Completed Event: Football versus Illinois State on August 30, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 3
Final
Football
35
vs Illinois State
3
University of Oklahoma Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Howard, Theo
Jersey Number 2
Theo Howard
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 182
- Hometown:
- Westlake Village, Calif.
- High School:
- Westlake HS
- Prev School:
- UCLA
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Played in 34 games at UCLA ... made 24 starts (including 23 of 26 during the 2017-19 seasons) ... compiled 119 catches for 1,359 yards and nine touchdowns.
2020
Played in 10 games and compiled 163 receiving yards on 13 catches (12.5 average) … caught at least one pass in eight games … made one reception for five yards in Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... caught two passes for 31 yards at Texas Tech (10/31) … had one reception for 25 yards vs. Kansas State (9/26) … notched 63 yards on a team-high five receptions in OU debut vs. Missouri State (9/12).
2019 (AT UCLA)
Missed most of season due to injury (redshirted) ... lone action came in a home start against Oklahoma (9/14) ... saw 28-game streak of registering at least one reception snapped.
2018 (AT UCLA)
An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by league’s head coaches ... played in all 12 games (all starts) ... made 51 catches and ranked second on team with a career-high 677 receiving yards (career-high 13.3 average) ... recorded four receiving touchdowns ... rushed three times for 26 yards (8.7 average) ... caught five passes for a season-high 88 yards in season finale vs. Stanford (11/24) ... finished with five receptions for 76 yards (long of 33) and a touchdown vs. USC (11/17) ... had five catches for 69 yards and a score at Oregon (11/3) ... caught three balls for 84 yards (season long of 58) vs. Arizona (10/20) ... hauled in a season-high nine passes for 60 yards and a TD vs. Washington (10/6) ... finished with four catches for 80 yards and a TD vs. Fresno State (9/15) ... had two catches for 53 yards (long of 45) at Oklahoma (9/8).
2017 (AT UCLA)
Played in all 13 games and made 10 starts ... ranked third on team with a career-high 56 catches and 594 receiving yards (10.6 average) while notching four receiving touchdowns ... racked up 23 receptions for 233 yards and two TDs over season’s final three games ... caught eight passes for a career-high 119 yards (included a career-long 70-yard TD reception) vs. Kansas State in Cactus Bowl (12/26) ... finished with three catches for 33 yards and a score vs. Cal (11/24) ... hauled in a career-high 11 passes for 81 yards at USC (11/18) ... tallied seven receptions for 110 yards and a TD vs. Hawai’i (9/9) ... caught a TD pass with 3:10 left in fourth quarter (cut deficit to six points) in season-opening comeback win over Texas A&M (9/3) ... Bruins trailed Aggies 44-10 with just over two minutes left in third quarter.
2016 (UCLA)
Saw action in eight games ... made 12 receptions for 88 yards ... lone start came vs. Arizona (10/1) when he caught his only touchdown pass of the season (19-yarder) ... caught a season-high five passes for 30 yards vs. Oregon State (11/12).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Westlake High School as a junior and senior and was a consensus four-star recruit ... rated as nation’s No. 38 overall recruit by Rivals, No. 85 by PrepStar and No. 288 by ESPN ... regarded as nation’s No. 5 wide receiver by Rivals and No. 7 by Scout ... ranked as No. 7 player in California by Rivals and Scout and No. 32 by ESPN ... selected to play in Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl ... a Cal-Hi Sports Second-Team All-State selection and member of Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 as a senior when he made 60 receptions for 959 yards and nine touchdowns ... was also named Ventura County Offensive Player of the Year, Marmonte League Receiver of the Year and a scholar/athlete award recipient ... named Marmonte League Co-Receiver of the Year as a junior when he had 52 catches for 869 yards and seven TDs to help his team win conference title ... attended Oaks Christian High School as a sophomore and was named team’s rookie of the year ... rank track as a freshman at Oaks Christian and set a Russell Cup freshman/sophomore hurdle record (15.65) and a 4x100 relay record (43.83).
