Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Boston College
Owen McGowan
LB • 6'0" • 236 lbs • Canton, MA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Owen McGowan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Owen McGowan built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Canton, MA wearing No. 33, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Owen McGowan's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyOwen McGowan, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Boston College. Owen McGowan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 93
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Owen McGowan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boston College · LB
- Career Tackles
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Boston College
- Top game
- Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 257th (top 21%) · ACC 58th (top 8%) · National 519th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Boston College | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Boston College | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Boston College | 7 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 37.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Boston College | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Boston College | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Boston College | 11 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 50.6 |
Related Context
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Owen McGowan played LB for Boston College. Across 5 tracked seasons, Owen McGowan recorded 11 receiving yards, 93 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Boston College.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Boston College paired 10 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Boston College
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
29.5
Usage
6.9
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 0. Michigan State: 3. Stanford: 1. California: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Clemson: 2. UConn: 0. Louisville: 0. Notre Dame: 3. SMU: 0. Georgia Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fordham: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 8 by 63.3. Stanford: 8 by 43.3. California: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 8 by 53.3. UConn: 4 by 16.7. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 3 by 42.5. SMU: 6 by 25. Georgia Tech: 6 by 25
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 10 · +1 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
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | vs Georgia Tech | L 34-36 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs SMU | L 13-45 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Notre DameSplash game | L 10-25 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Louisville | L 24-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs UConn | L 23-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs ClemsonSplash game | L 10-41 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Pittsburgh | L 7-48 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs California | L 24-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Stanford | L 20-30 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Michigan StateSplash game | L 40-42 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Fordham | W 66-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Owen McGowan story
Owen McGowan built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Canton, MA wearing No. 33, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Owen McGowan's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Owen McGowan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Boston College
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Boston College | 0 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Boston College | 3 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Boston College | 3 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Boston College | 10 | 29.5 | 6.9 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 82 Michigan State
Week 2 · L 40-42
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 5 Notre Dame
Week 10 · L 10-25 · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Duquesne
Week 2 · W 56-0
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Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 34 Clemson
Week 7 · L 10-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 112 Stanford
Week 3 · L 20-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Boston College
10 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · Boston College
37.6
0 primary · 4.8 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Boston College
37.6
0 primary · 4.8 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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