Player Dossier

2006-2009

NC State

Donald Bowens

WR • 6'3" • St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Donald Bowens reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Donald Bowens built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a wide receiver from St. Petersburg, FL wearing No. 80, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Donald Bowens' career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8

Washington · Massillon, OH

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Donald Bowens, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · NC State. Donald Bowens reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
973
Receptions
69
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Donald Bowens quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
973
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 29 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Washington
High school pipeline
Washington · 38 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 80 · Class 2009
2009 Receiving yards rank
175 receiving yards · WR 424th (top 53%) · ACC 54th (top 32%) · National 587th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonNC State816200249.6
2007 Regular SeasonNC State1241598363
2008 Regular SeasonNC State0-00-
2009 Regular SeasonNC State912175149.7

Related Context

Donald Bowens played WR for NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donald Bowens recorded 973 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

NC State paired 598 primary output with 73.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 71.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2006 Regular Season · NC State

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

25

Efficiency

71.3

Usage

13.6

Consistency

48.4

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 12. Southern Miss: 76. Boston College: 12. Florida State: 29. Wake Forest: 27. Virginia: 17. North Carolina: 22. East Carolina: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 2 by 40. Southern Miss: 4 by 100. Boston College: 2 by 40. Florida State: 2 by 96.7. Wake Forest: 3 by 60. Virginia: 1 by 100. North Carolina: 1 by 100. East Carolina: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins17.7 · Games = 3 · -11.7 vs Losses
Losses29.4 · Games = 5 · +11.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Carolina

Result
Sun 11/26vs East CarolinaL 16-21155505
Sat 11/18@ North CarolinaL 9-231222222022
Sat 10/28@ VirginiaL 7-141171717017
Sat 10/14vs Wake ForestL 23-2532799017
Thu 10/5vs Florida StateW 24-2022914.514.50116
Sun 9/24vs Boston CollegeW 17-152126608
Sat 9/16@ Southern MissL 17-374761919146
Sat 9/2vs App StateW 23-102126609

Player Story

Donald Bowens story

Donald Bowens built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a wide receiver from St. Petersburg, FL wearing No. 80, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Donald Bowens' career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 973 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 77 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Donald Bowens' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    NC State

    2006-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2006200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonNC State20071.313.6
2007 Regular SeasonNC State59873.613.9398
2008 Regular SeasonNC State0-598
2009 Regular SeasonNC State17581.68175

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia

Week 9 · W 29-24 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

202

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

202 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Southern Miss

Week 3 · L 17-37

76

Receiving Yards

91.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Florida State

Week 9 · L 42-45 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

75.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Boston College

Week 7 · L 20-52 · Conference game

38

Receiving Yards

72.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

38 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.

#5

vs Maryland

Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

68.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · NC State

598 primary output · 73.6 efficiency · 13.9 usage

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#2

2009 Regular Season · NC State

49.7

175 primary · 81.6 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2006 Regular Season · NC State

49.6

200 primary · 71.3 efficiency · 13.6 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games