Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-6vs Kent State | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 1 | 12 | Season-high 46 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ Boise State | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-14vs Villanova | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 10 | 62 | 7.3 | 1 | 12 |
#23
Demarkcus Bowman
Junior running back for UCF. 2023: 62 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′10″ · 193 lb · Lakeland, FL
UCF 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
5★
RB recruit
No. 20 nationally · Signed with Clemson
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for UCF. 2023: 62 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Clemson in 2020.
Demarkcus Bowman
Across three seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Dabo Swinney, Dan Mullen and Gus Malzahn. The receipt on tape: 46 rush yds, 7 rec yds against Kent State, Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at UCF, 175 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Signed with Clemson5-star out of Lakeland
20214 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2022
- Entered the portal
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Josh Heupel → Gus Malzahn. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 25.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 20.7 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 48–14
vs Villanova
5 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 34-point win at home against Villanova.
With T. McClain — 321 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.7 · 44 rush yds (9 car) · M. McCarthy — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Kent State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Demarkcus Bowman run for 5 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
- Week 1 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.37Demarkcus Bowman run for 9 yds to the UCF 41
- Week 1 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.80Demarkcus Bowman run for 10 yds to the KENT 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.56Demarkcus Bowman run for 12 yds to the KENT 11 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Kent State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA -0.39John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Demarkcus Bowman for 3 yds to the KENT 42
- Week 1 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.18Demarkcus Bowman run for 6 yds to the KENT 5
- Week 2 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.16Demarkcus Bowman run for 11 yds to the BOIS 15 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Kent State · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -0.13Demarkcus Bowman run for 4 yds to the UCF 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Kent State · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA -0.12John Rhys Plumlee pass complete to Demarkcus Bowman for 4 yds to the UCF 43
- Week 3 · Villanova · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.09Demarkcus Bowman run for 5 yds to the UCF 30
Game log
How he plays
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/31Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (3.2%).
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology