Linebacker for Penn State. 2017: 51 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′1″ · 226 lb · Barnegat, NJ
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 256 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 linebacker for Penn State. 2017: 51 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
Manny Bowen
Second year in the Penn State linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Ohio State, Week 9, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 118 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under James Franklin — 22-5 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penn State | 51 | 22 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 67 | 35 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 118 | 57 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Akron | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-14vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Georgia State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-19@ Iowa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Indiana | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7@ Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13vs Michigan | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-39@ Ohio State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27@ Michigan State | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 22 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.