Justin Howard, the third-leading receiver on the North Dakota State football team last season, was suspended for a violation of team rules, said head coach Craig Bohl.
Howard was not at practice on Wednesday. Bohl would not elaborate on the length of the suspension or the rule violation.
"He's not out there right now," Bohl said.
Howard started two games, but played in all 14, and had 24 receptions for 280 yards and one touchdown ¬ a game-winner against Youngstown State.
He returned 20 kickoffs for a 22.7-yard average.
Jeff would like to dispel the notion he was around when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, but he is on his third decade of reporting with Forum Communications. The son of a reporter and an English teacher, and the brother of a reporter, Jeff has worked at the Jamestown Sun, Bismarck Tribune and since 1990 The Forum, where he's covered North Dakota State athletics since 1995.
Jeff has covered all nine of NDSU's Division I FCS national football titles and has written three books: "Horns Up," "North Dakota Tough" and "Covid Kids." He is the radio host of "The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack" April through August.
