Joshua Bowen

#6 · WR · New Mexico State5′10″ · Albuquerque, NM

Joshua Bowen: WR · New Mexico State · #6.

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Joshua Bowen

WR · New Mexico State · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the New Mexico State receiving corps. On tape: 106 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Idaho, Week 9, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	New Mexico State	29	239	8.2	2	29
2014	New Mexico State	41	336	8.2	1	35
Career		70	575	8.2	3	35

Season	Team
2015	New Mexico State	43
2014	New Mexico State	--
Career		43

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-61@ Florida	2	6	3.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 47-50vs UTEP	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wk 5	L 29-38@ New Mexico	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 6	L 3-52@ No. 14 Ole Miss	3	8	2.7	0	4
Wk 7	L 26-56@ Georgia Southern	4	15	3.8	2	8	2 TD catches
Wk 8	L 7-52vs Troy	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	W 55-48vs Idaho	10	106	10.6	0	23	Season-high 106 yds
Wk 10	W 31-21@ Texas State	4	40	10.0	0	16
Wk 13	L 28-52vs Arkansas State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 14	L 35-42@ UL Monroe	3	29	9.7	0	19
Total		29	239	8.2	2	29

Signature game

Week 7 · 2015

L 26-56

at Georgia Southern

4 rec · 15 yds · 2 TD

With A. Allen — 253 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 16.6 · 18 rush yds (9 car) · R. Caldwell — 2 rec · 67 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Texas State · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Nick Jeanty pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 16 yds to the TexSt 33 for a
Week 9 · Idaho · 3rd and 35 · Q5 · EPA +3.02Nick Jeanty pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 23 yds to the Idaho 14
Week 9 · Idaho · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 20 yds to the NMxSt 42 for a
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 8 yds for a TD, (Parker Davidson PAT MISSED)
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 3 yds for a TD, (Parker Davidson KICK)
Week 3 · UTEP · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.83Tyler Rogers pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 29 yds to the NEWMEXST 27 for a UTEP Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (Dashone Smith) to the UTEP 13 for a

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Week 10 · Texas State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.73Nick Jeanty pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 12 yds to the NMxSt 37 for a
Week 9 · Idaho · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.36Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 15 yds to the Idaho 48 for a
Week 9 · Idaho · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.26Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for a loss of 1 yard to the Idaho 47
Week 14 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.02Andrew Allen pass complete to Joshua Bowen for 19 yds to the NMxSt 29 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Doug Martin — 5-19 over that span.

2014New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

2015New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (82nd percentile). Concern: yards / catch (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#120 / 684 · 82nd pct

76.3%

TD rate#253 / 684 · 63rd pct

5.3%

Explosive rate#367 / 684 · 46th pct

10.5%

EPA / target#577 / 684 · 16th pct

0.22

Yards / catch#611 / 684 · 11th pct

8.2

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#273 / 521 · 46th pct

Rec TDs#283 / 521 · 38th pct

Rec yards#396 / 521 · 24th pct

239

Long catch#453 / 521 · 12th pct

Yards / catch#502 / 521 · 3rd pct

8.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

13th → 16th percentile

Explosive rate

28th → 46th percentile

Catch rate

65th → 82nd percentile

TD rate

11th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

12th → 11th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	34.8	14.5	0.0
Road6g	2.8	16.7	5.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	12.0	8.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	35.8	8.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Doug Martin

Pass share

50.8%

453 pass / 438 run

Plays / game

74.2

12 games

Team sack rate

7.6%

499 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

29 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Joshua Bowen

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Awards

29 catches in 10 games

Five seasons at New Mexico State