Player Dossier

2019-2024

Utah State

Colby Bowman

WR • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Orange, CA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Colby Bowman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

11

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Stanford • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Player Story

Colby Bowman built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Orange, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford and Utah State. The clearest part of Colby Bowman's career was his receiving...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9061

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Colby Bowman, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Stanford. Colby Bowman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
360
Receptions
25
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Colby Bowman quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
360
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 18 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Stanford
Top game
James Madison
Recruit profile
4-star · St. John Bosco · Stanford
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
69 receiving yards · WR 704th (top 66%) · Mountain West 97th (top 54%) · National 1,154th (top 54%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonStanford0-00-
2020 Regular SeasonStanford0-00-
2021 Regular SeasonStanford1-00100
2022 Regular SeasonStanford4744036
2023 PostseasonUtah State7225061.8
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State79222261.8
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State6769039

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Stanford to Utah StateP4 to G5/FCS22.6Dec 21, 2022

Colby Bowman played WR for Stanford and Utah State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Colby Bowman recorded 360 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Stanford paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 56.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 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 Stanford, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Utah State

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

11.5

Efficiency

56.7

Usage

6.7

Consistency

49

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. Robert Morris: 5. USC: 7. Utah: 31. Wyoming: 14. Hawai'i: 12. Colorado State: 0

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. Robert Morris: 1 by 33.3. USC: 2 by 23.3. Utah: 1 by 100. Wyoming: 2 by 46.7. Hawai'i: 1 by 80

Split Comparison

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

Wins10.3 · Games = 3 · -2.3 vs Losses
Losses12.7 · Games = 3 · +2.3 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

Utah

Best efficiency game

100 vs Utah

Result
Fri 11/29@ Colorado StateL 37-42
Sat 11/16vs Hawai'iW 55-101121212012
Sat 10/26@ WyomingW 27-252147708
Sat 9/14vs UtahL 21-381313131031
Sun 9/8@ USCL 0-48273.53.5008
Sat 8/31vs Robert MorrisW 36-14155505

Player Story

Colby Bowman story

Colby Bowman built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Orange, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford and Utah State. The clearest part of Colby Bowman's career was his receiving role: 25 catches, 360 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Colby Bowman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Stanford

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonStanford0
2020 Regular SeasonStanford00
2021 Regular SeasonStanford00
2022 Regular SeasonStanford4447.16.144
2023 PostseasonUtah State24776.77.4203
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State24776.77.40
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State6956.76.7-178

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs James Madison

Week 4 · L 38-45

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

78

Receiving Yards

74.9 takeover

78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Utah

Week 3 · L 21-38

31

Receiving Yards

72.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

31 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ New Mexico

Week 13 · W 44-41 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

69.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ UConn

Week 5 · W 34-33

63

Receiving Yards

66.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs BYU

Week 13 · L 26-35

21

Receiving Yards

58.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

21 receiving yards with a 35 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Stanford

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2023 Postseason · Utah State

61.8

247 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Utah State

61.8

247 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 7.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games