Linebacker, Michigan State, 2015–⁠18

Andrew Dowell

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 225 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: North Ridgeville, OH
Born: Nov 16, 1996

Andrew Dowell played linebacker at Michigan State (2015–⁠18).

14tackles, career highvs. Ohio State, 2018 2sacks, career highat Indiana, 2018

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2015

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Michigan State	67	23	3	1	1	3	6
2017	Michigan State	75	30	3	1.5	0	4	2
2018	Michigan State	97	41	9	3.5	0	9	3
Career		239	94	15	6	1	16	11

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2015	Michigan State	5	LB	Fr.
2016	Michigan State	5	LB	So.
2017	Michigan State	5	LB	Jr.
2018	Michigan State	5	LB	Sr.	6′1″	225

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 Michigan State 13 games, 97 tackles, 3.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.Utah State	W 38–⁠31	6	3	0	0	0
Sep 8	atArizona State	L 13–⁠16	6	4	2	0	0
Sep 22	atIndiana	W 35–⁠21	9	7	2	2	0
Sep 29	vs.Central Michigan	W 31–⁠20	6	2	0	0	1
Oct 6	vs.Northwestern	L 19–⁠29	7	3	0	0	0
Oct 13	atPenn State	W 21–⁠17	7	4	0	0	1
Oct 20	vs.Michigan	L 7–⁠21	10	3	2	1	1
Oct 27	vs.Purdue	W 23–⁠13	4	1	0	0	3
Nov 3	atMaryland	W 24–⁠3	6	2	0	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Ohio State	L 6–⁠26	14	2	1	0	0
Nov 17	atNebraska	L 6–⁠9	10	4	1	0	1
Nov 24	vs.Rutgers	W 14–⁠10	5	0	0.5	0	1
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Oregon	L 6–⁠7	7	6	0.5	0.5	1

2017 Michigan State 13 games, 75 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Bowling Green	W 35–⁠10	5	1	0	0	0
Sep 9	vs.Western Michigan	W 28–⁠14	6	3	1	1	0
Sep 23	vs.Notre Dame	L 18–⁠38	6	2	0	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Iowa	W 17–⁠10	5	0	0.5	0	1
Oct 7	atMichigan	W 14–⁠10	9	5	0.5	0	0
Oct 14	atMinnesota	W 30–⁠27	7	5	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Indiana	W 17–⁠9	10	2	0.5	0	0
Oct 28	atNorthwestern	L 31–⁠39	7	4	0	0	1
Nov 4	vs.Penn State	W 27–⁠24	6	1	0.5	0.5	0
Nov 11	atOhio State	L 3–⁠48	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 18	vs.Maryland	W 17–⁠7	5	1	0	0	1
Nov 25	atRutgers	W 40–⁠7	1	0	0	0	1
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Washington State	W 42–⁠17	4	3	0	0	0

2016 Michigan State 12 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Furman	W 28–⁠13	8	4	0	0	1	0
Sep 17	atNotre Dame	W 36–⁠28	4	3	1	1	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Wisconsin	L 6–⁠30	2	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 1	atIndiana	L 21–⁠24	8	6	0	0	0	1
Oct 8	vs.BYU	L 14–⁠31	9	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Northwestern	L 40–⁠54	9	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 22	atMaryland	L 17–⁠28	5	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Michigan	L 23–⁠32	2	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 5	atIllinois	L 27–⁠31	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 12	vs.Rutgers	W 49–⁠0	6	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Ohio State	L 16–⁠17	6	1	1	0	0	1
Nov 26	atPenn State	L 12–⁠45	6	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2019
Height	5′11¾″
Weight	225 lb
Arm length	31⅞″
Hand size	8¾″
Wingspan	79″
40-yard dash	4.64 s
10-yard split	1.62 s
Vertical jump	31″
Broad jump	9′10″
Bench press	20 reps
3-cone drill	7.06 s
20-yard shuttle	4.25 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 16 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2021	New Orleans Saints	9	13
2022	New Orleans Saints	7	7
NFL career		16	20

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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