Jay Bowdry: LB · Georgia Southern · #5.
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Jay Bowdry
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Georgia Southern: Tyson Summers and Chad Lunsford. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia State — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 32 | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 46 | 25 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 37 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | Georgia Southern | 29 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 144 | 95 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-55@ No. 6 LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-18vs Maine | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-35@ Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-37vs Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-17@ South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-7vs New Mexico State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ No. 20 App State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 51-29vs UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 33-38@ Arkansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-10vs Georgia State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
 Bowl | L 16-23vs Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
16%5 pass breakups32 tackles · 4.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
19.2%
155 pass / 652 run
Plays / game
62.1
13 games
Team sack rate
14.2%
190 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 144 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
