Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Michigan State
Robert Bowers
DE • 6'5" • 249 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Robert Bowers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for an edge defender
lowelite
Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
3★
- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Robert Bowers, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Michigan State. Robert Bowers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Robert Bowers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Walnut Ridge · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Walnut Ridge · 7 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DE 334th (top 93%) · Big Ten 481st (top 78%) · National 4,426th (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 5 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.2 |
Related Context
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Robert Bowers played DE for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Robert Bowers recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 1.5 primary output with 11.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
11.7
Usage
3.6
Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 1. Iowa: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Iowa
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 14 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1.5 | 11.7 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 13 · L 12-45 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Ohio State
Week 12 · L 16-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Bowling Green
Week 1 · W 35-10
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Iowa
Week 5 · W 17-10 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.4 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Rutgers
Week 11 · W 49-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Michigan State
1.5 primary output · 11.7 efficiency · 3.6 usage
47.2
#2
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
40.3
2 primary · 14 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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