Tay Gowan: DB · UCF · #23.
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Tay Gowan
Erases the deep middle of the field. One game to point at: 6 tackles against East Carolina — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCF | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| Career | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Florida A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-27vs Stanford | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-21vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-28vs East Carolina | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 63-21@ Temple | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-29vs Houston | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34@ Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 48-25vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL29 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
45.4%
457 pass / 549 run
Plays / game
77.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at UCF, 29 tackles — drafted at #223 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 6th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 6th NFL season
