PRO: Exciting kick returner saw action in seven games after being claimed off waivers from the New York Jets in November, 2008…Became the first player in Raiders history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a single season…Selected to the Pro Bowl after the 2006 season and has returned five career kickoffs for touchdowns.
2009: Played in one game and returned six kickoffs for 106 yards...Released on 9/30...
2008: Saw action in eight games, seven with the Raiders…Returned 32 kickoffs for 794 yards for the Raiders, averaging 24.8 yards per return…Contributed a solo tackle on defense…Also saw action in one game with the Jets, returning a kickoff for 22 yards and making a tackle while seeing action as a defensive back…(11/16) @ MIA: Assumed kick returning duties in first game as a Raider…Fielded four kickoffs for 84 yards (21.0 per return), including a 40-yard return to open the contest…(11/23) @ DEN: Had three kick returns for 63 yards, including a long of 29 yards…Also saw time at CB…(11/30) vs. KC: Returned five kickoffs for 103 yards…(12/4) @ SD: Had six kickoff returns for 174 yards — including a 92-yard return for a touchdown in the second quarter…(12/14) vs. NE: Returned six kickoffs for 188 yards — including a 91-yard return for a touchdown…Became the first player in franchise history to return kickoffs for a touchdown in consecutive games…Had one solo tackle on defense…(12/21) vs. HOU: Had four returns for 92 yards…(12/28) @ TB: Had four returns for 90 yards…Also saw action at CB.
2007: Appeared in two games before being placed on Injured Reserve on 9/18…(9/9) vs. NE: Returned one kickoff for 26 yards and recorded two tackles in season opener…(9/16) @ BUF: Returned one kickoff for 22 yards.
2006: Named to AFC Pro Bowl squad after leading the NFL with an average of 28.3 yards per return and two touchdowns on 46 kickoff returns…Saw action in all 16 games, making four starts at CB…Totaled 53 tackles and six passes defensed…Had two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery…(9/10) @ TEN: Had five tackles and two passes defensed…Had a 41-yard kickoff return that set up the go-ahead touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter…(10/1) vs. IND: Set a Jets record with a 103-yard kick return for a touchdown…Also chipped in with nine tackles, matching a career high…(10/8) @ JAX: Returned a career-high eight kickoffs for 172 yards…(10/22) vs. DET: Had a 56-yard kickoff return to set up a touchdown…Had three kickoff returns for 98 yards, averaging 32.7 yards per return…(10/29) @ CLE: Returned a kickoff for 99 yards and a touchdown, marking his second touchdown of the season and third in his career (setting a Jets record)…Totaled 161 yards on four kick returns (40.3)…(11/12) @ NE: Had a 62-yard kick return…(12/10) vs. BUF: Recorded a forced fumble and first career fumble recovery, setting up offense at Buffalo’s 26-yard line for a field goal drive…Also contributed a 42-yard kick return that set up New York’s only touchdown…Postseason: (1/7/07) @ NE: Returned six kickoffs for 136 yards in AFC Wild Card Game…Also posted two solo tackles and one pass defensed.
2005: Saw action in all 16 games with eight starts at CB…Returned 60 kickoffs for 1,577 yards (26.3) and a touchdown…Totaled 44 tackles and two passes defensed…(9/11) @ KC: Had first career kickoff return for 30 yards…Finished with 182 yards on six returns and a long of 50 yards…(10/2) @ BAL: Made first career tackle…Also returned four kickoffs for 109 yards (27.3)…(10/16) @ BUF: Contributed two solo tackles…(11/13) @ CAR: Made first career start at CB…Collected six tackles and helped hold WR Steve Smith to 34 receiving yards…Also returned seven kicks for 133 yards…(12/26) vs. NE: Made his seventh straight start and collected nine tackles…(1/1/06) vs. BUF: Returned six kickoffs for 221 yards, including his first career touchdown on a 95-yard return…Also posted three tackles and a pass defensed…Selected by the Jets in the second round (57th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.
COLLEGE: Had 13 interceptions in three collegiate seasons, placing him third in Clemson history behind Terry Kinard (17, 1978-82) and Fred Knoebel (15, 1950-52)…Ranks fourth in Clemson history with 44 career pass breakups…His five career kick return touchdowns and 30.7-yard kick return average set Clemson records and his average is the best in Atlantic Coast Conference history and fourth in NCAA history…As junior in final Clemson season, had school single season record of three touchdowns on kick returns and led nation with 33.1-yard kick return average…Earned All-America first team selection as return specialist by The NFL Draft Report, second team honors from Rivals.com and All-ACC second team honors at DB as a junior…Started every game at CB as sophomore…Selected unanimous Freshman All-America first team choice by Football Writers Association, The Sporting News and College Football News.
PERSONAL: At Owensboro (Ky.) High School, was ranked Super Prep All-American as ninth-best skill athlete in nation and second-best player in Kentucky…As a senior, rushed for 814 yards and 21 TDs and caught 19 passes for 489 yards and six TDs…Had eight INTs and 19 PDs on defense and returned three kickoffs for TDs…In track, ran 10.6 seconds in 100-meter dash and won state long jump title as junior…Won title of “NFL’s Fastest Man” after winning 40-yard dash before 2007 Pro Bowl in Honolulu…Mother, Donna Bowman, served in Army as drill instructor for initial-entry soldiers for two tours in Korea and one tour at Fort Gordon (Ga.) before retiring in 2001.
