Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jasper Howard
Hold on.  The suggestion that Howard has "no notability other than being murdered" is misguided.  The massive tributes being paid to Howard over the past week are not due to the fact that he was murdered.  To the contrary, he is notable as a football player not as a murder victim.  The outpouring of attention is the result of the fact that Howard was an extraordinarily talented football player (not to mention being a remarkable young man).  He was a team leader for UConn and one of the top players in the Big East Conference.  The reference to  doesn't apply because we're not dealing with a living person, but more importantly because he is not just known for being murdered.  And finally,  is an inclusionary policy, not an exclusionary one. College football players have long been held to qualify under general notability standards if they have received non-trivial coverage in the mainstream media.  Here, '''''hundreds''''' of media outlets across the country have been covering Howard over the past week -- not for his death but for his contributions in life. Even before his tragic death, Howard was the subject of plenty of non-trivial, mainstream media coverage.  The following are a few examples of feature articles focusing on Howard (i.e., feature stories and not just game coverage) that I pulled in a five-minute search of the NewsBank database: '''(1)''' "HOWARD: BEWARE OF THE BOBCATS,  NOTEBOOK", ''The Hartford Courant'', September 2, 2009; '''(2)''' "HOWARD TALKS . . . AND LEADS,  UCONN FOOTBALL", ''The Hartford Courant'', August 26, 2009; '''(3)''' "Junior teacher UConn's Howard passes on lessons", ''Journal Inquirer'' (Manchester, CT), August 21, 2009; '''(4)''' "Jasper Howard Is Ready", ''The Hartford Courant'', August 10, 2009; '''(5)''' "HUSKIES LISTENING TO JAZZ, HOWARD TAKING ON LEADERSHIP ROLE UCONN FOOTBALL", ''The Hartford Courant'', March 22, 2009; '''(6)''' "UConn Football: Howard Taking On Leadership Role", ''McClatchy-Tribune Regional News'', March 22, 2009; '''(7)''' "Howard Returns To Form For Huskies", ''McClatchy-Tribune Regional News'', November 22, 2008; '''(8)''' "Howard keeping busy UConn cornerback expects to be challenged against Rutgers", ''Journal Inquirer'' (Manchester, CT), October 16, 2008; '''(9)''' "UConn's Howard packs big game for small size", ''The Daily Campus'' (University of Connecticut), September 24, 2008; '''(10)''' "http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2008/09/24/Sports/High-Times.For.Huskies.Howard-3449200.shtml High times for Huskies' Howard", ''The Daily Campus'' (University of Connecticut), September 24, 2008; '''(11)''' "Quick decisions Howard improving as UConn punt returner", ''Journal Inquirer'' (Manchester, CT), September 24, 2008; '''(12)''' "Howard gets nod at cornerback", ''McClatchy-Tribune Regional News'', August 17, 2008; '''(13)''' "http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2008/04/11/Sports/Howard.To.Impact.Defense.Special.Teams-3319787.shtml Howard to impact UConn defense, special teams", ''The Daily Campus'', April 11, 2008; and '''(14)''' "'JAZ' CAN DELIVER SOME LICKS: UCONN CORNERBACK OFF TO GOOD START", ''The Hartford Courant'', Sep 5, 2008; '''(15)''' "http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/jasper-howard/hc-jasper-howard-leadership-march-story,0,7746921.story Howard Talked About Being A Leader In The Spring", ''The Hartford Courant'', March 22, 2009; and '''(16)''' "New UConn Starting Cornerback A Play-Maker", by Desmond Conner, McClatchy-Tribune Business News, Sept. 5, 2008
— User:Cbl62, 22:36, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP1E||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)