DaQuan Bowers
Bowers with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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| No. 92 – Edmonton Eskimos | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 23, 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bamberg, South Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 288 lb (131 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Bamberg-Ehrhardt (SC) | ||||||||
| College: | Clemson | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| CFL status: | International | ||||||||
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| Player stats at CFL.ca | |||||||||
| Tackles: | 66 |
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| Quarterback sacks: | 7.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
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Da'Quan Bowers (born February 23, 1990) is a Canadian football defensive end for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson, where he earned unanimous All-American honors.
Bowers attended Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School in Bamberg, South Carolina, where he was a Three-sport athlete in football and track. He played as a defensive end and running back for the Bamberg-Ehrhardt Red Raiders high school football team. As a senior in 2008, he led the team to an 11–2 record by recording 97 tackles, 33 tackles for loss and 14 sacks on defense, while on offense, he rushed for 1,219 yards and scored 19 touchdowns, he caught two touchdown passes, averaged 40 yards per kickoff return, and blocked seven kicks.
Bowers also starred in track & field as a shot putter (top-throw of 46-0.75 or 14.35m) and sprinter (11.7s 100m).
Bowers was ranked the No. 1 overall prospect by ESPN.com in 2008, the first Clemson recruit in history to be ranked as the number-one player in the nation by any recruiting service. Rivals.com dubbed Bowers the top defensive end prospect of the high school classes 2005–2009, describing him as "the closest thing to Reggie White and Bruce Smith". He chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
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