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Jersey Number 0
Skyler Gill-Howard
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- High School:
- Greenfield
Bio
CAREER AWARDS & HONORS
2025 (SENIOR)Â
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- All-MAC Third Team Defense (2024, Jr.)
- Pro Football Focus All-MAC Second Team (2024, Jr.)
- MAC Week 7Â Co-Defensive Player of the Week (2024, Jr.)
- Burlsworth Trophy Nominee (2024, Jr.)
2025 (SENIOR)Â
- Joined the Red Raiders prior to the spring of 2025 ... will have one season of eligibility at Texas Tech.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Began collegiate career in 2021 at Division II Upper Iowa before becoming a member of the Northern Illinois football team the next three seasons (2022-24) ... played in four games as a true freshman for the Upper Iowa University Peacocks ... saw action in 25 games, making one start, over the last two seasons at Northern Illinois after not seeing the field of play during first season at NIU.
- Combined for 76 tackles (41 solo) over his two seasons at Northern Illinois, including an impressive 11.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks … considered one of the top prospects in the transfer portal after a stellar junior season … posted 52 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks as a junior alone … has 79 tackles for his career (43 solo) between his time at Northern Illinois and Upper Iowa.
- 2024 SEASON (JUNIOR at NORTHERN ILLINOIS): tabbed a third team All-MAC selection on by the conference coaches ... was named second team All-MAC by Pro Football Focus ... recognized as the MAC Week Seven Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14 following a career day at Bowling Green ... was Northern Illinois' Burlsworth Trophy nominee, which is awarded to the most outstanding football player in America who began his career as a walk-on.
- Honored with a "C" patch on his jersey, serving as one of the Huskies' team captains ... played in all 12 regular season games while making one start, which was in the season opener versus Western Illinois (8/31) ... opted out of the Huskies' appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Fresno State.
- Finished season with 51 total tackles (27 solo), which led all defensive linemen at NIU ... ranked second on the team in tackles for loss finishing with 8.5 for a net loss of 35 yards ... was third on the team with 5.0 sacls that resulted in a loss of 30 yards ... also credited with four quarterback hurries.
- Credited by Pro Football Focus with 449 defensive snaps, 30 shy of the team high for an interior defensive lineman ... had a team-leading 29 total pressures of the passer (of any kind), as tabulated by PFF ... received an 84.0 overall grade by Pro Football Focus, which ranked 10th in the FBS among interior defensive linemen ... was particularly effective in the run game, grading out at 88.7 overall, which was sixth among interior defensive linemen.
- Posted single-game career highs at Bowling Green (10/12) with 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and seven tackles overall, five of which were solo stops … performance earned him conference player of the week honors (Week 7) ... one of the two sacks versus Bowling Green was on 3rd-and-goal from the NIU 2-yard line in the third quarter, which forced a missed field goal try … one of the other tackles for loss came on third down with Bowling Green at its own 11, forcing the Falcons to punt from its end zone, giving NIU field position in plus territory.
- 2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE at NORTHERN ILLINOIS): played in all 12 games in first full season with the Huskies as a back-up at defensive tackle ... finished season with 24 tackles (15 solo), 4.0 tackles for loss, a quarterback sack and a pass break-up ... credited with at least one stop in the each of the final 12 games of the season.
- Recovered a fumble at Nebraska (9/16) to go with a pair of stops ... recorded his first career sack in the Huskies’ shutout of Western Michigan (11/14) ... made a season-high five stops at Central Michigan (10/31) with a tackle for loss ... had three tackles and a tackle for loss against Ball State (11/7) ... credited with two tackles at Kent State (11/25) ... totaled three solo tackles and broke up a pass at Akron (10/7) ... posted a tackle for loss with two stops at Toledo (9/30) ... made first tackle at NIU against Southern Illinois (9/9) ... earned Academic All-MAC honors ...
- 2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE at NORTHERN ILLINOIS): redshirt season … did not see any game action in his first season at NIU ... named the NIU defensive futures player of the year following the season.
- 2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN at UPPER IOWA): appeared in four games in lone season as a defensive lineman at Upper Iowa ... registered three tackles (two solo) on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Wis., which is a suburb of Milwaukee ... was a four-year varsity letterwinner and a three-year captain from his sophomore through senior seasons.
- Received All-Region and All-State recognition in 2020 and 2021 ... selected as a first team All-Conference selection following each of his four prep seasons ... earned Team MVP honors as a senior.
- Two-sport athlete also competing for the wrestling program … was a two-time runner-up in the Wisconsin state wrestling tournament ... qualified for the honor roll all four years of high school.
PERSONAL
- Skyler Gill-Howard ... born in Milwaukee, Wis. ... parents are Geraldo Howard and Tonya Gill ... calls Greenfield, Wis. home with Geraldo and step-mother Nicole Dorrier ... has nine younger brothers and sisters. Â
- Enjoys exploring the multimedia space in video production and creating music.
- A leadership studies major at Texas Tech.
Texas Tech Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Highlights: Kent State
Saturday, September 06
Behind the Mic - Kent St. vs TTU
Saturday, September 06
Behren Morton Mic'd Up on TNT Pregame Show
Saturday, September 06
