Linebacker, Iowa State, to 2007
Alvin Bowen
Lettered 2005–07 (school media guide)
- Born
- Dec 24, 1983, in East Orange, New Jersey
Alvin Bowen played linebacker at Iowa State (to 2007). The Buffalo Bills took Bowen in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Iowa State | 2 |
| 2007 | Iowa State | 1 |
| On file (2006–07) | 3 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005N | 12 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | 95 | 60 | 155 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 12 | 67 | 32 | 99 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| On file | 181 | 106 | 287 | 19.5 | 4 | – | – | 7 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2007 Iowa State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Toledo | L 35–36 | 1 |
2006 Iowa State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅛″ | |
| Weight | 223 lb | |
| Arm length | 35″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.79 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.21 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.30 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders * |
| 2012–14 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders |
| 2014 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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