Garrald McDowell

Senior defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2018: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

DL · Louisiana · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 259 lb · Covington, LA

Louisiana 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 199 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2018: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Ole Miss4-star out of Covington

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#199 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Mark Hudspeth

Louisiana

2018

Billy Napier

Louisiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Hudspeth → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Louisiana7-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles#595 / 2662 · 77th pct

Solo tackles#733 / 2662 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.2
Road7g	3.6	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	0.3	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	0.4	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Louisiana	51	27	4.0	0.5	1	--	--
2017	Ole Miss	6	4	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Ole Miss	16	9	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		73	40	7.5	2.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 49–17

vs Grambling

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 32-point win at home against Grambling.

With A. Nunez — 184 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 21 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · T. Ragas — 142 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week