2010: Played in two games for the Wildcats before an injury cut his season short...a solid start, with four tackles and four pass breakups

2009: Played in seven games for the Maroon and Gold in the defensive secondary...tallied 21 tackles on the year along with four passes defended...had season high game against North Carolina A&T (10/31) with six tackles and one pass defended

2008: Played in one game, against Hampton (11/8) and collected one tackle

Personal: The Son of David and Lekita Howard, born September 1, 1989 in Daytona Beach...attended Spruce Creek High...majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Business at Bethune-Cookman...his father played football for B-CC...D.J. also runs track at B-CU, coming out of high school second in Florida in the 110m hurdles, the AAU 110m hurdles champion, three-time All-American and Volusia County Athlete of the Year