Usage / Role
53%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2020Northern Illinois
Ross Bowers
QB • 6'2" • 200 lbs • Bothell, WA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ross Bowers is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- California • Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Ross Bowers built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a quarterback from Bothell, WA wearing No. 12, spending time with California and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Ross Bowers' career was his...
Read the storyRoss Bowers, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California. Ross Bowers is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,255
- Passing yards
- 6,600
- Touchdowns
- 39
Quick Answers
Ross Bowers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,255
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Colorado
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2020 Total offense rank
- 1,278 total offense · QB 87th (top 27%) · Mid-American 6th (top 7%) · National 91st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 12 | 2,897 | 3,039 | -142 | 21 | 67 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 1 | 49 | 56 | -7 | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | 2,029 | 2,140 | -111 | 8 | 59.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 1,278 | 1,365 | -87 | 10 | 52.4 |
Related Context
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Ross Bowers played QB for California and Northern Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ross Bowers recorded 6,600 passing yards, -345 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
California paired 2,897 primary output with 53.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 53.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, Northern Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss with 224 yards of offense and 55.2 efficiency. It landed in the 44.4th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
9
Primary Metric / G
225.4
Efficiency
53.1
Usage
12.4
Consistency
87.3
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 289. Utah: 224. Nebraska: 236. Vanderbilt: 248. Ball State: 231. Ohio: 321. Miami (OH): 95. Central Michigan: 195. Toledo: 190
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. Illinois State: 38 by 56. Utah: 36 by 55.2. Nebraska: 48 by 48.7. Vanderbilt: 36 by 56.5. Ball State: 47 by 46.6. Ohio: 42 by 55.2. Miami (OH): 15 by 58.7. Central Michigan: 32 by 46. Toledo: 27 by 54.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins266.7 · Games = 3 · +61.8 vs Losses
Losses204.8 · Games = 6 · -61.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
58.7 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11/14 | @ Toledo | W 31-28 | 15 | 26 | 193 | 57.7 | 1 | 0 | 54.9 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Central Michigan | L 10-48 | 18 | 29 | 221 | 62.1 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 3 | -26 | -8.70 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Miami (OH) | L 24-27 | 7 | 12 | 91 | 58.3 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Ohio300-yard game | W 39-36 | 23 | 39 | 338 | 59.0 | 1 | 1 | 55.2 | 3 | -17 | -5.70 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Ball State | L 20-27 | 21 | 43 | 241 | 48.8 | 0 | 1 | 46.6 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Vanderbilt | L 18-24 | 17 | 32 | 280 | 53.1 | 1 | 0 | 56.5 | 4 | -32 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Nebraska | L 8-44 | 25 | 44 | 248 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 | 48.7 | 4 | -12 | -3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Utah | L 17-35 | 20 | 29 | 229 | 69.0 | 1 | 1 | 55.2 | 7 | -5 | -0.70 | 1 | 9 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Illinois State | W 24-10 | 20 | 33 | 299 | 60.6 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 5 | -10 | -2 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Ross Bowers story
Ross Bowers built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a quarterback from Bothell, WA wearing No. 12, spending time with California and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Ross Bowers' career was his passing role: 6,600 passing yards, 35 touchdown passes, and 977 attempts across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California and Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Ross Bowers 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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- 1
California
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Northern Illinois
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 2 | 20 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 2,897 | 53.3 | 15.5 | 2,895 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 49 | 43.6 | 6.1 | -2,848 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2,029 | 53.1 | 12.4 | 1,980 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1,278 | 54.4 | 11.6 | -751 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 9 · L 28-44 · Conference game
Loss with 338 yards of offense and 51.4 efficiency.
338
Total Offense
62.6 takeover
338 total offense with 51.4 efficiency.
#2
@ Utah
Week 2 · L 17-35
224
Total Offense
62.4 takeover
Loss with 224 yards of offense and 55.2 efficiency.
224 total offense with 55.2 efficiency.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 35-30
367
Total Offense
61.1 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
367 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.
#4
@ Ball State
Week 12 · L 25-31 · Conference game
293
Total Offense
60.9 takeover
Loss with 293 yards of offense and 55 efficiency.
293 total offense with 55 efficiency.
#5
@ Oregon
Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game
223
Total Offense
60.6 takeover
Loss with 223 yards of offense and 52 efficiency.
223 total offense with 52 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · California
2,897 primary output · 53.3 efficiency · 15.5 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
59.5
2,029 primary · 53.1 efficiency · 12.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
52.4
1,278 primary · 54.4 efficiency · 11.6 usage
Milestones
12
250+ passing yards
4
300+ total offense
6
3+ TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
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