{{Short description|American football player (born 1948)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Delles Howell | image = Howell-Delles-1977.jpg | caption = Howell in 1977 | position = Defensive back | number = 20 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|22}} | birth_place = Vallejo, California, U.S. | death_date = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 200 | high_school = Monroe (LA) Carroll | college = Grambling State | draftyear = 1970 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 88 | pastteams = * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1970|1972}}) * New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1973|1975}}) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 71 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 5 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 17 | pfr = }} '''Delles Ray Howell''' (born August 22, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Grambling State Tigers. At 6'3", weighing in at 200 pounds,<ref name="Delles Howell"/> he was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round (88th overall pick) in the 1970 NFL draft.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080327013832/http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1970&lg=NFL 1970 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref> He played in the NFL for the Saints (1970–1972) and the New York Jets (1973–1975).<ref name="Delles Howell">[http://www.nfl.com/players/delleshowell/profile?id=HOW539864 Delles Howell<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was traded along with Richard Neal from the Saints to the Jets for a pair of 1973 picks in the second and third rounds (51st and 66th overall–Steve Baumgartner and Pete Van Valkenburg respectively) on January 29, 1973.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/30/archives/jets-get-2-saints-to-help-defense-2-saint-regulars-are-sent-to-jets.html Wallace, William N. "Jets Get 2 Saints To Help Defense," ''The New York Times'', Tuesday, January 30, 1973.] Retrieved November 1, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.prosportstransactions.com/football/DraftTrades/Years/1973.htm 1973 NFL Draft Pick Transactions, January 30 (Rounds 1–7) & 31 (Rounds 8–17) – Pro Sports Transactions.] Retrieved November 1, 2020</ref> thumb|left|Howell (20) guarding O. J. Simpson for the Jets in 1973.
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==External links== *[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HoweDe20.htm Stats] {{Saints1970DraftPicks}}
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