Last confirmed: Georgia Southern, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Thomasville, GA
Jay Bowdry: LB · Georgia Southern · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jay Bowdry
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Jay Bowdry has been at Georgia Southern through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia State — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 32 | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 46 | 25 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 37 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | Georgia Southern | 29 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 144 | 95 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-55@ No. 6 LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-18vs Maine | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-35@ Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-37vs Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-17@ South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-7vs New Mexico State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ No. 20 App State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 51-29vs UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 33-38@ Arkansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-10vs Georgia State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
 Bowl | L 16-23vs Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
16%5 pass breakups32 tackles · 4.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
19.2%
155 pass / 652 run
Plays / game
62.1
13 games
Team sack rate
14.2%
190 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 144 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
