Zion Bowens

#6 · WR · Sr. · Hawai'i6′1″ · 185 lb · Long Beach, CA · Long Beach Poly

Zion Bowens: WR · Hawai'i · #6.

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Zion Bowens

WR · Hawai'i · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at Hawai'i: Todd Graham and Timmy Chang. On tape: 108 receiving yards and 9 receptions against San Diego State, Week 6, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Hawai'i in the news

June Jones, former Hawai'i coach, dies at 73New York Post Oct 29

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Hawai'i	35	494	14.1	4	66
2021	Hawai'i	12	257	21.4	1	93
2020	Hawai'i	5	145	29.0	2	47
Career		52	896	17.2	7	93

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-63vs Vanderbilt	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 6	L 14-16@ San Diego State	9	108	12.0	1	66	Season-high 108 yds
Wk 7	W 31-16vs Nevada	4	79	19.8	1	48
Wk 8	L 13-17@ Colorado State	2	38	19.0	0	26
Wk 9	L 20-27vs Wyoming	4	35	8.8	1	20
Wk 10	L 13-55@ Fresno State	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 11	L 34-41vs Utah State	5	97	19.4	0	31
Wk 12	W 31-25vs UNLV	2	60	30.0	1	55
Wk 13	L 14-27@ San José State	6	48	8.0	0	12
Total		35	494	14.1	4	66

Signature game

Week 6 · 2022

L 14-16

at San Diego State

9 rec · 108 yds · 1 TD

With M. Shipley — 45.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 3 inside the 20 · B. Schager — 196 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · San Diego State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +7.02Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 66 yds for a TD, (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 12 · UNLV · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 55 yds for a TD, (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 7 · Nevada · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 48 yds for a TD, (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 11 · Utah State · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 28 yds to the UthSt 44 for a
Week 13 · San José State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 11 yds to the SJSt 49 for a
Week 9 · Wyoming · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 9 yds to the Wyom 48 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Wyoming · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 20 yds for a TD, (Matthew Shipley KICK)
Week 11 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.75Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 31 yds to the UthSt 26 for a
Week 6 · San Diego State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.71Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for a loss of 4 yards to the SDSt 44
Week 10 · Fresno State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.64Brayden Schager pass complete to Zion Bowens for 11 yds to the Hawa 35 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Hawai'i5-4HC: Todd Graham · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Hawai'i6-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2022Hawai'i3-10HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 47 (#238 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

47Rotational starter #238 of 488 · 2022?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: catch rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#144 / 636 · 77th pct

14.9

TD rate#258 / 636 · 59th pct

7.4%

Explosive rate#264 / 636 · 58th pct

14.8%

EPA / target#485 / 636 · 24th pct

0.45

Catch rate#583 / 636 · 8th pct

61.1%

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#118 / 550 · 78th pct

Rec TDs#155 / 550 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#206 / 550 · 62nd pct

14.1

Rec yards#219 / 550 · 60th pct

494

Receptions#236 / 550 · 57th pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	56.2	17.6	0.6
Road4g	4.8	53.2	12.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	4.7	65.7	13.9	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	49.5	15.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Timmy Chang

Pass share

55.3%

489 pass / 396 run

Plays / game

68.1

13 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

462 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

35 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

47 · #238 of 488 WRs · 2022

Two-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.

Zion Bowens

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Style of play

Fans

Hawai'i in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

35 catches in 9 games

Three seasons at Hawai'i

2017

2020 4 games