Ross Bowers: QB · Northern Illinois · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ross Bowers
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Sonny Dykes, Justin Wilcox and Thomas Hammock. One game to point at: 300 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Ball State — Week 12, 2020.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
64.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 20.0% conversion-per-dropback — 62.5% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 123 | 212 | 58.0% | 1,365 | 6.4 | 10 | 2 | 125.8 | 34 |
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 166 | 287 | 57.8% | 2,140 | 7.5 | 7 | 8 | 122.9 | 46 |
| 2018 | California | 8 | 17 | 47.1% | 56 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | -- |
| 2017 | California | 272 | 461 | 59.0% | 3,039 | 6.6 | 18 | 12 | 122.1 | 33 |
| 2016 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 569 | 977 | 58.2% | 6,600 | 6.8 | 35 | 22 | 122.3 | 37 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 21 | −87 | −4.1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 34 | −111 | −3.3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 | California | 3 | −7 | −2.3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | California | 60 | −142 | −2.4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2016 | California | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 119 | −345 | −2.9 | 4 | 14 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | L 30-49vs Buffalo | 17/28 | 202 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-40vs Central Michigan | 16/32 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-31@ Ball State | 27/40 | 300 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | — | Season-high 300 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ Western Michigan | 22/36 | 230 | 3 | 0 | 6.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 14 | L 24-41vs Toledo | 19/39 | 273 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 15 | L 33-41@ Eastern Michigan | 22/37 | 221 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Total | 123/212 | 1365 | 10 | 2 | 6.4 | — |
Week 13 · 2020
L 27-30
230 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
With M. Ference — 42.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · T. Rudolph — 2 rec · 17 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 211 passing plays (122 completions) against the box score's 212 attempts (123 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.2684 of 171 QBsSack rate
5.8%77 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (77 of 171 QBs) and still 84 of 171 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 58.0% completion on 212 attempts · 15 deep completions averaging 30.4 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 205 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 250 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 228 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
50.0%
220 pass / 220 run
Plays / game
73.3
6 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at California and Northern Illinois, 6,600 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 29 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Sonny Dykes, Justin Wilcox and Thomas Hammock.
