2023 DL Jamel Howard commits to Wisconsin

Chicago (Ill.) Marist three-star defensive lineman Jamel Howard has committed to Wisconsin.

Howard was previously committed to the Badgers, but opted to decommit this fall after the firing of head coach Paul Chryst. He chose them over offers from Illinois, Iowa State, Nebraska and a handful of other programs.

After his decommitment, a number of programs started showing interest and extending offers, including LSU, Miami, and Michigan. He took an official visit to Ann Arbor this fall, and tripped to both Baton Rouge and Coral Gables this month before ultimately choosing the school he had first committed to back in June.

The 6-foot-3, 320-pounder is the No. 1042 overall prospect in the 2023 class, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He ranks as the nation’s No. 109 defensive lineman and the No. 23 player in the state of Illinois.

Howard has an On3 NIL Valuation of $5.9K.  The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.