#11

Juwan Dowels

Senior defensive back for Western Michigan. 2018: 2 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

DB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #11

5′10″ · 180 lb · Sunrise, FL

Western Michigan 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1533 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Western Michigan. 2018: 2 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Michigan, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of American Heritage

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1533 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

P.J. Fleck

Western Michigan

2017–2018

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Syracuse4-8HC: Scott Shafer · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#62 / 2662 · 97th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1588 / 2662 · 37th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.8
Road6g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.3	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Western Michigan	33	20	1.5	0.0	9	2	--
2017	Syracuse	25	15	1.0	0.0	1	1	--
2016	Syracuse	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2015	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		62	38	2.5	0.0	10	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 68–0

vs Delaware State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 68-point win at home against Delaware State.

With J. Reed — 3 rec · 21 yds · J. Wassink — 286 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week