A member of Auburn's 2025 Final Four team is on the move again.
has entered the transfer portal after one year out west with the Utes, according to a report from On3 earlier this week.Howard spent one season on the Plains before hitting the portal at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament and landing at Utah.
The Overtime Elite product signed with Auburn as one of the highest-touted small forward prospects in the nation and a top-100 player nationally, per 247Sports, but he never exactly found his way into the rotation with the Tigers.and 1.1 rebounds per game in his freshman campaign, shooting 53.6% from the field and 40.9% from behind the arc. Howard’s two best games as an Auburn Tiger, statistically, came during their non-conference slate. The former four-star posted 13 points against Richmond and 11 in Auburn’s blowout win over Ohio State in Atlanta, Ga., at Holiday Hoopsgiving. He saw minimal action in the homestretch of the season, though, as he played just two minutes in Auburn’s first and second round games of the NCAA Tournament. Following his transfer to Utah after Auburn made its second-ever Final Four appearance, Howard found even less success with the Utes. According to ESPN, he touched the court in just six games during the 2025-26 season, in which 6.8 minutes per outing. Howard played for 10 minutes or more in just two games, during which he scored three points combined, before reports emerged in mid-January that he had stepped away from the program “to attend to family matters.” It’s difficult to predict where he will play his third season of college basketball, but it will certainly be interesting for Auburn fans to see his potential progression at his next stop.Gunner is a sports journalism production major who has written for the Auburn Plainsman as well as founded his own sports blog of Gunner Sports Report, while still in middle school. He has been a video production assistant for the Kansas City Royals' minor league affiliate Columbia Fireflies. Gunner has experience covering a variety of college sports, including football and basketball.March Madness: Chase Johnston’s Only Two-Point Shot Becomes High Point Legend
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