2023 Football Roster
Howell, Cashius
vs
Cincinnati
Sep 6 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Jersey Number 0
Cashius Howell
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- High School:
- Rockhurst
Bio
HONORS
Personal
- 2023 third-team All-MAC
- Appeared in all of BGSU's games with 11 starts
- Finished the season tied for No. 1 in the MAC with 9.5 sacks and tied for No. 16 nationally
- His 9.5 sacks are tied for No. 4 on BGSU's single-season ledger with former NFL player Diyral Briggs (2008)
- His 9.5 sacks ranked No. 6 in the nation among linebackers
- Notched one tackle at Liberty
- Made three tackles and 1.5 sacks in the win over Eastern Illinois
- Made first career start against Ohio and finished with two tackles, 1.0 sack and forced a fumble
- His sack against of Ohio's Kurtis Rourke was a strip sack
- Made three stops in win at Georgia Tech
- Made two tackles at Miami (OH)
- Made two stops and broke up a pass at Buffalo
- Made three tackles and 2.0 sacks in win over Akron
- Recorded 1.0 sack in win over Ball State
- Notched three tackles and 2.0 sacks in win at Kent State
- Made four tackles and 2.0 sacks against Toledo
- Recorded three stops and 1.0 tackles for loss in win at Western Michigan
- His QB hit in the Quick Lane Bowl helped force the game's only turnover, an interception by Darius Lorfils
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
- Notched two tackles and 0.5 sacks at UCLA
- Made two stops against Marshall
- Made three stops, 1.0 sacks, one pass breakup and on QB hurry at Mississippi State
- Notched two tackles and 0.5 sacks at Akron
- Made three tackles and recovered a fumble in win at Central Michigan
- Notched four stops at Ohio
- Recorded two stops in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State
- Appeared in four of BGSU's 12 games
- Retains redshirt
- Made collegiate debut against Murray State
- Recorded his first career tackle at Buffalo
- Made five stops at Miami (OH)
- Earned three varsity letters at Rockhurst High School, playing for coach Kelly Donohoe
- Team captain
- Program went 10-3 as a sophomore, 9-4 as a junior and 5-3 as a senior
- Recorded more than 150 tackles to go with 21 sacks, five rushing touchdowns and a pair of passing TDs during his career
- His 14 sacks as a junior rank second in school history and set the school record with six sacks in one game
- First team Academic All-State
- Also lettered in basketball
- Received offers from Arkansas State, Wyoming and a handful of Mid-American Conference schools
Personal
- Son of Maximillian Howell and Cammie Carl
- Father played hockey at Miami (Ohio)
- One brother, Mason Masterson, and two sisters, Ashlee Guier and Madison Masterson
- Major is pre-exercise science
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