Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020UCF
Tay Gowan
DB • 6'2" • 185 lbs • Covington, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
37
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Tay Gowan built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Covington, GA wearing No. 23, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Tay Gowan's career was his defensive production: 29...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 39
- Overall
- No. 223
- NFL Team
- Arizona Cardinals
Tay Gowan, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UCF. Tay Gowan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Tay Gowan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DB
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · UCF
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Newton · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Newton · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 39 · Arizona Cardinals
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | UCF | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 48.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Tay Gowan played DB for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tay Gowan recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
UCF paired 10 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · UCF
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
2.5
Consistency
54.9
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 1. Florida A&M: 0. Florida Atlantic: 2. Stanford: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. UConn: 0. Cincinnati: 1. East Carolina: 3. Temple: 0. Houston: 1. Tulsa: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Marshall: 1 by 14.2. Florida A&M: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 28.3. Stanford: 4 by 26.7. Pittsburgh: 2 by 18.3. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 22.5. East Carolina: 6 by 55. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
55 vs East Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/23 | @ Marshall | W 48-25 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Tulsa | L 31-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Houston | W 44-29 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Temple | W 63-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs East CarolinaSplash game | W 41-28 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Cincinnati | L 24-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs UConn | W 56-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Pittsburgh | L 34-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Stanford | W 45-27 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 48-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 8/29 | vs Florida A&M | W 62-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tay Gowan story
Tay Gowan built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Covington, GA wearing No. 23, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Tay Gowan's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UCF. 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 Tay Gowan's production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Tay Gowan 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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UCF
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | UCF | 10 | 20.1 | 2.5 | 10 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 20.1 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | -10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs East Carolina
Week 8 · W 41-28 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 2 · W 48-14
2
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Houston
Week 10 · W 44-29 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
35.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
34.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Stanford
Week 3 · W 45-27
1
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · UCF
10 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 2.5 usage
48.9
#2
2019 Regular Season · UCF
48.9
10 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · UCF
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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