Former outside linebacker at Houston. 2016: 47 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks.
6′3″ · Tyler, TX
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1145 nationally · Signed with Houston
Statement game11 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs Tulane (FBS) · W 30-18
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former outside linebacker at Houston. 2016: 47 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks.
Tyus Bowser
This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at Houston. The receipt: 11 tackles, 3.5 TFL against Tulane — Week 11, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Houston, 47 tackles — drafted at #47 overall by Baltimore.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · NFL
BaltimoreEntering 10th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Tom Herman — 22-5 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th 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
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016
W 33–23
vs Oklahoma
4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
With G. Ward Jr. — 321 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.1 · 1 rush yds (18 car) · D. Roy — 44 AVG · 50 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-23vs Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Lamar | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 40-16@ Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 64-3@ Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-18vs Tulane | 11 | 6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 36-10vs Louisville | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 44-48@ Memphis | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 10-34@ San Diego State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 27 | 12.0 | 8.5 | — | 4 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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.