Donavan Howard
UTEP Miners
57
Depth

Donavan Howard

UTEP MinersRebuilding
SSDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Virginia State
2nd String / Backup

Is Donavan Howard starting?

Donavan Howard is listed 2nd string at SS for UTEP Miners.

Donavan Howard is listed SS #2 for UTEP at 57 OVR.

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Depth at SS · UTEP Miners

  1. 1270Xavier SmithStarter
  2. 21257Donavan HowardYou

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Jersey
#12
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
200 lbs
Transfer
Virginia State

Donavan Howard is currently behind Xavier Smith at SS on the UTEP depth chart, a Mountain West team rated 64 overall this season.

Why this rating?

On a 66-rated defense; 51th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 57 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)
66
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 13WTXSOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-10

Sep 5LOUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-0

Donavan Howard's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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