{"id":203271,"date":"2025-07-13T06:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T06:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/203271\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T06:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T06:20:11","slug":"texas-am-edge-cashius-howell-left-off-pffs-2026-nfl-draft-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/203271\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M Edge Cashius Howell left off PFF&#8217;s 2026 NFL Draft rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <\/a>2025 pass rush will be led by senior edge Cashius Howell, who, after transferring from Bowling Green before the 2024 season, served as a rotational defensive lineman with the Aggies, but outshined the likes of Shemar Stewart and Nic Scourton, who were both selected in the first two rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/07\/07\/cashius-howell-texas-aggies-football-pro-football-focus\/84487517007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/07\/07\/cashius-howell-texas-aggies-football-pro-football-focus\/84487517007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Howell has<\/a> been the most talked-about returning Aggie defender among the Texas A&amp;M media sphere, ending the 2024 campaign as the program&#8217;s highest-rated edge rusher with an 82.4 defensive grade. Howell&#8217;s 6&#8217;4&#8243; frame and elite versatility as a defensive lineman and outside pass rusher make him indispensable based on coach <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/07\/11\/texas-aggies-2026-class-ranks-as-one-of-nations-best-espn\/84643895007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/football\/2025\/07\/11\/texas-aggies-2026-class-ranks-as-one-of-nations-best-espn\/84643895007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Elko&#8217;s<\/a> expectations after taking over as the team&#8217;s new defensive playcaller.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his elite traits and 15 sacks over his last two seasons, Howell was left out of Pro Football Focus&#8217;s latest Top 10 edge rusher rankings regarding the best 2026 NFL draft prospects at the position. It&#8217;s fair to note that PFF is likely waiting to see how Howell performs now that Elko is calling plays, which will dictate how\/where he lines up, and how he is deployed in the pass rush.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s up to Cashius Howell to prove that he&#8217;s one of the top defensive prospects, which will require the senior not just to produce big numbers but also to demonstrate on-field leadership and durability during SEC play, as this will determine Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s outlook in close games.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X\u00a0and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&amp;M news, notes and opinions.\u00a0Follow Cameron on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronOhnysty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@CameronOhnysty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s 2025 pass rush will be led by senior edge Cashius Howell, who, after transferring from Bowling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1600,247,265,2343,1603,318,339,19,7,20842,248,267,88,6,15,245,537,530,326,21400,1602,1610,9,266,51,2347,1604],"class_list":{"0":"post-203271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-aggies","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-au0026m","12":"tag-breaking","13":"tag-college","14":"tag-college-sports","15":"tag-draft","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-hub","18":"tag-national","19":"tag-national-sports","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-nfl-draft","23":"tag-overall","24":"tag-overall-positive","25":"tag-positive","26":"tag-sec","27":"tag-sec-hub","28":"tag-smg","29":"tag-smg-breaking-wire","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-sports-news","32":"tag-texas","33":"tag-texas-au0026m-aggies-football","34":"tag-wire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114844481873128131","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}