Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Penn State
Nick Bowers
TE • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Kittanning, PA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Nick Bowers reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Nick Bowers built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Kittanning, PA wearing No. 83, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Nick Bowers' career was his receiving role: 17...
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- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Nick Bowers, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Penn State. Nick Bowers reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 279
- Receptions
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Nick Bowers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 279
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sterling · Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Sterling · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 83 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 214 receiving yards · TE 79th (top 22%) · Big Ten 59th (top 27%) · National 593rd (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 54.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 49.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 49.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 6 | 10 | 214 | 3 | 67.3 |
Related Context
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Nick Bowers played TE for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Bowers recorded 279 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Penn State paired 214 primary output with 87.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 87.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
6
Receiving Yards / G
35.7
Efficiency
87.8
Usage
8.8
Consistency
52.2
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maryland: 70. Purdue: 66. Michigan State: 44. Minnesota: 10. Indiana: 12. Ohio State: 12
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. Maryland: 2 by 100. Purdue: 3 by 100. Michigan State: 2 by 100. Minnesota: 1 by 66.7. Indiana: 1 by 80. Ohio State: 1 by 80
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins48 · Games = 4 · +37 vs Losses
Losses11 · Games = 2 · -37 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
100 vs Michigan State
Player Story
Nick Bowers story
Nick Bowers built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Kittanning, PA wearing No. 83, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Nick Bowers' career was his receiving role: 17 catches, 279 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nick Bowers' 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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Penn State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 15 | 100 | 3.8 | 15 |
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 50 | 55.6 | 16.6 | 35 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 50 | 55.6 | 16.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 214 | 87.8 | 8.8 | 164 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 6 · W 35-7 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
66
Receiving Yards
81.4 takeover
66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Kentucky
Week 1 · L 24-27 · Postseason
32
Receiving Yards
77.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.
#3
@ Maryland
Week 5 · W 59-0 · Conference game
70
Receiving Yards
74.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Nebraska
Week 12 · W 56-44 · Conference game
15
Receiving Yards
70.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Michigan State
Week 9 · W 28-7 · Conference game
44
Receiving Yards
66.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
44 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Penn State
214 primary output · 87.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
67.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
54.9
15 primary · 100 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Penn State
49.2
50 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 16.6 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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