The Bodda Getta

OJ Howard will likely play TE as well as QB, WR, OG, and DT. He is that athletic. While he is currently 6'5 225lbs now, his frame can hold up to 450lbs of lean muscle without an ounce of fat. He also runs a 3.22 second 40 yard dash, which is pretty good since he measured at approximately 6'6 235lb at his most recent camp. Speaking of Camp, he completely dominated the Opening Camp. You should have seen him catching the ball against all of those 5'9 corners. After he made the catch, he also did a backflip and then bench pressed the cornerback and then scored a touchdown on every play. There was even a play where after the whistle blew, he made a move on a cornerback, and ran all the way into the end zone...no one was even chasing him...he has that kind of break away ability. When we call him a stretch the field tight end...this is what we are talking about! You may not find that very impressive, but when you see him in person, his 6'7 245lb frame really sticks out. He has NFL written all over him.

While he plays against 1A competition, and his film admittedly really isn't that impressive, I must say that when we saw him at camp, and took at look at his 6'8 275lb frame, and 2.43 40 yard time...we just knew he was a 5-star. Ranking him as the #15 player in the country may be a little conservative, but then again, we don't know for sure if he will stick with his commitment to Alabama. Should he de-commit from Alabama, we would consider that a character issue and in our minds would indicate that he was no longer progressing like we thought he would, and his ceiling wasn't as high as we initially thought. That would probably lead to him dropping in the rankings a little bit...but at this point we don't anticipate that happening.

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