The story of Chicago Bears running back Jordan Howard is barely a few chapters in. Yet it’s becoming impossible to put down. Here is a young man born in Gardendale, Alabama. A kid who was tragically humbled at an early age by the death of his father, Reginald Howard following a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. This after losing his grandfather and grandmother shortly before that. Since then Jordan has worn a T-shirt with his fathers’ photo on it for every game he’s played.
His battle against fate didn’t end there though. After earning just a two-star grade coming out of high school, Jordan endured something no college athlete should have to. The demise of the program that recruited. That’s exactly what happened to the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Their football division was disbanded, leaving Howard with a very uncertain future.
Undaunted he transferred to Indiana where he played well enough to become a fifth round draft pick of the Bears last April. Experts said it was a good pick. That he could become a solid rotational back and maybe even starter down the road. A few months later he’s appearing in his first Pro Bowl after finishing second in the NFL with 1,313 rushing yards. He actually finished as the game’s leading rusher.
It gets better though.
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