Defensive back, Western Kentucky, 2011–⁠13

Jonathan Dowling

Number
No. 1
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Bradenton, FL
Born
Dec 8, 1991

Jonathan Dowling played defensive back at Western Kentucky (2011–⁠13). The Oakland Raiders took Dowling in round 7, No. 247 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012Western Kentucky6
2013Western Kentucky3
Career9

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2012124325682.5672
2013N125512671376
On file98371353.59148

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
2011Western Kentucky1DB
2012Western Kentucky1DB
2013Western Kentucky1DB6′3″

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

2013 Western Kentucky 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 28vs.NavyW 19–⁠72
Nov 30vs.Arkansas StateW 34–⁠311
2012 Western Kentucky 4 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 1vs.Austin PeayW 49–⁠101
Sep 15atKentuckyW 32–⁠313
Oct 20vs.UL MonroeL 42–⁠431
Nov 24vs.North TexasW 25–⁠241

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

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′2¾″
Weight190 lb
Arm length33⅛″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.57 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill7.04 s
20-yard shuttle4.24 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, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Oakland Raiders4400

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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