Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011East Carolina
Michael Bowman
WR • 5'9" • Wadesboro, NC, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Michael Bowman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Michael Bowman built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Wadesboro, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Michael Bowman's career was his receiving...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Michael Bowman, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · East Carolina. Michael Bowman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 645
- Receptions
- 71
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Michael Bowman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 645
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · East Carolina
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Bloom-Carroll
- High school pipeline
- Bloom-Carroll · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 180 receiving yards · WR 425th (top 52%) · Conference USA 60th (top 34%) · National 584th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2009 Postseason | East Carolina | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 44.6 |
| 2010 Postseason | East Carolina | 13 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 64.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13 | 45 | 435 | 3 | 64.6 |
| 2011 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 20 | 180 | 1 | 47.9 |
Related Context
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Michael Bowman played WR for East Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Bowman recorded 28 rushing yards, 645 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
East Carolina paired 434 primary output with 52.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 60.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2011 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
16.4
Efficiency
60.1
Usage
7.9
Consistency
63.7
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 34. UAB: 16. North Carolina: 32. Houston: 12. Memphis: 0. Navy: 20. Tulane: 22. Southern Miss: 0. UTEP: 14. UCF: 3. Marshall: 27
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. Virginia Tech: 3 by 75.6. UAB: 2 by 53.3. North Carolina: 4 by 53.3. Houston: 1 by 80. Navy: 2 by 66.7. Tulane: 1 by 100. UTEP: 2 by 46.7. UCF: 1 by 20. Marshall: 4 by 45
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.2 · Games = 5 · -7.6 vs Losses
Losses19.8 · Games = 6 · +7.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
100 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Marshall | L 27-34 | — | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 11/20 | vs UCF | W 38-31 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sun 11/13 | @ UTEP | L 17-22 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Southern Miss | L 28-48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Tulane | W 34-13 | — | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Navy | W 38-35 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Memphis | W 35-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Houston | L 3-56 | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 10/2 | vs North Carolina | L 20-35 | — | 4 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs UAB | W 28-23 | — | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Virginia Tech | L 10-17 | — | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 19 |
Player Story
Michael Bowman story
Michael Bowman built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Wadesboro, NC wearing No. 22, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Michael Bowman's career was his receiving role: 71 catches, 645 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 28 rushing yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 28 rushing yards and 708 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Michael Bowman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009201020102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | East Carolina | 20 | 66.7 | 11.1 | — |
| 2009 Postseason | East Carolina | 11 | 36.7 | 11.8 | -9 |
| 2010 Postseason | East Carolina | 434 | 52.7 | 11.7 | 423 |
| 2010 Regular Season | East Carolina | 434 | 52.7 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | East Carolina | 180 | 60.1 | 7.9 | -254 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 7 · W 33-27
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
93
Receiving Yards
81.7 takeover
93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Virginia Tech
Week 2 · L 10-17
34
Receiving Yards
75.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
34 receiving yards with a 75.6 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 1 · L 19-25 · Postseason
20
Receiving Yards
67.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#4
@ Southern Miss
Week 6 · W 44-43 · Conference game
52
Receiving Yards
64.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs North Carolina
Week 5 · L 20-35
32
Receiving Yards
60 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · East Carolina
434 primary output · 52.7 efficiency · 11.7 usage
64.6
#2
2010 Regular Season · East Carolina
64.6
434 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2008 Postseason · East Carolina
52.1
20 primary · 66.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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