Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell is quietly developing into one of the NFL’s better young quarterbacks. Howell is currently No. 2 in the NFL in passing yards and has given long-suffering Washington fans some hope that he can be a franchise quarterback.
But before the Commanders drafted Howell in the 2022 NFL draft, he played for three years for the North Carolina Tar Heels, breaking numbers school and ACC records.
And in those three seasons, Howell’s Tar Heels played the Virginia Tech Hokies three times. Two of those meetings were among the most memorable in Lane Stadium during the Justin Fuente era.