Gervarrius Owens: DB · Houston · #2.
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Gervarrius Owens
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the same secondary at Houston. All-AAC in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 9 tackles against Temple, Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-35@ UTSA | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-48vs Kansas | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-32@ Memphis | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-20@ Navy | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-27vs South Florida | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 63-77@ SMU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-36vs Temple | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-3@ East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Tulsa | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 51 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL70 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 27-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
56.1%
500 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
68.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
524 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #101 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Houston, 204 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #254 overall by the New York Giants.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 4th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 4th NFL season
