Last confirmed: Penn State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 226 lb · Barnegat, NJ
Manny Bowen: LB · Penn State · #43.
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Manny Bowen
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the Penn State linebacker corps. On tape: 9 tackles against Ohio State, Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Penn State | 51 | 22 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Penn State | 67 | 35 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Career | 118 | 57 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Akron | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-14vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-0vs Georgia State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-19@ Iowa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Indiana | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7@ Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13vs No. 19 Michigan | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-39@ No. 6 Ohio State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27@ No. 24 Michigan State | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 22 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Week 8 · 2017
W 42-13
vs Michigan
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against Michigan.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups51 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under James Franklin — 22-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
51.1%
458 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
511 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 118 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
