Player Career

David Dowell Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

David Dowell story

David Dowell built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from North Ridgeville, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of David Dowell's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Michigan 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 David Dowell's production has multiple signals. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State.

The arc is straightforward: David Dowell 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Michigan State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.9
2017 PostseasonMichigan State925.16.29
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan State925.16.20
2018 PostseasonMichigan State4223.9-5
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan State4223.90
2019 PostseasonMichigan State3.520.33.5-0.5
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State3.520.33.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 6 · W 14-10 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Penn State

Week 10 · W 27-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 9 · L 7-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio State

Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 5 · W 31-20

2

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Michigan State

9 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 6.2 usage

47.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Michigan State

47.7

9 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 6.2 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

37.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games