Player Dossier

2017-2021

Washington

Ryan Bowman

LB • 6'0" • 280 lbs • Bellevue, WA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ryan Bowman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Ryan Bowman built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Bellevue, WA wearing No. 55, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Ryan Bowman's career was his defensive production: 121...

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Ryan Bowman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington. Ryan Bowman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
121
TFL
29
Sacks
16
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Ryan Bowman quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · LB
Career Tackles
121
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 44 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Washington
Top game
Utah
Latest roster
No. 55 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
22 tackles · LB 569th (top 46%) · Pac-12 160th (top 29%) · National 1,898th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonWashington11210--057.9
2017 Regular SeasonWashington11308.55.5--057.9
2018 PostseasonWashington11211--031.2
2018 Regular SeasonWashington11253.502-031.2
2019 PostseasonWashington13310--064.2
2019 Regular SeasonWashington13318.56.51-064.2
2020 Regular SeasonWashington2621--053.9
2021 Regular SeasonWashington7223.521-033.2

Related Context

Ryan Bowman played LB for Washington. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ryan Bowman recorded 121 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Washington.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Washington paired 18 primary output with 24.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Washington

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

7.2

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Montana: 0. Michigan: 0. Arkansas State: 0. California: 2. Oregon State: 3.5. UCLA: 0. Arizona: 1

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. Montana: 6 by 25. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. California: 4 by 36.7. Oregon State: 3 by 47.5. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Oregon State

Result
Sat 10/23@ ArizonaW 21-1621100
Sun 10/17vs UCLAL 17-2422000
Sun 10/3@ Oregon StateSplash gameL 24-27321.5010
Sun 9/26vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 31-2443110
Sat 9/18vs Arkansas StateW 52-311000
Sun 9/12@ MichiganL 10-3143000
Sun 9/5vs MontanaL 7-1363000

Player Story

Ryan Bowman story

Ryan Bowman built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Bellevue, WA wearing No. 55, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Ryan Bowman's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, and 1 interception across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Washington. 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 Ryan Bowman's production has multiple signals. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Washington.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Bowman 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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    Washington

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonWashington1525.89.1
2017 Regular SeasonWashington1525.89.10
2018 PostseasonWashington7.517.16.1-7.5
2018 Regular SeasonWashington7.517.16.10
2019 PostseasonWashington1824.710.410.5
2019 Regular SeasonWashington1824.710.40
2020 Regular SeasonWashington327.511.9-15
2021 Regular SeasonWashington6.522.47.23.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah

Week 12 · W 33-30 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Stanford

Week 6 · L 13-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Oregon State

Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#4

vs California

Week 6 · W 38-7 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 14 · W 31-13 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Washington

18 primary output · 24.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage

64.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Washington

64.2

18 primary · 24.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Washington

57.9

15 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 9.1 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

15

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games