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{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}
{{for|the baseball player|Pat Howell (baseball)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
|name=Pat Howell 
|number=64, 66
|position=[[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1957|3|12}}
|birth_place= [[Fresno, California]], U.S.
|height_ft=6
|height_in=5
|weight_lb=257
|high_school=[[Fresno High School|Fresno]]
|college=[[USC Trojans football|USC]]
|draftyear=1979
|draftround=2
|draftpick=49
|pastteams=
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1979}}–{{NFL Year|1983}})
* [[Houston Oilers]] (1983–{{NFL Year|1985}})
|highlights=
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1978 USC Trojans football team|1978]])
* [[Unanimous All-American]] ([[1978 College Football All-America Team|1978]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1977]], [[1978 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1978]])
|statlabel1=Games played
|statvalue1=67
|statlabel2=Games started
|statvalue2=21
|pfr=HowePa20
}}

'''Patrick Gerrard Howell''' (born March 12, 1957) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was an [[offensive lineman]] for seven seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during the late 1970s and 1980s.  Howell played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]], earning [[unanimous All-American]] honors in 1978.  A second-round pick in the [[1979 NFL draft]], he played professionally for the [[Atlanta Falcons]] and [[Houston Oilers]] of the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pat Howell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HowePa20.htm |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Howell was born in [[Fresno, California]].  He was a ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' magazine high school All-American for Fresno High School football team in 1974, and Central California Valley discus throw champion in track and field.

==College career==
Howell attended the University of Southern California, where he played for the [[USC Trojans football]] team.  As a senior in 1978, he received [[unanimous All-American]] honors.

==Professional career==
The Houston Oilers chose Howell in the second round (forty-ninth pick overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft, and he played for the Oilers from {{NFL Year|1979}} to {{NFL Year|1983}}, and Atlanta Falcons between 1983 and {{NFL Year|1985}}.

==Football family==
His son, Nick Howell, was an offensive lineman for the USC Trojans, after playing football at Bullard High School in Fresno, California.

==References==
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{{1978 NCAA Division I College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{1978 USC Trojans football navbox}}
{{Atlanta Falcons 1979 draft navbox}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:All-American college football players]]
[[Category:American football offensive linemen]]
[[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]]
[[Category:Houston Oilers players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Fresno, California]]
[[Category:USC Trojans football players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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