PERSONAL
Graduated from UCLA in December 2019 with a degree in political science ... named to UCLA’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll on two occasions ... pursuing master's degree in human relations.
Played in 34 games at UCLA ... made 24 starts (including 23 of 26 during the 2017-19 seasons) ... compiled 119 catches for 1,359 yards and nine touchdowns.
2020
Played in 10 games and compiled 163 receiving yards on 13 catches (12.5 average) … caught at least one pass in eight games … made one reception for five yards in Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... caught two passes for 31 yards at Texas Tech (10/31) … had one reception for 25 yards vs. Kansas State (9/26) … notched 63 yards on a team-high five receptions in OU debut vs. Missouri State (9/12).
2019 (AT UCLA)
Missed most of season due to injury (redshirted) ... lone action came in a home start against Oklahoma (9/14) ... saw 28-game streak of registering at least one reception snapped.
2018 (AT UCLA)
An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by league’s head coaches ... played in all 12 games (all starts) ... made 51 catches and ranked second on team with a career-high 677 receiving yards (career-high 13.3 average) ... recorded four receiving touchdowns ... rushed three times for 26 yards (8.7 average) ... caught five passes for a season-high 88 yards in season finale vs. Stanford (11/24) ... finished with five receptions for 76 yards (long of 33) and a touchdown vs. USC (11/17) ... had five catches for 69 yards and a score at Oregon (11/3) ... caught three balls for 84 yards (season long of 58) vs. Arizona (10/20) ... hauled in a season-high nine passes for 60 yards and a TD vs. Washington (10/6) ... finished with four catches for 80 yards and a TD vs. Fresno State (9/15) ... had two catches for 53 yards (long of 45) at Oklahoma (9/8).
2017 (AT UCLA)
Played in all 13 games and made 10 starts ... ranked third on team with a career-high 56 catches and 594 receiving yards (10.6 average) while notching four receiving touchdowns ... racked up 23 receptions for 233 yards and two TDs over season’s final three games ... caught eight passes for a career-high 119 yards (included a career-long 70-yard TD reception) vs. Kansas State in Cactus Bowl (12/26) ... finished with three catches for 33 yards and a score vs. Cal (11/24) ... hauled in a career-high 11 passes for 81 yards at USC (11/18) ... tallied seven receptions for 110 yards and a TD vs. Hawai’i (9/9) ... caught a TD pass with 3:10 left in fourth quarter (cut deficit to six points) in season-opening comeback win over Texas A&M (9/3) ... Bruins trailed Aggies 44-10 with just over two minutes left in third quarter.
2016 (UCLA)
Saw action in eight games ... made 12 receptions for 88 yards ... lone start came vs. Arizona (10/1) when he caught his only touchdown pass of the season (19-yarder) ... caught a season-high five passes for 30 yards vs. Oregon State (11/12).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Westlake High School as a junior and senior and was a consensus four-star recruit ... rated as nation’s No. 38 overall recruit by Rivals, No. 85 by PrepStar and No. 288 by ESPN ... regarded as nation’s No. 5 wide receiver by Rivals and No. 7 by Scout ... ranked as No. 7 player in California by Rivals and Scout and No. 32 by ESPN ... selected to play in Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl ... a Cal-Hi Sports Second-Team All-State selection and member of Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 as a senior when he made 60 receptions for 959 yards and nine touchdowns ... was also named Ventura County Offensive Player of the Year, Marmonte League Receiver of the Year and a scholar/athlete award recipient ... named Marmonte League Co-Receiver of the Year as a junior when he had 52 catches for 869 yards and seven TDs to help his team win conference title ... attended Oaks Christian High School as a sophomore and was named team’s rookie of the year ... rank track as a freshman at Oaks Christian and set a Russell Cup freshman/sophomore hurdle record (15.65) and a 4x100 relay record (43.83).
PERSONAL
Graduated from UCLA in December 2019 with a degree in political science ... named to UCLA’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll on two occasions ... pursuing master's degree in human relations.
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