From no offers to College Football Playoff, Cashius Howell has had incredible rise

By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Cashius Howell heard the same thing repeatedly from power-conference schools when he was being recruited out of high school. “They just didn’t feel like I was worth it to waste a roster spot on,” he recalled. Five years later, the defensive end has proven those schools wrong, becoming one of the nation’s top defenders and a projected first-round draft pick. On Saturday, he’ll lead seventh-seeded Texas A&M against 10th-seeded Miami in the Aggies’ College Football Playoff debut. When Howell didn’t get any power-conference offers in Missouri he ended up at Bowling Green. He redshirted in 2021 before earning a starting spot in 2022....