Gervarrius Owens

Former defensive back at Houston. 2022: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

DB · Houston · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 200 lb · Moore, OK

CFB Index 69 · #101 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceNew York — drafted 2023, Rd 7, Pick 37, #254 overall

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1246 nationally · Signed with Kansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Houston. 2022: 1 interception, 7 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2017.
Drafted round 7 by the New York in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Houston, 204 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #254 overall by New York.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Southmoore

201912 games

Signed with Houston3-star out of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M

202112 games

All-AACfirst

202211 games

All-AACsecond

2023

Drafted by New Yorkround 7, pick 254

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1246 national

CFB

College

Houston

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #254

New York · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 4th NFL season

#254Rd 7 · Pick 37

New YorkEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 27-20 over that span.

2019Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2020Houston3-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Houston12-2HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2022Houston8-5HC: Dana Holgorsen · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #101 of 493?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: passes defended (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#74 / 2755 · 97th pct

Passes defended#111 / 2755 · 95th pct

Tackles#227 / 2755 · 92nd pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #101 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #101 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Houston	70	51	1.0	0.0	7	1	--
2021	Houston	52	33	4.0	0.0	3	2	--
2020	Houston	28	18	2.0	0.0	2	--	--
2019	Houston	54	37	0.5	0.5	5	1	--
Career		204	139	7.5	0.5	17	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 37–35

at UTSA

1 SOLO · 5 TOT

Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.

With C. Tune — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 51 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · L. Wilkins — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week