Chris Howard Net Worth: Chris Howard is an American retired professional football player who has a net worth of $6 million dollars. Born May 5, 1975 in Kenner, Louisiana, he was a running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Howard had been drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft, but his entire professional football career became filled with fumble troubles, which caused the Broncos to release him before he even played a regular season game for them. Howard again had fumble problems when the Jaguars promoted him to a role as a regular player. He had previously played for the Michigan Wolverines college football team where in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, his final year at Michigan, they won a National Championship. Howard led the National Champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team in rushing and was a Hula Bowl MVP in 1998. Chris Howard married actress and former model Gabrielle Union on May 5, 2001. They were divorced in April 2006.