2015 Football Roster
Roster
McDowell, De'Quan

Jersey Number 54
De'Quan McDowell
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Major:
- Applied Econ, Business & Society
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Marshalltown, Iowa
- High School:
- Marshalltown
Bio
2016 – Made his first career start at linebacker vs. Virginia . . . Started four games but saw action in eleven during the season . . . Recorded 27 tackles, 17 of which were solo tackles, and two tackles for loss for nine yards . . . Career best five tackles in three games during the season against Virginia, Colorado, and California . . . Career best one sack and one pass breakup against Colorado.
2015 – Special teams paved the way for much of the walk-on transfer's early indoctrination into the Pac-12 before gradually expanding his role late in the year . . . Credited with playing in nine games during first season with the Ducks after joining the team at the beginning of the 2015 spring term . . . Completed the year recording three tackles (2 unassisted), including single tallies vs. Eastern Washington, Stanford and Oregon State . . . Logged 15 snaps in the regular-season finale against the Beavers, along with 12 plays against Eastern Washington and 10 vs. California . . . Proved to be one of Oregon's major surprises of the 2016 spring to loom as a possibility of breaking his way into the team's rotation at linebacker should his progress and work ethic continue to spiral upwards . . . Contributed three tackles (2 unassisted) in the Spring Game before being awarded a scholarship at the conclusion of spring drills.
BEFORE OREGON – Accumulated nine receptions for 122 yards and added five tackles in two seasons at Ellsworth CC, with his tenure ending during the 2014 season . . . Earned team MVP honors and second-team all-state for the Marshalltown High School Bobcats following the 2012 season . . . Caught 80 passes for 1,164 yards and nine touchdowns his senior year in addition to posting 59 tackles and three interceptions . . . Also averaged 24.7 yards in kickoff returns, including an 86-yard return for a touchdown for the Bobcats, who finished with a 7-4 record while advancing to the second round of the 4A state playoffs.
McDOWELL'S CAREER BESTS
Tackles: 5, Virginia, 9/10/16 (3-2); Colorado, 09/24/16 (3-2); California, 10/21/16 (3-2)
Sacks: 1.0, Colorado, 09/24/16 (1-0)
Solo tackles: 3, Virginia, 9/10/16; Colorado, 9/24/26; California, 10/21/16
Tackles for loss: 1.5, Colorado, 09/24/16 (1-0)
Pass breakups: 1, Colorado, 09/24/16
2015 – Special teams paved the way for much of the walk-on transfer's early indoctrination into the Pac-12 before gradually expanding his role late in the year . . . Credited with playing in nine games during first season with the Ducks after joining the team at the beginning of the 2015 spring term . . . Completed the year recording three tackles (2 unassisted), including single tallies vs. Eastern Washington, Stanford and Oregon State . . . Logged 15 snaps in the regular-season finale against the Beavers, along with 12 plays against Eastern Washington and 10 vs. California . . . Proved to be one of Oregon's major surprises of the 2016 spring to loom as a possibility of breaking his way into the team's rotation at linebacker should his progress and work ethic continue to spiral upwards . . . Contributed three tackles (2 unassisted) in the Spring Game before being awarded a scholarship at the conclusion of spring drills.
BEFORE OREGON – Accumulated nine receptions for 122 yards and added five tackles in two seasons at Ellsworth CC, with his tenure ending during the 2014 season . . . Earned team MVP honors and second-team all-state for the Marshalltown High School Bobcats following the 2012 season . . . Caught 80 passes for 1,164 yards and nine touchdowns his senior year in addition to posting 59 tackles and three interceptions . . . Also averaged 24.7 yards in kickoff returns, including an 86-yard return for a touchdown for the Bobcats, who finished with a 7-4 record while advancing to the second round of the 4A state playoffs.
McDOWELL'S CAREER BESTS
Tackles: 5, Virginia, 9/10/16 (3-2); Colorado, 09/24/16 (3-2); California, 10/21/16 (3-2)
Sacks: 1.0, Colorado, 09/24/16 (1-0)
Solo tackles: 3, Virginia, 9/10/16; Colorado, 9/24/26; California, 10/21/16
Tackles for loss: 1.5, Colorado, 09/24/16 (1-0)
Pass breakups: 1, Colorado, 09/24/16
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