#18

Billy Bowens

Senior wide receiver for Boise State. 2023: 28 catches, 383 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Boise State · Sr. · #18

6′1″ · 200 lb · Redlands, CA

CFB Index 40 · #304 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceBoise State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1575 nationally · Signed with Boise State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Boise State. 2023: 28 catches, 383 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Boise State, 1,024 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 91 yds at UNLV.UNLV · W 44-202023

2018

Signed with Boise State3-star out of Redlands East Valley

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1575 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

2020

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

2021–2022

Andy Avalos

Boise State

era →

2023

Spencer Danielson

Boise State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bryan Harsin, Andy Avalos, and Spencer Danielson. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Boise State10-3HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2020Boise State5-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

2023Boise State8-6HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Below cohort / limited sample #304 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Concern: td rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#107 / 639 · 83rd pct

21.2%

Yards / catch#168 / 639 · 74th pct

14.4

EPA / target#215 / 639 · 66th pct

0.89

Catch rate#446 / 639 · 30th pct

75.8%

TD rate#467 / 639 · 27th pct

3.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#225 / 566 · 60th pct

13.7

Long catch#221 / 566 · 60th pct

Rec yards#290 / 566 · 49th pct

383

Receptions#299 / 566 · 46th pct

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 66th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 83rd percentile

Catch rate

21st → 30th percentile

TD rate

76th → 27th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 74th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	18.0	10.1	0.0
Road7g	2.4	39.3	13.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	29.9	13.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	29.0	9.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #304 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #304 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Boise State	28	383	13.7	1	--
2022	Boise State	32	462	14.4	4	--
2021	Boise State	12	140	11.7	0	--
2020	Boise State	5	39	7.8	0	--
2018	Boise State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		77	1,024	13.3	5	--

Season	Team
2023	Boise State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Boise State	1	12	--	--	--
2021	Boise State	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Boise State	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Boise State	1	11	--	--	--
Career		2	23	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 42–18

vs North Dakota

1 rec · 24 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against North Dakota.

With T. Green — 188 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 60.2 · 35 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Memphis · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Maddux Madsen pass complete to Billy Bowens for 52 yds to the MEM 10 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Dakota · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.39Maddux Madsen pass complete to Billy Bowens for 24 yds to the UND 36 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Taylen Green pass complete to Billy Bowens for 15 yds to the UNM 35 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · UNLV · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.13Taylen Green pass complete to Billy Bowens for 23 yds to the UNLV 31 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · UNLV · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Taylen Green pass complete to Billy Bowens for 43 yds to the UNLV 12 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UCLA · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.64CJ Tiller pass complete to Billy Bowens for 17 yds to the BOIS 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Fresno State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Maddux Madsen pass complete to Billy Bowens for 2 yds for a TD (Jonah Dalmas KICK)
Week 7 · Colorado State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Maddux Madsen pass complete to Billy Bowens for 23 yds to the BOIS 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.18Taylen Green pass complete to Billy Bowens for 11 yds to the WASH 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · San José State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.80Maddux Madsen pass complete to Billy Bowens for 11 yds to the SJSU 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 19-56@ Washington	3	23	7.7	0	11
Wk 3	W 42-18vs North Dakota	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 4	W 34-31@ San Diego State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 5	L 32-35@ Memphis	3	89	29.7	0	52
Wk 6	W 35-27vs San José State	2	18	9.0	0	11
Wk 7	L 30-31@ Colorado State	2	29	14.5	0	23
Wk 9	W 32-7vs Wyoming	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 10	L 30-37@ Fresno State	3	40	13.3	1	23
Wk 11	W 42-14vs New Mexico	3	35	11.7	0	15
Wk 12	W 45-10@ Utah State	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 13	W 27-19vs Air Force	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 14	W 44-20@ UNLV	4	91	22.8	0	43	Season-high 91 yds
Bowl	L 22-35vs UCLA	3	23	7.7	0	17
Total		28	383	11.6	1	52

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Billy Bowens

2018

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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