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2018 Football Roster

86 John Rowell

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 250
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Prev School Dulles HS
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards

Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region Four (1): 2015 (2nd)
All-Lone Star Conference (3): 2014 (HM), 2015 (1st), 2017 (2nd)

Senior (2018)

played in seven games as a reserve tight end... part of an offensive line unit that paved the way for the seventh-ranked total offense in NCAA Division II averaging 507.1 yards per game and eighth best scoring offense at 41.8 points per game... offensive line permitted 0.50 sacks per game to rank third in NCAA Division II while allowing 3.90 tackles for loss per game to rank 10th nationally... offensive unit ranked fourth in D2 averaging 326.6 yards per game and 48th nationally churning out 180.5 rushing yards per game...

Redshirt Junior (2017)

earned second-team All-Lone Star Conference honors... competed in nine games making eight starts at left tackle... keyed the offensive line unit for the nation's 11th-best offensive attack as the Mustangs piled up 483.3 yards per game ranking eighth in NCAA Division II in scoring with 42.5 points per game... offensive line permitted a national low 2.91 tackles for loss per game... unit ranked eighth in Division II allowing eight sacks in 11 games...

Junior (2016)

missed season after suffering injury during fall camp...

Sophomore (2015)

earned first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors... started seven games at left tackle and three at right tackle... instrumental part of an offensive line unit which paved the way for the LSC third-best rushing attack (191.4 yard per game), sixth best passing attack (208.7 yards per game) and No. 7 total offense (400.1 yards per game)... missed two games due to injury -- Tarleton State (9/26) and Eastern New Mexico (11/7)...

Redshirt Freshman (2014)

garnered All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention in first collegiate season of competition... started eight games a right tackle... key member of an offensive line unit which paved the way for NCAA Division II's 13th-best offensive attack averaging 493.7 yards per game and was 19th in scoring at 38.9 points per game... MSU's ground and pound churned out 274.5 rushing yards per game to rate ninth in NCAA Division II... line unit helped MSU offense churn out 300 rushing yards four times in 2014 including a season-high 383 yards against McMurry (10/18)...

Freshman (2013)

served redshirt season...

At Dulles High School

two-time first-team All-District 23-5A offensive lineman for coach Jim Creech, as both a junior in 2011 and a senior in 2012... also named second-team All-District 23-5A in the offensive line as a sophomore in 2010... helped lead Vikings to an area playoff showing in 2012 and a bi-district appearance in 2011... also participated in track...

Personal

son of James and Mary Rowell... born Feb. 19, 1995...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Defensive End
    6'5" 240 lbs
  • 61

    2014Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 252 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2015Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 255 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2016Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 255 lbs
    61
  • 61

    2017Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 255 lbs
    61
  • 86

    2018Senior

    Tight End
    6'5" 250 lbs
    86