Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Houston
Brandon McDowell
CB • 5'9" • 183 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas State • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
Brandon McDowell built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from Desoto, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with Houston and Texas State. The clearest part of Brandon McDowell's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Brandon McDowell, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Texas State. Brandon McDowell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Brandon McDowell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · CB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Houston
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · DeSoto · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · CB 270th (top 72%) · American Athletic 307th (top 57%) · National 3,319th (top 58%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas State | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas State | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 49 | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 8.8 |
Related Context
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Brandon McDowell played CB for Texas State and Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon McDowell recorded 54 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Texas State paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas State, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
22
Usage
4.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Arkansas: 0. Houston: 2. Incarnate Word: 0. Georgia State: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Louisiana: 1. App State: 1. Idaho: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Troy: 0. Arkansas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 9 by 37.5. Arkansas: 6 by 25. Houston: 6 by 45. Incarnate Word: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 6 by 45. Louisiana: 4 by 26.7. App State: 3 by 22.5. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Troy: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Houston
Best efficiency game
45 vs UL Monroe
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/4 | vs Arkansas State | L 14-36 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Troy | L 7-40 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-50 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Idaho | L 14-47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ App State | L 10-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Louisiana | L 3-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ UL MonroeSplash game | L 34-40 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Georgia State | L 21-41 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Incarnate Word | W 48-17 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs HoustonSplash game | L 3-64 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Arkansas | L 3-42 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Ohio | W 56-54 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon McDowell story
Brandon McDowell built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from Desoto, TX wearing No. 27, spending time with Houston and Texas State. The clearest part of Brandon McDowell's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Texas State. 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 Brandon McDowell's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 943 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston and Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon McDowell 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Texas State
2013-2016
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2017
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas State | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 6 | 22 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 4.4 | 1.1 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 4 · L 3-64
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
vs East Carolina
Week 10 · W 52-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#3
@ UL Monroe
Week 7 · L 34-40 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 8 · L 3-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#5
@ App State
Week 10 · L 10-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
30 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Texas State
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2015 Regular Season · Texas State
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Texas State
41.9
6 primary · 22 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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