One of the most fascinating highlights of the college football season so far might be the absurdly awesome throwing motion of Long Island freshman quarterback Chris Howell.
In a clip that has since gone viral, college football fans were amazed at the way Howell threw the football as he completed a long pass down the field to one of his receivers.
The announcer on the ESPN game feed called Howell’s throwing motion a “side arm swing,” and it was somewhat reminiscent of the way Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite threw the football in that movie (you know, just with the total athleticism, college football standing and clear success rate that Uncle Rico couldn’t have dreamed of).
Needless to say, the way Howell slings it is going to be a point of absolute fascination for college football fans for the rest of the season.
Long Island QB Chris Howell has the greatest throwing motion I've ever seen pic.twitter.com/zardDbNeRr
— Colton Denning (@Dubsco) September 18, 2023
This might not be considered normal for quarterback throwing mechanics, but if it works, it works!
We’re certainly going to be watching for more Howell highlights as the season goes on and very excited to see more of this unique throwing motion make some long passes.
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
CFB fans are stunned by Howell's throwing motion.
Philip Rivers walked so this man could fly. https://t.co/23YuauxToi
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) September 19, 2023
this is somehow the top of his hitch https://t.co/fWrbuXGz22 pic.twitter.com/woZVanDV0t
— Tre’Shon (@tre3shon) September 19, 2023
he's qb1 in 2024 i don't even care what his draft eligibility situation is https://t.co/HgvyRN3JvC
— Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo) September 19, 2023
It's hybrid Byron Leftwich https://t.co/XfAfCQo8ij
— Hunter (@hpatt15) September 19, 2023
This is Gabriel from Malignant throwing a chair. https://t.co/CVT1dpcTH3
— Ben Weinrib (@benweinrib) September 19, 2023
This man is softball pitching a go route https://t.co/3PSc7wVPWG
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) September 19, 2023
Is this a deepfake https://t.co/zG1BPz6PEp
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) September 19, 2023
He’s got the delivery of a lefty submarine relief pitcher. (We thank you for all the numerous tags) https://t.co/mX1mOZoR8e
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 19, 2023
How… what… https://t.co/mzbCTjLD6x
— Field Gulls (@FieldGulls) September 19, 2023
Behold the sidewinder! Go Sharks!🦈 https://t.co/fqtrwKYydC
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 19, 2023
This is AI, right? https://t.co/kqztL7L8gT
— Kyle Crabbs (@GrindingTheTape) September 19, 2023
I wasn’t prepared when I pressed play on this video https://t.co/ENAnFSbvbR
— Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ (@dreyesceron) September 19, 2023
throwing motion like "umm yeah lemme get that horizontal trebuchet" https://t.co/wSA1ATH40M
— Katie (@KatesOfHeaven) September 19, 2023
Underarm??
Here for it https://t.co/uFcvxYFRtY
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) September 19, 2023
Back in 1984 he could throw the ball a quarter mile https://t.co/kmd1OkWTbx pic.twitter.com/R8S9Q5cXdQ
— Machine Learning Kelly (@Undersized_5) September 19, 2023
I've never seen anything like this. https://t.co/JZy6xxylTB
— Mark Kawada (@Mark_Kawada) September 19, 2023
