A Look Into Washington’s Rookie Quarterback Sam Howell, 21, and His Interesting Eating Habits

As the world gets to know the Washington Commanders’ rookie quarterback Sam Howell, people are focusing on what the 21-year-old 5th-round pick chooses, or doesn’t choose, to put into his body. 

Recently, an interview from 2020 resurfaced in which the North Carolina native admitted that he has never tried a steak or a burger, avoids seafood, and has a love for chicken. He discussed his eating habits with Tar Heel on WTVD-TV, and the station relayed the information, “he won’t get anywhere near seafood and claims to have never had a bite of steak or even so much as a hamburger.”

While this interview took place two years ago, the fun fact resurfaced when the Commanders posted a video of him sharing his fun fact. “Chicken is the only meat I eat… I’ve never had a steak,” the quarterback said. 

Although this may seem shocking, his childhood best friends vouched for Howell and insisted that in all the years of knowing him, they’d never seen him go near beef. Anthony Marple, a friend since childhood, sat down and discussed with The New York Post how long Howell’s chicken obsession has been going on. 

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Childhood friends of Sam Howell admit that they’ve never seen him eat any meat besides chicken

“​​We always used to just get chicken wings,” Marple recalled, thinking back on childhood memories with the former North Carolina quarterback. “I remember when we were kids, my mom would have a youth group at our house, and he would never eat the burgers so we always had to get pizza or something like that whenever he came.” 

However, this disdain for burgers has lasted way past his childhood. Former Duke quarterback Anthony Boone shared that while the two shared an apartment in college, Howell’s tastes never changed.

Boone commented, “I was trying to get him outside his box, but we go to these sushi spots, and he’s gonna get him some general chicken, or some honey chicken — chicken is king for that guy. Whenever he decides to wed and have a wife and whatever, she’s gonna find it very easy to please him.” 

Despite the fact that never eating a burger can seem appalling, Marple noted that it highlights Howell’s many admirable traits. “He doesn’t change who he is for anybody,” Marple explained. “If everybody else is doing something, he does what he’s always done and doesn’t fold under pressure, he doesn’t try to be like everybody else, he stays in his own lane, and that’s how he’s gotten to where he is.”

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