Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Penn State
Manny Bowen
LB • 6'1" • 226 lbs • Barnegat, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Manny Bowen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
85
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Manny Bowen built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Barnegat, NJ wearing No. 43, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Manny Bowen's career was his defensive production: 118...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Manny Bowen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Penn State. Manny Bowen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 118
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Manny Bowen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 118
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Barnegat · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Barnegat · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 289th (top 27%) · Big Ten 72nd (top 12%) · National 677th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 67 | 8.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 61.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 9 | 51 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
Related Context
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Manny Bowen played LB for Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Manny Bowen recorded 118 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Penn State paired 15.5 primary output with 33.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
34.7
Usage
7
Consistency
62.3
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Akron: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 2. Georgia State: 1. Iowa: 1. Indiana: 0. Northwestern: 2. Michigan: 2. Ohio State: 0. Michigan State: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 5 by 25.8. Pittsburgh: 4 by 36.7. Georgia State: 6 by 35. Iowa: 2 by 18.3. Indiana: 8 by 33.3. Northwestern: 4 by 36.7. Michigan: 6 by 45. Ohio State: 9 by 37.5. Michigan State: 7 by 44.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan
Best efficiency game
45 vs Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/4 | @ Michigan State | L 24-27 | 7 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Ohio State | L 38-39 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs MichiganSplash game | W 42-13 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | W 31-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Indiana | W 45-14 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Iowa | W 21-19 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Georgia State | W 56-0 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 33-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Akron | W 52-0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Manny Bowen story
Manny Bowen built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Barnegat, NJ wearing No. 43, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Manny Bowen's career was his defensive production: 118 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Penn State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Manny Bowen's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.
The arc is straightforward: Manny Bowen 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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Penn State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 15.5 | 33.4 | 7.3 | 15.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 34.7 | 7 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 2 · L 39-42
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Temple
Week 3 · W 34-27
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio State
Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan
Week 8 · W 42-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 13 · W 45-12 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Penn State
15.5 primary output · 33.4 efficiency · 7.3 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
55
10 primary · 34.7 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Penn State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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