#16

Brandon Bowling

Senior wide receiver for Utah State. 2021: 56 catches, 835 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Utah State · Sr. · #16

5′9″ · 185 lb · Mckinney, TX

CFB Index 74 · #48 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceUtah State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Utah State. 2021: 56 catches, 835 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Arkansas State in 2016.
Transferred from Arkansas State to Utah State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2671 nationally · Signed with Arkansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah State, 1,713 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 154 yds at San Diego State.San Diego State · W 46-132021

2016

Signed with Arkansas State2-star out of McKinney Boyd

202113 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2671 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

4 coaches

2018

Matt Wells

Utah State

2019

Gary Andersen

Utah State

era →

2020

Frank Maile

Utah State

era →

2021

Blake Anderson

Utah State

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced

2020Arkansas State4-7HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Utah State11-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #48 of 468?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (96th percentile). Strength: td rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#26 / 655 · 96th pct

1.23

TD rate#57 / 655 · 91st pct

13.8%

Catch rate#110 / 655 · 83rd pct

86.2%

Yards / catch#166 / 655 · 75th pct

14.7

Explosive rate#186 / 655 · 72nd pct

16.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 557 · 96th pct

Rec yards#58 / 557 · 90th pct

835

Receptions#81 / 557 · 85th pct

Yards / catch#164 / 557 · 70th pct

14.9

Long catch#181 / 557 · 67th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

24th → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

41st → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

18th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

84th → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

50th → 75th 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	53.3	12.5	0.5
Road7g	4.1	66.3	14.9	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	66.7	14.9	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	54.9	12.8	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #48 of 468 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Utah State	56	835	14.9	10	--
2020	Arkansas State	39	507	13.0	7	--
2019	Arkansas State	28	263	9.4	2	--
2018	Arkansas State	15	108	7.2	0	--
Career		138	1,713	12.4	19	--

Season	Team
2021	Utah State	--	--	45	--	--
2020	Arkansas State	--	--	13	1	--
2019	Arkansas State	--	--	76	-1	--
2018	Arkansas State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	134	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 48–24

vs North Dakota

6 rec · 118 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against North Dakota.

With L. Bonner — 390 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 38.1 · 14 rush yds (10 car) · D. Thompkins — 8 rec · 172 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · North Dakota · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +5.97Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 54 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 14 · San Diego State · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +5.12Brandon Bowling 58 Yd pass from Logan Bonner (Connor Coles Kick)
Week 3 · Air Force · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.89Brandon Bowling 37 Yd pass from Andrew Peasley (Connor Coles Kick)
Week 3 · Air Force · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.24Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 45 yds to the AFA 20 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · North Dakota · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 45 yds to the NDKTA 20 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 41 yds to the SDSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · San Diego State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 16 yds to the SDSt 33 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Logan Bonner pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 36 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 14 · San Diego State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Brandon Bowling 18 Yd pass from Logan Bonner (Connor Coles PAT blocked)
Week 1 · Oregon State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Cooper Legas pass complete to Brandon Bowling for 5 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-23@ Washington State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 2	W 48-24vs North Dakota	6	118	19.7	1	54
Wk 3	W 49-45@ Air Force	9	136	15.1	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 4	L 3-27vs Boise State	4	62	15.5	0	28
Wk 5	L 20-34vs BYU	4	60	15.0	0	25
Wk 7	W 28-24@ UNLV	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 8	W 26-24vs Colorado State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 51-31vs Hawai'i	2	11	5.5	1	14
Wk 10	W 35-13@ New Mexico State	4	50	12.5	0	24
Wk 11	W 48-17@ San José State	3	25	8.3	1	17
Wk 12	L 17-44vs Wyoming	6	60	10.0	1	14
Wk 13	W 35-10@ New Mexico	3	75	25.0	1	36
Wk 14	W 46-13@ San Diego State	8	154	19.3	2	58	Season-high 154 yds
Total		52	784	13.8	9	58