Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jaylen Bowden
Senior defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 180 lb · Charlotte, NC · Mallard Creek
Transferred Minnesota → East Carolina for 2026
The story
4 defensive back on East Carolina's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Minnesota to East Carolina in 2026.
Jaylen Bowden
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against Alabama — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025Minnesota
2026East Carolina
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Mid-year transfer from Minnesota who, enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Two-time letterman at N.C. Central (2023-24) … Played in 23 career games making 10 starts (all in 2024) … Recorded 26 tackles (22 solo) … Intercepted one pass (no return) in 2024 … Credited with seven pass breaku...
The secondary · East Carolina
- #3Zyeir Gamble72 tackles · 2025
- #13Ayden Duncanson33 tackles · 2025
- #4Kevon Merrell27 tackles · 2025
- #8Kamaurri McKinley24 tackles · 2025
- #2Jaylen Bowden3 tackles · 2025
20 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology