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Howie Joyner

SLB  •  RETIRED @ Age 31 (End of 2029 season)  •  Current Age: 48
6' 3", 255 lbs Draft: Round 29, Pick 19 (2020) Drafted By: Detroit Lions Super Bowl trophy 0 Rings Yrs Pro: 10 Cap Cost: N/A

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2028 CAR 16 8 37 10.7 13 7 3.7 0.5 2 0 1 1.2 0 35 12.4 3 21 8.6 60.0 3 1 1 0 4.7 0.380
2027 DET 14 1 10 10.2 2 1 2.6 0.0 0 0 1 1.3 1 8 10.1 1 7 12.5 87.5 0 0 0 0 2.1 0.140
2026 WAS 16 15 78 15.4 41 - - 0.0 4 0 1 1.3 2 - - 5 29 - - - 2 0 - 7.4 0.780
2025 WAS 16 15 85 12.3 28 - - 4.0 1 1 1 1.1 0 - - 10 39 - - - 0 0 - 9.8 1.000
2024 DET 16 15 98 14.4 36 - - 0.0 4 3 0 0.7 1 - - 13 60 - - - 2 0 - 9.1 0.890
2023 DET 14 3 24 12.6 4 - - 1.5 1 0 0 1.7 0 - - 2 15 - - - 1 1 - 2.9 0.220
2022 DET 16 8 65 14.2 16 - - 5.0 2 0 0 1.8 1 - - 5 37 - - - 1 0 - 5.2 0.500
2021 DET 16 0 8 12.4 5 - - 1.0 0 0 0 1.1 0 - - 1 7 - - - 1 1 - 1.5 0.080
2020 DET 14 0 5 8.1 0 - - 0.0 1 0 0 2.1 0 - - 1 3 - - - 0 0 - 1.4 0.070
Career 138 65 410 13.3 145 8 0.5 12.0 15 4 4 1.2 5 43 1.7 41 218 95.3 100.0 3 8 3 0 44.0 4.060
First-Team All-Pro Second-Team All-Pro Champion Postseason Honor

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2027 DET 1 0 0 - 0 0 - 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 - -
2026 WAS 1 1 3 8.9 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 3 - - - 0 0 - - -
2024 DET 1 1 3 6.1 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
2023 DET 3 1 8 13.0 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 7 - - - 0 0 - - -
2022 DET 2 2 10 11.4 5 - - 0.0 1 0 0 1.7 0 - - 2 4 - - - 0 0 - - -
Career 8 5 24 10.3 8 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0.6 0 0 0.0 2 14 - - 0 0 0 0 - -
Champion Super Bowl MVP

Salary Information

Year Salary Bonus Cap Cost Cap Percentage

Ratings History

Year Scout Type Age RD PT PS MM ZN BR PD PH EN ST Overall Potential
2020 Pre-Camp 22 46 63 74 60 31 38 48 65 65 56 40 44
2020 Post-Camp 22 64 72 80 82 46 60 72 66 78 78 46 66
2021 Pre-Camp 23 58 70 82 80 42 53 78 68 76 70 52 63
2021 Post-Camp 23 44 73 83 87 44 38 76 68 80 63 58 58
2022 Pre-Camp 24 44 74 82 88 44 37 74 68 82 64 58 58
2022 Post-Camp 24 43 74 81 88 42 38 76 68 83 64 58 58
2023 Pre-Camp 25 43 76 80 88 43 38 75 68 83 66 58 58
2023 Post-Camp 25 43 74 79 86 44 37 74 68 84 66 57 57
2024 Pre-Camp 26 43 75 79 87 44 36 74 68 84 66 57 57
2024 Post-Camp 26 51 49 90 64 33 46 99 74 54 48 57 57
2025 Pre-Camp 27 51 49 91 64 33 46 100 74 54 48 57 57
2025 Post-Camp 27 44 74 78 88 41 37 74 69 82 66 57 57
2026 Pre-Camp 28 43 75 78 88 42 37 73 68 84 67 57 57
2026 Post-Camp 28 46 42 85 57 27 38 92 68 48 47 51 51
2027 Pre-Camp 29 46 54 86 56 27 39 93 69 46 47 52 52
2027 Post-Camp 29 36 52 74 82 33 30 67 62 74 68 49 49
2028 Pre-Camp 30 35 52 81 84 34 29 64 62 58 70 49 49
2028 Post-Camp 30 42 46 65 54 24 30 90 57 54 46 46 46
2029 Pre-Camp 31 42 46 65 68 23 31 91 57 54 45 48 48
2029 Post-Camp 31 16 38 52 60 10 22 44 32 48 72 30 30

Transactions

Year Team Transaction
2021 Detroit Lions changed primary position from SILB
2021 Detroit Lions signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $2,410,000
2022 Detroit Lions signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $6,170,000
2023 Detroit Lions signed a renegotiated contract: 4yrs, $21,340,000
2025 Detroit Lions released
2025 Washington Commanders signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $25,970,000
2025 Washington Commanders changed primary position from MLB
2027 Washington Commanders released
2027 Detroit Lions signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,220,000
2028 Detroit Lions changed primary position from SILB
2028 Carolina Panthers signed as an unrestricted free agent: 2yrs, $5,820,000
2029 Carolina Panthers signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $5,790,000
2029 Carolina Panthers released