Dean Lowry in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Northwestern, 2012–⁠15

Dean Lowry

Number
No. 94
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Rockford, IL
Born
Jun 9, 1994, in Rockford, Illinois

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Dean Lowry played defensive line at Northwestern (2012–⁠15). The Green Bay Packers took Lowry in round 4, No. 137 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 137
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2013Northwestern2
2015Northwestern1
Career3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2012109514310206
2013N1122113374.5232–
On file311647105.5252–

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Northwestern94DL
2013Northwestern94DL
2014Northwestern94DL
2015Northwestern94DL6′6″

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

2015 Northwestern 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 19atDukeW 19–⁠101
2013 Northwestern 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.SyracuseW 48–⁠271
Sep 21vs.MaineW 35–⁠211

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

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 9–⁠29).

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′5¾″
Weight296 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan76⅛″W
40-yard dash4.87 s
10-yard split1.70 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press30 reps
3-cone drill7.26 s
20-yard shuttle4.38 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 107 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016Green Bay Packers5720
2017Green Bay Packers153120
2018Green Bay Packers163930
2019Green Bay Packers154601
2020Green Bay Packers143430
2021Green Bay Packers173850
2022Green Bay Packers13370.50
2023Minnesota Vikings61200
2024Pittsburgh Steelers6510
NFL career10724916.51

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.

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