Brent Michael Bowden was born on May 21,1987 and is an American former professional football punter.
27 Facts About Brent Bowden
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Brent Bowden was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.
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Brent Bowden was born on May 21,1987, in Huntsville, Alabama, to Tim and Denise Brent Bowden.
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Brent Bowden's older brother, Chris Hall, was a punter for the Florida State Seminoles.
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Brent Bowden attended Westfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he lettered in football as a punter.
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Brent Bowden had seven punts that were downed inside the 20-yard line and 11 punts that were fair caught.
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Brent Bowden earned Associated Press and Virginia High School Coaches Association first-team all-state honors after his senior season.
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Brent Bowden was named first-team All-Concorde District, All-Northern Region and The Washington Post All-Met.
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In 2005, Brent Bowden was redshirted and served as the backup punter behind Nic Schmitt.
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Brent Bowden dressed for all 13 games, but did not see any playing time.
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In 2006, Brent Bowden dressed for every game in the season, but, like the previous season, did not play in any of them.
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Brent Bowden was the backup to Schmitt again at punter and was the backup holder on kicks.
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In 2007, Brent Bowden became the starting punter for the Hokies after Nic Schmitt graduated.
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Brent Bowden had a long of 52, and four of his punts landed inside the 20-yard line.
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Brent Bowden had one punt that landed in the endzone for a touchback, and he had a long of 47.
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Brent Bowden had a long of 52 and had three punts landed inside the 20-yard line and one go into the endzone for a touchback.
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Brent Bowden had one touchback and two punts that landed inside the 20-yard line.
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For 2007 Brent Bowden started and played in all 14 games and tied the VT record for most punts in a year with 87 while Dunlevy had 1 punt, totaling 88 VT punts for the year.
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For 2008 Brent Bowden started and played all 14 games with 69 punts with a gross average of 40.4 yds.
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Brent Bowden punted 27 I20 with 24 downed I20,23 returns, 11 Fair Catches, 6 touchbacks, 11 out of bounds, and longest 57 yds.
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For 2009 Brent Bowden started and played in all 13 games with 57 punts, 43.65 gross, 37.2 net, punted 21 I20,20 downed I20,13 fair catches, 20 returns, 10 out of bounds, and longest 60 yds.
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Brent Bowden was named the first-team All-ACC punter for 2009 with a 43.8 gross average.
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Brent Bowden played in the Texas vs The Nation Game on February 6,2010, averaging over 50 yards on 8 punts.
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Brent Bowden was ranked as the second-best punter in the 2010 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Brent Bowden was invited to participate in the 2010 NFL Scouting Combine.
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Brent Bowden was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.
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Brent Bowden was signed to a four-year contract on June 16,2010.