Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Vanderbilt
Nigel Bowden
ILB • 6'1" • Macon, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nigel Bowden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Nigel Bowden, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Nigel Bowden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
Quick Answers
Nigel Bowden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Georgia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Central · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · ILB 42nd (top 64%) · SEC 280th (top 46%) · National 2,389th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.8 |
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Nigel Bowden played ILB for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nigel Bowden recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 0 primary output with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
3.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Georgia Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 25. Georgia Tech: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
25 vs Middle Tennessee
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 19.4 | 3.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia Tech
Week 3 · L 7-38
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
19.7 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 2 · W 47-24
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Havoc Plays
18.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.1 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina
Week 1 · L 10-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
0 primary output · 19.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage
49.8
#2
2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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