2019 Football Roster
Isaiah Bowser
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sidney, Ohio
- High School:
- Sidney
2020: Led the Wildcats in rushing attempts (23) in season opener against Maryland, totaling 75 yards on the ground... Recorded his first career receiving touchdown during the third quarter as well as his first rushing score since 2018 on NU's first drive of the game...Recorded at least 80 rushing yards for the seventh time in his career at Iowa on October 31 (85)...Started against Purdue (11/14), rushing for 27 yards on 13 carries with 20 receiving yards...Made another start vs. Wisconsin (11/21)...Rushed for 28 yards on nine attempts at Michigan State (11/28)...Brought one in pass for 11 yards against the Spartans...Helped Northwestern produce over 400 rushing yards (17 yards on five attempts) in victory over Illinois (12/12)...Saw game action in Big Ten Championship vs. Ohio State (12/19).
2019: Contributed 10 rushes for 54 yards leading to an efficient 5.4 yards per carry against Stanford (8/31) ... Ran his longest carry of the season, 21 yards, against Michigan State (9/21) ... Recorded 65 yards on 16 carries against Ohio State, his season high (10/18) ... Finished the season with 204 rushing yards and 101 receiving yards.
2018: Appeared in 11 games as a true first year and took over starting duties at running back in the Rutgers game, finishing with 866 yards and six touchdowns on 197 carries, the third-most rushing yards in a season by any first year in NU history … Finished eighth among all Big Ten running backs, and third among all first-year backs, with an average of 91.9 rushing yards in conference matchups … Had his first-career carry against Akron (9/15) … In his first-ever start against Rutgers, impressed with 108 yards yards and two touchdowns and 24 carries (10/20) … Posted his second straight 100+ yard rushing game against Wisconsin with 117 yards and a touchdown (10/27) … Came up with a monster performance at Iowa, taking 31 carries for 165 yards including a 34-yard touchdown run (11/10) … Added two touchdowns along with 85 yards in win at Minnesota (11/17) … Exploded for 166 yards against Illinois including career-long 55-yard rush (11/24) … Ran for 60 yards on 13 carries while hauling in two receptions for 24 yards against against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship (12/1).
High School: Early enrollee ... Verbally committed to Northwestern on June 23, 2017 ... Rated a three-star prospect and the No. 32 player in the State of Ohio by 247Sports ... Three-time letter winner and varsity starter ... Team Captain senior year ... Named 2017 Ohio Player of the Year by Touchdown Club of Columbus ... Rushed for 2,695 yards, had 320 receiving yards and 32 total touchdowns in his senior campaign ... Named First-Team All-GWOC North and GWOC North Offensive Player of the Year ... First-Team All-State ... Touchdown 7 Dream Team MVP ... Totaled 503 all-purpose yards (413 rushing/90 receiving) and scored seven touchdowns in a game versus Xenia in 2017 ... Finished high school career with 5,482 rushing yards, 695 receiving yards and 75 touchdowns ... Two-time First-Team All-GWOC North ... Twice named Sidney HS Team MVP and Offensive MVP ... Two-time letter winner in basketball, averaging 8.4 points per game ... Named First-Team All-GWOC as a sprinter in track and field during junior year ... Holds Sidney High School records for single-season rushing yards, single-season rushing touchdowns, single-season total touchdowns, single-season carries, points scored in a season, single-season all-purpose yards, single-game rushing yards, single-game carries, single-game total yards ... National Honor Society member ... Honor roll student ... Academic All-State ... Plans to major in civil engineering.
