Player Dossier

2023-2024

Colorado State

Kennedy McDowell

DL • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kennedy McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

51

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Colorado State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Kennedy McDowell built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Frisco, TX wearing No. 98, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Kennedy McDowell's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8681

Memorial · Frisco, TX

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Kennedy McDowell, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Colorado State. Kennedy McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
11
TFL
1.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Kennedy McDowell quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado State · DL
Career Tackles
11
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Colorado State
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
3-star · Memorial · Colorado State
High school pipeline
Memorial · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Sophomore
2024 Tackles rank
8 tackles · DL 646th (top 63%) · Mountain West 267th (top 50%) · National 3,087th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State23-01-025.3
2024 Regular SeasonColorado State581.51.52-061.2

Related Context

Kennedy McDowell played DL for Colorado State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kennedy McDowell recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Colorado State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Colorado State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

16.7

Usage

6.7

Consistency

72.3

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 0. San José State: 1. Air Force: 1. New Mexico: 2. Utah State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 1 by 14.2. New Mexico: 3 by 32.5. Utah State: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs New Mexico

Result
Fri 11/29vs Utah StateW 42-3710000
Sat 10/26vs New MexicoSplash gameW 17-632110
Sun 10/20@ Air ForceW 21-13100.500.500
Sat 10/12vs San José StateW 31-2410000
Sat 9/21vs UTEPW 27-1720000

Player Story

Kennedy McDowell story

Kennedy McDowell built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Frisco, TX wearing No. 98, spending time with Colorado State. The clearest part of Kennedy McDowell's career was his defensive production: 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Kennedy McDowell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Colorado State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State111.32.4
2024 Regular SeasonColorado State516.76.74

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 9 · W 17-6 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 1 · L 24-50

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#3

vs San José State

Week 7 · W 31-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 14 · W 42-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

33.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Air Force

Week 8 · W 21-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

33.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Colorado State

5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage

61.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

25.3

1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games