Nasir Bowers is a defensive back at Toledo who has not played in Toledo's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Toledo lists 25 defensive backs this season.
Toledo is 6-2.
Bowers moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Toledo: Jason Candle and Robert Weiner. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Kent State — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-24@ Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-0vs Morgan State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-3vs Akron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-10vs Kent State | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 42-3vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-3@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-3@ Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Week 12 · 2025
W 24-3
at Miami (OH)
1 interception · 3 tackles · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Miami (OH).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL26 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Jason Candle — 36-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Robert Weiner
Pass share
45.9%
397 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #132 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #11 of 40 Mid-American DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,156 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mid-American as a senior.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jason Candle → Mike Jacobs. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
