Isaiah Bowser

Senior running back for UCF. 2022: 808 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 14 catches.

RB · UCF · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 225 lb · Sidney, OH

CFB Index 59 · #77 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUCF 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 738 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UCF. 2022: 808 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 14 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2018.
Transferred from Northwestern to UCF in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCF, 2,813 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds at Iowa.Iowa · W 14-102018

201810 games

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Sidney

20217 games

Entered the portal

202214 games

The role got bigger.

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#738 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

2021–2022

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Northwestern9-5HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #77 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (82nd percentile). Strength: rush tds (97th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#73 / 398 · 82nd pct

7.3%

EPA / carry#175 / 398 · 56th pct

0.18

Success rate#240 / 398 · 40th pct

43.3%

Explosive rate#366 / 398 · 8th pct

2.2%

Yards / carry#368 / 398 · 8th pct

3.9

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#10 / 346 · 97th pct

Carries#34 / 346 · 90th pct

206

Rec yards#59 / 338 · 83rd pct

185

Rush yards#77 / 346 · 78th pct

808

Receptions#122 / 338 · 63rd pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Long run#260 / 346 · 24th pct

Yards / carry#302 / 346 · 12th pct

3.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

33rd → 56th percentile

Success rate

40th → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 8th percentile

Yards / carry

22nd → 8th percentile

TD rate

67th → 82nd 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

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	59.0	4.3	1.3
Road7g	56.4	3.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	51.9	3.7	1.6
Weeks 8+7g	63.6	4.5	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

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

59 · #77 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UCF	206	808	3.9	16	--
2021	UCF	159	703	4.4	9	--
2020	Northwestern	78	230	2.9	1	--
2019	Northwestern	59	204	3.5	0	--
2018	Northwestern	198	868	4.4	6	--
Career		700	2,813	4.0	32	--

Season	Team
2022	UCF	14	185	13.2	0	--
2021	UCF	9	75	8.3	0	--
2020	Northwestern	8	52	6.5	1	--
2019	Northwestern	7	24	3.4	0	--
2018	Northwestern	7	77	11.0	0	--
Career		45	413	9.2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2022

W 25–21

vs Cincinnati

58 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With M. Keene — 176 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.7 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · M. McCarthy — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Cincinnati · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.46Isaiah Bowser run for 7 yds to the Cincy 2 Isaiah Bowser fumbled, recovered by Cincy Deshawn Pace
Week 7 · Temple · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.15John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 45 yds to the Temp 37 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Tulane · 4&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.46John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Isaiah Bowser for 23 yds to the Tulan 17 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Memphis · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Isaiah Bowser run for 19 yds to the Memph 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Memphis · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Isaiah Bowser pass complete to Stephen Martin for 4 yds for a TD, (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 8 · East Carolina · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Isaiah Bowser run for 3 yds for a TD, (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 11 · Tulane · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Isaiah Bowser run for 2 yds for a TD, (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 14 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Isaiah Bowser run for 10 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Week 1 · South Carolina State · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.45I.Bowser rushed to SCS End Zone for 1 yards. I.Bowser for 1 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 6 · SMU · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Isaiah Bowser run for 1 yd for a TD, (Colton Boomer KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-10vs South Carolina State	23	83	3.6	2	11
Wk 2	L 14-20vs Louisville	15	51	3.4	2	10
Wk 3	W 40-14@ Florida Atlantic	13	33	2.5	1	7
Wk 4	W 27-10vs Georgia Tech	19	70	3.7	0	8
Wk 6	W 41-19vs SMU	15	62	4.1	3	17	3 rushing TDs
Wk 7	W 70-13vs Temple	5	25	5.0	1	10
Wk 8	L 13-34@ East Carolina	11	63	5.7	1	30
Wk 9	W 25-21vs Cincinnati	14	58	4.1	1	11
Wk 10	W 35-28@ Memphis	15	67	4.5	0	19
Wk 11	W 38-31@ Tulane	19	54	2.8	2	9
Wk 12	L 14-17vs Navy	10	64	6.4	0	30
Wk 13	W 46-39@ South Florida	16	54	3.4	0	11
Wk 14	L 28-45@ Tulane	20	85	4.3	1	10	Season-high 85 yds
Bowl	L 13-30@ Duke	11	39	3.5	2	10
Total		206	808	4.1	16	30