{"id":84281,"date":"2025-12-06T22:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84281\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:27:07","slug":"huskies-make-scholarship-offer-to-fresno-quarterback-whos-just-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/84281\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskies Make scholarship Offer to Fresno Quarterback, Who&#8217;s Just 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5d\">Who knows where everyone will be once he graduates from high school in 2028, but  quarterback Jamar &#8220;JJ&#8221; Howard Jr., just 15,  has a  University of Washington football football scholarship offer in hand.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5g\">When Howard becomes ready for the college game, current Husky signal-caller Demond Williams Jr. likely will have just completed his Montlake run and left town.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">This much is certain: Howard is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound passer from Clovis West High School in Fresno, California, and will provide someone with a highly mature player when it&#8217;s time. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">For now, the young kid is learning his football trade while armed with a dozen scholarship offers that have come his way, with Miami, Oregon, BYU and Arizona State among the others.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">&#8220;I just try to keep a level head &#8212; stay humble, stay God-kept, stay prayed up &#8212; because I know that stuff can really go away if anything happens, even just a little something,&#8221; Howard told WestCoastPreps.com.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From middle school phenom to Clovis West\u2019s leader \u2014 JJ Howard is showing why he\u2019s Fresno\u2019s next great QB.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Full story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/izxKexx20V\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/izxKexx20V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zHlJgzU6Mx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zHlJgzU6Mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 West Coast Preps (@westcoastpreps_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/westcoastpreps_\/status\/1967982571469566379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Things have come fairly quickly for this tall, athletic QB with decent arm strength. He has a chance to get significantly bigger and better, too. Otherwise, he takes every opportunity to make something happen in the bl in his hands. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">In 2024, on his first varsity play as a Clovis West freshman starter, Howard threw a 71-yard touchdown pass to teammate Jonovan Darrington, now a Fresno State defensive back, on a double-reverse, flea-flicker play call. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">For a 3-8 team, he completed 171 passes in 282 attempts for 2,006 yards and 15 touchdowns, with 11 interceptions, hanging in there without much help.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AG2G?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AG2G<\/a> After a great conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachJimmieD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CoachJimmieD<\/a> I\u2019m blessed to receive a D1 offer from University of Washington!!!\u2614\ufe0f\u2614\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBKaGzn0DX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YBKaGzn0DX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamar \u201cJJ\u201d Howard Jr. (@JamarHoward2028) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamarHoward2028\/status\/1996762635082269117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">&#8220;[It was] a lot of growth, for sure, a lot of ups and downs,&#8221; Howard told the BarkBoard site that covers Fresno State football, referring to his first year. &#8220;I learned how to get through the lows. Just learning and growing after being in those situations plenty of times. Now I know what I&#8217;m supposed to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">This past season for an 8-4 Golden Eagles team, he connected on 150 of 293 passes for 2,251 yards and 32 touchdowns, with 10 picks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">Showing off his playmaking ability, Howard brought Clovis West back from a 21-0 deficit to city rival Clovis East by throwing for 308 yards and 4 scores in a 28-21 comeback victory. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">Early in the season, he let fly with a 5-touchdown passing performance in a 43-14 win over Liberty High from Bakersfield, California.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Howard took an unofficial visit last weekend to watch the UW-Oregon football game and he&#8217;s definitely a quarterback to keep an eye on.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">An offer from Husky offensive coordinator Jimmie Dougherty was presented to him five days following the rivalry match-up, with plenty more pursuers expected as Howard continues at an accelerated rate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who knows where everyone will be once he graduates from high school in 2028, but quarterback Jamar &#8220;JJ&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-84281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}