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{{Infobox college football player

|name=Jamie Howard

|school=LSU Tigers

|currentnumber=4

|currentposition=[[Quarterback]]

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1973|12|7|mf=y}}

|birth_place=[[Laurel, Mississippi]]

|heightft=6

|heightin=1

|weight_lb=212

|highlights=

* 1992 USA Today Fabulous Freshman Team "Best of Rest"

* Street & Smith's SEC Player of the Week (vs. [[1994_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team|Arkansas, 1994]])

|highschool=[[St._Thomas_More_Catholic_High_School_(Louisiana)|St. Thomas More]] (Lafayette, Louisiana)

|pastschools=

*[[LSU Tigers Football|LSU]] (1992–1995)

}}

'''James Walker Howard III''' (born December 7, 1973) is a former [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[LSU Tigers football|LSU Tigers]].

==Early years==

Howard attended [[St._Thomas_More_Catholic_High_School_(Louisiana)|St. Thomas More High School]] in [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]. He lettered in four sports while in high school: football, baseball, track, and basketball.<ref name="lsusports">https://lsusports.net/sports/football/roster/jamie-howard/20583</ref> He was drafted in the second round of the [[1992_Major_League_Baseball_draft|1992 MLB Draft]] by the [[Atlanta Braves]] as a pitcher. Howard was selected immediately after the [[Oakland Athletics]] selected [[Jason Giambi]].<ref>https://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1992</ref>

==College career==

Howard lettered all four years at LSU and was the first true freshman to start at quarterback for LSU since [[Steve Ensminger]] in [[1976_LSU_Tigers_football_team|1976]]. He started six games, and played in eight, as a freshman, started ten games as a sophomore, nine his junior year and seven as a senior. Howard remained a member of the Atlanta Braves organization while enrolled at LSU and played in the Braves' minor leagues after his freshman and sophomore seasons. He returned for his senior season in [[1995_LSU_Tigers_football_team|1995]] as the Tigers' starting quarterback after sitting out the summer from the Atlanta Braves' organization.<ref name="lsusports" />

Howard finished his career as the third-leading passer in LSU history with 6,158 yards and second in career touchdown passes with 34.<ref name="lsusports" />

==References==

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== External links ==

* [https://lsusports.net/sports/football/roster/jamie-howard/20583 Official LSU biography at LSUsports.net]

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