Senior wide receiver for West Virginia. 2025: 9 catches, 82 receiving yards.
5′9″ · 162 lb · Martinsburg, WV
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
9 catches · 9.1 per catch
Best game: 1 rec, 4 yds, vs Utah
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for West Virginia. 2025: 9 catches, 82 receiving yards.
Jarod Bowie
Moves the chains on third down. Jarod Bowie arrived at West Virginia from Jacksonville State. The receipt: 39 rec yds, 3 receptions against TCU — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Neal Brown, Chad Scott, and Rich Rodriguez. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush yards (90th percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.0 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 15.6 | 8.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 284 | 13.5 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 5 | 83 | 18 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 24 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 108 | 18 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 31–24
vs Pittsburgh
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 NO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ BYU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 9 | 82 | 7.6 | 0 | 18 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
West Virginia
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · West Virginia
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Malik Rutherford’s 2022 season.
Matches Malik on
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Rutherford's sophomore season at Georgia Tech (2022).
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