Autographs of Desmond Howard
Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1991, and was selected fourth overall in the 1992 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins. Howard spent most of his career on special teams as a return specialist and holds the NFL single-season record for punt return yardage. With the Green Bay Packers, Howard was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXI after returning a kickoff for a 99-yard touchdown, the longest return in Super Bowl history at the time. He is the only special teams player to receive the award. Howard was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Since 2005, he has served as an analyst on ESPN College Gameday.
Howard was born in Cleveland, Ohio and earned All-American and All-Ohio honors as a tailback during his senior season at St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio, scoring 18 touchdowns on 1,499 rushing yards and intercepting 10 passes. For his career he totaled 5,392 rushing yards. He earned three varsity letters each in track and football as well as one in basketball.
Howard played college football at the University of Michigan. During his time there Howard set or tied five NCAA records, and twelve school records, including 19 receiving touchdowns in a single season, the program's current all-time record. In 1991, Howard caught 62 passes for 985 yards and scored 23 total touchdowns, while also rushing for 180 yards and gaining 694 yards on special teams, with an average of 27.5 yards per kickoff return and 14.1 yards per punt return; he also led the nation with 19 receiving touchdowns and co-led in scoring with 138 points. He won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award, earning unanimous All-American honors. Howard captured 85 percent of the first-place votes in balloting for the Heisman, the largest margin in history at that time. Howard also earned a bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. In 2010, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and he was honored as the inaugural Michigan Football Legend, a program honoring former players equivalent to a retired jersey number. Each Michigan player to wear Howard's No. 21 jersey was to wear a patch recognizing Howard, and dress at a locker bearing a plaque with his name and time of tenure at Michigan. Howard finished his three seasons at Michigan with 249 rushing yards, 134 receptions for 2,146 yards, 1,211 kickoff return yards, and 339 yards returning punts, while also scoring 37 touchdowns.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Desmond Howard (Desmond Howard Michigan Signed Jersey 33.5x42 w/ Print Background & College Stat) was sold in January 2026 for £940.41 while the cheapest item (Desmond Howard Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo COA Beckett BAS #BJ041567) found a new owner for £8.27 in February 2023. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2026 with an average selling price of £35.24 for an autographed item of Desmond Howard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with £35.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £34.47 was May 2026. In average, an autographed item from Desmond Howard is worth £35.16.
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