville, Ala.
• Played quarterback in high school and rushed for 315 yards in a single game as a senior
• Lettered in basketball in high school as well
• Son of Tyran Rivers and Nathaniel Howard
• Majored in criminal justice at Alabama State