Preston Howard
Maryland Terrapins
71
Average

Preston Howard

Maryland TerrapinsRebuilding
TEOffenseAverageTRANSFER · Auburn
Projected Starter

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Preston Howard is the projected starter at TE for Maryland Terrapins.

Redshirt senior · #8 · 6'5", 239 lbs

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Depth at TE · Maryland Terrapins

  1. 1871Preston HowardStarter
  2. 2971Dorian Fleming
  3. 38960AJ Szymanski
  4. 41652Damon Hall Jr.
  5. 58552JT Taggart

Maryland Starting Lineup

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Up next for Maryland

Maryland plays Purdue away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of McDonogh School, ranked #464 nationally coming out of high school. In 2024: 24 catches, 189 yards, 0 TD. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #464 Natl2-Yr Total37 rec · 349 yds · 1 TDTeam Share3%
Arbutus, MD
Jersey
#8
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
239 lbs
Transfer
Auburn

Career Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2024241890
2023131601

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8859
National Rank
#464
High School
McDonogh School
Hometown
Owings Mills, MD

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated offense; 35th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 71.

Team offense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 35% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role

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

Oct 31LILLYDS 5
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
5
AVG
2.5
TD
0

Final L 20-17

Oct 17LRUTGYDS 25
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
25
AVG
25.0
TD
0

Final L 37-30

Oct 10LOSUYDS 2
CAR
1
YDS
2
AVG
2.0
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 45-16

Sep 12WCONNYDS 20
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
20
AVG
10.0
TD
0

Final W 38-14

Sep 6WHAMPYDS 20
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
20
AVG
20.0
TD
0

Final W 62-0

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

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Team Role

10 rec · 84 yds · 0 TD
Usage / Involvement14%
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