#33

Owen McGowan

Senior linebacker for Boston College. 2025: 54 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Boston College · Sr. · #33

6′0″ · 236 lb · Canton, MA

CFB Index 49 · #300 of 583 LBsHigh confidence

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Solo tackles: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

Best game: 8 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks, at Michigan State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior linebacker for Boston College. 2025: 54 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2021.

The full story, with sources

Owen McGowan

LB · Boston College · Sr · #33

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Four seasons at Boston College, two different head coaches: Jeff Hafley and Bill O'Brien. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Clemson — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	54	31	5.0	1.0	3	--	--
2024	Boston College	28	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Boston College	8	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Boston College	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		93	56	6.0	1.0	4	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 40-42@ Michigan State	8	3	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	8	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	8	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-38@ Louisville	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 10-25vs Notre Dame	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 34-36vs Georgia Tech	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		54	31	5.0	1.0	—	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 66–10

vs Fordham

2 tackles · 1 solo tackles

Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.

With G. James — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #300 of 583?

High confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: tackles (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#483 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles#500 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

54 tkl · 5 TFL · 1 sacks · 3 PD

Tackle volume

54tackles this season

TFL rate

9%5 TFL

Sack rate

2%1 sacks

PD rate

6%3 pass breakups

54 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sacks.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.4
Road4g	5.5	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	0.7	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Pass share

45.2%

85 pass / 103 run

Plays / game

62.7

3 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

95 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #300 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #300 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #32 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.