What is Thomas Howard?
[[File:Thomas Howard (American football).JPG|thumb|200px|Howard in December 2009.]] '''Thomas Arquis Howard''' (July 14, 1983 &ndash; November 18, 2013) was an [[American football]] [[linebacker]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was drafted by the [[Oakland Raiders]] in the second round of the [[2006 NFL Draft]] and played for them until 2010. He later played for the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] (2011&ndash;12) and [[Atlanta Falcons]] (2013). He played [[college football]] for the [[University of Texas at El Paso]]. He was born and raised in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. Howard was one of two people killed in a high speed [[car accident]] on November 18, 2013 in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]]. He was 30 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/thomas-howard-dies-car-crash-nfl_n_4299242.html|title=Thomas Howard Dead: Former NFL Player Dies In Car Crash|date=November 18, 2013|accessdate=April 6, 2014|first=Josh|last=Dubow|work=[[Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official|http://www.mr53.com/}} * {{Twitter|ThomasHoward}} {{US-biography-stub}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Thomas}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:African-American players of American football]] [[Category:American football linebackers]] [[Category:American philanthropists]] [[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Texas]] [[Category:Cincinnati Bengals players]] [[Category:Oakland Raiders players]] [[Category:Road accident deaths in California]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Texas]] [[Category:People from Lubbock, Texas]]