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

6%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

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

2009 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 81.6 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: Florida State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Regular Season · NC State

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

19.4

Efficiency

81.6

Usage

8

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Gardner-Webb: 17. Pittsburgh: 0. Duke: 17. Boston College: 38. Florida State: 35. Maryland: 35. Clemson: 22. Virginia Tech: 11. North Carolina: 0

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. Gardner-Webb: 2 by 56.7. Duke: 2 by 56.7. Boston College: 3 by 84.4. Florida State: 2 by 100. Maryland: 1 by 100. Clemson: 1 by 100. Virginia Tech: 1 by 73.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins13 · Games = 4 · -11.6 vs Losses
Losses24.6 · Games = 5 · +11.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/28vs North CarolinaW 28-27
Sat 11/21@ Virginia TechL 10-381111111011
Sat 11/14vs ClemsonL 23-431222222022
Sat 11/7vs MarylandW 38-311353535135
Sat 10/31@ Florida StateL 42-4523517.517.50027
Sat 10/17@ Boston CollegeL 20-5233812.712.70016
Sat 10/10vs DukeL 28-492178.58.5009
Sat 9/26vs PittsburghW 38-31
Sat 9/19vs Gardner-WebbW 45-142178.58.50011

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