Patterson Medal Winners
Howell, Sam
Sam Howell
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 2022
2022 — Sam Howell: Football (Indian Trail, N.C.)
Set Carolina career records for total offense, passing yards, passing yards per game, passing touchdowns, pass efficiency rating and touchdowns responsible for as the Tar Heels’ quarterback from 2019-21.
Led the Tar Heels to three straight bowl games. Threw a touchdown pass in all 37 games, a school record, and completed multiple touchdown passes 27 times (school-record six vs. Wake Forest in 2020).
Finished his career as the second-highest rated quarterback in ACC history and was second in ACC history in passing yards per game, third in passing touchdowns (most by any player in league history in three seasons), fifth in touchdowns responsible for and passing yards and eighth in total offense.
Howell was second-team All-ACC in 2020 and third-team as a freshman in 2019. He was the MVP of the Military Bowl, ACC Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019. In his career, he was the National Quarterback of the Week nine times, ACC Quarterback of the Week seven times, ACC Rookie of the Week six times and National Offensive Back of the Week once.
He established 27 single-game, single-season and career UNC records. He passed for 300 or more yards 14 times, including 400 or more three times and a school-record 550 vs. Wake Forest in 2020. He became the second player in the Power 5 era to have back-to-back games with 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards.
He was the second Tar Heel ever to pass for a touchdown, rush for a TD and catch a TD pass in one game (vs. Miami in 2020).
Washington selected him in the fifth round in the 2022 NFL Draft.Â
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Set Carolina career records for total offense, passing yards, passing yards per game, passing touchdowns, pass efficiency rating and touchdowns responsible for as the Tar Heels’ quarterback from 2019-21.
Led the Tar Heels to three straight bowl games. Threw a touchdown pass in all 37 games, a school record, and completed multiple touchdown passes 27 times (school-record six vs. Wake Forest in 2020).
Finished his career as the second-highest rated quarterback in ACC history and was second in ACC history in passing yards per game, third in passing touchdowns (most by any player in league history in three seasons), fifth in touchdowns responsible for and passing yards and eighth in total offense.
Howell was second-team All-ACC in 2020 and third-team as a freshman in 2019. He was the MVP of the Military Bowl, ACC Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019. In his career, he was the National Quarterback of the Week nine times, ACC Quarterback of the Week seven times, ACC Rookie of the Week six times and National Offensive Back of the Week once.
He established 27 single-game, single-season and career UNC records. He passed for 300 or more yards 14 times, including 400 or more three times and a school-record 550 vs. Wake Forest in 2020. He became the second player in the Power 5 era to have back-to-back games with 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards.
He was the second Tar Heel ever to pass for a touchdown, rush for a TD and catch a TD pass in one game (vs. Miami in 2020).
Washington selected him in the fifth round in the 2022 NFL Draft.Â
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