2014 Football Roster
Roster
Dowels, Juwan

Jersey Number 15
Juwan Dowels
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 166
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sunrise, Fla.
- High School:
- American Heritage
Bio
Career Overview:Â Played in 24 games with seven starts at cornerback from 2015-17 ... Recorded 69 tackles, eight passes defended and two interceptions ... Missed most of 2016 due to injury ... Redshirted in 2014 ... Two letters.
Junior Year (2017): Played in 10 games at cornerback, starting one ... Posted 25 tackles, including one for a loss, one interception and one pass breakup ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Central Connecticut State (9/1), returned to the field for the first time in nearly a year and recorded three tackles ... Carded one tackle and broke up a pass versus Central Michigan (9/16) ... At LSU (9/23), made four tackles and intercepted a pass ... Had five tackles versus Clemson (10/13) ... At Miami (10/21), started in place the injured Scoop Bradshaw and made a pair of tackles ... Season-high six tackles, including one for a loss of two yards, against Boston College (11/25).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in two games, starting one, at cornerback ... Had three tackles in the season opener versus Colgate (9/2) ... Against Louisville (9/9), started and recorded one tackle before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter.
Freshman Year (2015): Played in 12 games at cornerback, starting the last five ... Registered 40 tackles (29 solo) and led the Orange in passes defended (6) and pass breakups (5) ... Made his college debut in the season opener versus Rhode Island (9/4) ... Against Wake Forest (9/12), got his name on the stat sheet for the first time with four tackles ... Followed it up with five tackles versus Central Michigan (9/19) ... Credited with one tackle and broke up his first career pass at Virginia (10/17) ... Made his first career start and recorded five tackles and one pass breakup at Florida State (10/31) ... Notched seven tackles (six solo), including one for a loss, and intercepted his first career pass against Clemson (11/14) ... Also had a pass breakup against the Tigers ... Set career highs for tackles (8) and pass breakups (2) at NC State (11/21).
2014: Redshirt season … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
High School: Coached by former University of Miami star and ex-NFL player Mike Rumph ... Team captured the Class 5A FHSAA State Football Championship … First-team all-state selection … 2013 Sun Sentinel Broward Class 5-A-4A-3A-2A Defensive Player of the Year … Led American Heritage to a 15-1 record as a senior, recording 44 tackles and nine interceptions … Two-time captain.
Personal: Juwan D. Dowels … Born in September 1995 in Plantation, Fla. … Son of Jonathan Dowels and Sandra Thomas … Four brothers, one sister … Child and family studies major.
Junior Year (2017): Played in 10 games at cornerback, starting one ... Posted 25 tackles, including one for a loss, one interception and one pass breakup ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Central Connecticut State (9/1), returned to the field for the first time in nearly a year and recorded three tackles ... Carded one tackle and broke up a pass versus Central Michigan (9/16) ... At LSU (9/23), made four tackles and intercepted a pass ... Had five tackles versus Clemson (10/13) ... At Miami (10/21), started in place the injured Scoop Bradshaw and made a pair of tackles ... Season-high six tackles, including one for a loss of two yards, against Boston College (11/25).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in two games, starting one, at cornerback ... Had three tackles in the season opener versus Colgate (9/2) ... Against Louisville (9/9), started and recorded one tackle before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter.
Freshman Year (2015): Played in 12 games at cornerback, starting the last five ... Registered 40 tackles (29 solo) and led the Orange in passes defended (6) and pass breakups (5) ... Made his college debut in the season opener versus Rhode Island (9/4) ... Against Wake Forest (9/12), got his name on the stat sheet for the first time with four tackles ... Followed it up with five tackles versus Central Michigan (9/19) ... Credited with one tackle and broke up his first career pass at Virginia (10/17) ... Made his first career start and recorded five tackles and one pass breakup at Florida State (10/31) ... Notched seven tackles (six solo), including one for a loss, and intercepted his first career pass against Clemson (11/14) ... Also had a pass breakup against the Tigers ... Set career highs for tackles (8) and pass breakups (2) at NC State (11/21).
2014: Redshirt season … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.
High School: Coached by former University of Miami star and ex-NFL player Mike Rumph ... Team captured the Class 5A FHSAA State Football Championship … First-team all-state selection … 2013 Sun Sentinel Broward Class 5-A-4A-3A-2A Defensive Player of the Year … Led American Heritage to a 15-1 record as a senior, recording 44 tackles and nine interceptions … Two-time captain.
Personal: Juwan D. Dowels … Born in September 1995 in Plantation, Fla. … Son of Jonathan Dowels and Sandra Thomas … Four brothers, one sister … Child and family studies major.
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