ESPN.com · Jul 19, 2016
Will O.J. Howard's national title performance spill over to 2016 season?
Alabama hopes O.J. Howard's performance in the national championship game (208 receiving yards, two touchdowns) is a sign of things to come.HOOVER, Ala. -- O.J. Howard was bold at SEC media days. His blue, "Mad Men" appropriate suit reflected the confidence brewing inside the 6-foot-6, 242-pound stallion of an athlete.
For the better part of Howard's three years at Alabama, the physically-menacing tight end had only shown flashes of that same confidence. A sizzling hot prospect coming out of high school, Howard's Alabama career has been nothing short of lukewarm.