Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 2, Pk 19
- College
- Washington State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 2, Pk 19
- College
- Washington State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 123
- TOT
- 129
- SOLO
- 96
- AST
- 33
- SACK
- 33.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 6
- FF
- 1
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  NYG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYG | 16 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994 | NYG | 16 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | NYJ | 16 | 52 | 34 | 18 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- TOT
- 7
- SOLO
- 6
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 123
- TOT
- 1.0
- SOLO
- 0.8
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.3
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0.0
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NYG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYG | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYG | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NYG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NYG | 16 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | NYG | 16 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1995 | NYJ | 16 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1996 | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Erik Howard's career stats?
Erik Howard played 10 seasons for the Giants and the Jets. He recorded 129 tackles and 33 sacks. His best season was 1995: 52 tackles and 2.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1986 to 1996
Championships ×2
- 1986 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
- 1990 Super Bowl with the New York Giants
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