Jordan Reginald Howard (born November 2, 1994) is an American football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama-Birmingham and Indiana.The Chicago Bears selected Howard in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft. Howard was the tenth running back taken in the draft. On May 9, 2016, the Bears signed Howard to a four-year, $2.58 million contract with a signing bonus of $248,022.

Following the departure of veteran running back, Matt Forte, Howard competed with Jeremy Langford, Jacquizz Rodgers, and Ka'Deem Carey for the Bears' starting running back position. Howard had a strong performance in the Bears' preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns, where he rushed for 107-yards with one touchdown.Going into the regular season, the Bears named Howard as their third running back on their depth chart behind veterans Langford and Carey
He made his professional regular season debut in the Bears' second game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles after Carey suffered an hamstring injury. He finished the game with three carries for 22 rushing yards and two receptions for nine yards. Howard was named the Bears' starting running back after Langford suffered an ankle injury. On October 2, 2016, Howard earned his first career start against the Detroit Lions and finished the game with 23 carries for 111 rushing yards and three catches for 29 yards as the Bears won 17–14.^] The next game, Howard rushed the ball 16 times for 118 rushing yards and caught three passes for 45 yards and a touchdown in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts. His first career touchdown reception came on a 21-yard pass from Brian Hoyer.

On October 16, Howard had 15 rushing attempts for 45 rushing yards and scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard run during 17–16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. In Week 8, Howard had 26 carries for a season-high 153 rushing yards and a touchdown in a 20–10 win over the Minnesota Vikings. He was named the 'NFC's Offensive Player of the Week' for his third game with more than 100 rushing yards against the Vikings. On December 4, Howard ran for 117 yards on 32 carries and scored a season-high three rushing touchdowns in the 26–6 win over the San Francisco 49ers.

He eclipsed 1,000 rushing yards, the fifth rookie in team history to reach 1,000 rushing yards (Matt Forte in 2008, Anthony Thomas in 2001, Rashaan Salaam in 1995, and Beattie Feathers in 1934). On December 24, he had his sixth game of the season with over 100 rushing yards after he finished with 18 carries for 119 yards in a 41–21 loss to the Washington Redskins.Howard finished the season with 1,313 yards, second in the league behind fellow rookie Ezekiel Elliott.Howard was later named to the 2017 Pro Bowl as a replacement for injured Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson. Howard joined Gale Sayers as the only Bears rookie running backs to make the Pro Bowl.