Player Dossier

2013-2016

Houston

Tyus Bowser

OLB • 6'3" • Tyler, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tyus Bowser shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Tyus Bowser built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Tyler, TX wearing No. 81, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Tyus Bowser's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8336

John Tyler · Tyler, TX

Committed To
Houston
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 15
Overall
No. 47
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Tyus Bowser, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Houston. Tyus Bowser shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
TFL
12
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
4
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2016 · Houston · Player Highlight

Tyus Bowser college highlights at Houston.

Season
2016
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Tyus Bowser quick answers

Latest team and position
Houston · OLB
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Houston
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
3-star · John Tyler · Houston
High school pipeline
John Tyler · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 2 · Pick 15 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 81 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
47 tackles · OLB 19th (top 27%) · American Athletic 82nd (top 16%) · National 809th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonHouston10-0--041
2014 Regular SeasonHouston00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonHouston10-0--041
2016 PostseasonHouston871.51--078.9
2016 Regular SeasonHouston84010.57.594078.9

Related Context

Tyus Bowser played OLB for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyus Bowser recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Houston paired 33.5 primary output with 58.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 58.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Houston

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

4.2

Efficiency

58.2

Usage

17.4

Consistency

57.5

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 2.5. Oklahoma: 3. Lamar: 4. Cincinnati: 4.5. Texas State: 1. Tulane: 8.5. Louisville: 8. Memphis: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 7 by 54.2. Oklahoma: 4 by 46.7. Lamar: 6 by 65. Cincinnati: 7 by 74.2. Texas State: 1 by 14.2. Tulane: 11 by 95.8. Louisville: 5 by 70.8. Memphis: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

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

Wins4.8 · Games = 6 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 2 · -2.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 12/17@ San Diego StateSplash gameL 10-34731.5010
Fri 11/25@ MemphisSplash gameL 44-4866100
Fri 11/18vs LouisvilleSplash gameW 36-1052112
Sat 11/12vs Tulane10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 30-181163.5030
Sat 9/24@ Texas StateW 64-310000
Thu 9/15@ CincinnatiSplash gameW 40-16741.5012
Sat 9/10vs LamarSplash gameW 42-0632.501.500
Sat 9/3vs OklahomaSplash gameW 33-2343110

Player Story

Tyus Bowser story

Tyus Bowser built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Tyler, TX wearing No. 81, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Tyus Bowser's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Tyus Bowser's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Houston

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonHouston120
2014 Regular SeasonHouston0-1
2015 Regular SeasonHouston1201
2016 PostseasonHouston33.558.217.432.5
2016 Regular SeasonHouston33.558.217.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 11 · W 30-18 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8.5

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

8.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisville

Week 12 · W 36-10

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Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Win with 8 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

8 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Cincinnati

Week 3 · W 40-16 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

75.7 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Lamar

Week 2 · W 42-0

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Havoc Plays

70.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 70.7 takeover score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 1 · L 10-34 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

61.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Houston

33.5 primary output · 58.2 efficiency · 17.4 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Houston

78.9

33.5 primary · 58.2 efficiency · 17.4 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Houston

41

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games