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Rusty Howard

WLB  •  RETIRED @ Age 30 (End of 2028 season)  •  Current Age: 37
5' 11", 245 lbs Draft: Round 13, Pick 4 (2020) Drafted By: Tampa Bay Buccaneers College: Nebraska Player_ID: 2028 Yrs Pro: 9 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 MIA 15 13 45 10.5 16 11 3.9 4.0 2 1 1 2.1 0 19 5.6 1 18 5.3 94.7 2 0 0 0 5.4 0.420
2027 TBY 16 15 80 15.8 33 9 2.4 3.5 3 3 0 1.8 1 42 11.6 6 34 14.3 81.0 5 1 0 1 8.5 0.780
2026 TBY 16 6 48 10.5 12 - - 1.0 1 0 1 0.9 2 - - 3 23 - - - 1 0 - 6.3 0.600
2025 TBY 16 14 102 14.4 39 - - 1.0 3 2 1 0.9 2 - - 7 43 - - - 0 2 - 8.8 0.710
2024 TBY 16 16 112 16.4 39 - - 2.5 1 1 1 0.9 1 - - 5 40 - - - 1 1 - 10.3 1.000
2023 TBY 16 16 108 15.8 39 - - 1.0 2 3 1 0.8 1 - - 0 35 - - - 1 0 - 7.4 0.650
2022 TBY 16 16 94 13.8 24 - - 1.5 2 6 0 0.7 2 - - 8 40 - - - 1 0 - 8.4 0.690
2021 TBY 14 2 16 11.0 4 - - 0.0 1 1 0 1.1 0 - - 2 5 - - - 2 0 - 2.5 0.200
2020 TBY 7 1 2 6.0 1 - - 1.0 1 0 0 8.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 1 0 - 1.5 0.090
Career 132 99 607 14.0 207 20 - 15.5 16 17 5 1.1 9 61 1.9 32 238 - - 7 8 3 1 - -

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
2022 TBY 2 2 10 10.0 2 - - 0.0 1 2 0 1.4 0 - - 1 1 - - - 0 0 - - -
2021 TBY 2 0 3 21.4 3 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
2020 TBY 1 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
Career 5 2 13 12.2 5 - - 0.0 1 2 0 1.3 0 - - 1 1 - - - 0 0 - - -

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 82 81 36 0 40 90 54 74 72 69 46 57
2020 Post-Camp 22 82 82 40 0 42 90 55 67 45 47 45 56
2021 Pre-Camp 23 88 80 39 0 34 90 58 68 49 51 51 59
2021 Post-Camp 23 87 79 39 0 36 95 64 68 50 54 56 59
2022 Pre-Camp 24 81 70 39 0 28 100 70 68 49 55 60 60
2022 Post-Camp 24 82 70 38 0 30 100 72 67 49 55 61 61
2023 Pre-Camp 25 82 69 38 0 31 100 72 67 49 54 61 61
2023 Post-Camp 25 81 69 36 0 30 100 71 66 48 54 60 60
2024 Pre-Camp 26 80 69 36 0 30 100 71 66 48 54 60 60
2024 Post-Camp 26 98 83 33 0 20 68 54 74 62 69 61 61
2025 Pre-Camp 27 98 84 33 0 20 67 53 74 62 69 61 61
2025 Post-Camp 27 96 82 31 0 18 66 51 72 60 69 60 60
2026 Pre-Camp 28 97 82 31 0 18 66 50 72 60 70 60 60
2026 Post-Camp 28 72 63 26 0 26 100 63 56 39 54 54 54
2027 Pre-Camp 29 72 63 26 0 20 100 64 56 38 52 54 54
2027 Post-Camp 29 72 61 27 0 18 100 61 56 37 52 53 53
2028 Pre-Camp 30 70 60 28 0 18 79 62 56 37 52 50 50
2028 Post-Camp 30 54 59 22 0 18 66 46 47 22 52 40 40

Transactions

Year Team Transaction
2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers changed primary position from SLB
2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed a renegotiated contract: 3yrs, $5,390,000
2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers has begun a contract holdout
2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers has ended his contract holdout
2024 Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed a renegotiated contract: 3yrs, $13,220,000
2026 Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed a renegotiated contract: 3yrs, $17,700,000
2028 Tampa Bay Buccaneers released
2028 Miami Dolphins signed as a free agent: 4yrs, $16,270,000