Usage Score
7.9
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 28.6 disruption score.
Efficiency
28.6
Consistency
15.2
Season Value
17
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Owen McGowan, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Boston College. Owen McGowan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
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: 2023 Postseason
Boston College paired 0 primary output with 4.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 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.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Regular Season · Boston College
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
7.9
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Michigan State: 3. Stanford: 1. California: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Clemson: 1. UConn: 0. Louisville: 0. Notre Dame: 3. SMU: 0. Georgia Tech: 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. Unknown: 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 43.3. 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
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.9 · Games = 10
First Half1 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 11
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 Dame | 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 Clemson | 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 Unknown | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
Boston College
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
2021202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 17.1 | 3.6 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Boston College | 2 | 17.1 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Boston College | 9 | 28.6 | 7.9 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Michigan State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.4 takeover score.
#2
Notre Dame
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.6 takeover score.
#3
Louisville
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.9 takeover score.
#4
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
#5
Stanford
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Postseason · Boston College
0 primary output · 4.8 efficiency · 1 usage
35.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Boston College
35.2
0 primary · 4.8 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Boston College
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.855
Katy · Katy, TX
- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
1
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
93
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 29 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.