Garrald McDowell: DL · Louisiana · #8.
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Garrald McDowell
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against App State — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-17vs Grambling | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-56@ No. 16 Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-30vs Coastal Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-56@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-27@ Texas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 66-38vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-27@ App State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 47-43vs Arkansas State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-26@ Troy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28@ UL Monroe | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-30@ App State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-41vs Tulane | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 27 | 4.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
6%3 hurries51 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 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
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
39.1%
350 pass / 545 run
Plays / game
63.9
14 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
377 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
51 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Ole Miss and Louisiana, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke and Billy Napier.
