Player file
Sam Howell
QB Quarterback · official depth QB2 · North Carolina · #16 · PRO
6' 1" · 225 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-09-16 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
DAL · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
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lifecycle: veteran — 3 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2024 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037077 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)
Inspect
no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0037077 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
2026Signed through
APY $2,500,000 · cap hit $2,500,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$2,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2024 · SEA · QB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5/14 · 24 pass yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 1 car · 2 rush yds · 0 rush TD
- 2023 · WAS · QB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved388/612 · 3,946 pass yds · 21 TD · 21 INT · 48 car · 263 rush yds · 5 rush TD
- 2022 · WAS · QB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11/19 · 169 pass yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 5 car · 35 rush yds · 1 rush TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · DAL at SEAStarted. · 8/12, 94 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 2 car, 15 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · DAL at ARI7/10, 65 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · 1 car, 7 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-23
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NO at DAL12/18, 155 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · 1 car, 2 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · DAL at NYGDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-16as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2021 · North Carolina · passing217/347 · 3056 yds · 24 TD · 9 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · North Carolina · passing237/348 · 3586 yds · 30 TD · 7 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2019 · North Carolina · passing259/422 · 3641 yds · 38 TD · 7 INTCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · QB · North Carolina · 6-1 · 218 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
drafted 2022 · round 5 · Washington Commanders
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Club feed for DAL: dallascowboys.com publishes no transactions page (absent from its own sitemap; /team/transactions, /team/roster-moves and /news/roster-moves all 404 — verified 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-02), so its rows are relayed from the nfl.com league transactions ledger filtered to the Cowboys: the league office's own filing of every move, an approved equivalent official source carrying the same event contract Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 1 seasons started · career through 2024
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present