Griffin Bowes, Wheaton College football
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Griffin Bowes

KSeasons 2016–2019 (4)Games 386'1" · 192 lbsHometown Grand Rapids, Mich.High school Grand Rapids Christian
Player of the Week · 2018First Team All-CCIW · 2019All-Region · 2019
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Points
207
0 TD
Field goals
20/30
66.7% · long 46

In the Official Record Book

As published by Wheaton College Athletics — every era since 1914 · the full book

Career Records

Career totals as published, including seasons this archive has no report forOfficial
RecordMarkLineAll-timeSeasons
Kickoff Touchbacks83 TBs1st2016-19
Kickoff Yards15,200 KO Yds268 KOs1st2016-19
Kickoffs268 KOs1st2016-19
PAT Percentage Min 50 Attempts.936 PAT%147-157 PAT - PATA4th2016-18
PATs147 PATs4th2016-18
Field Goal Percentage Min 10 Attempts66.7% FG%20 FG · 30 FGA6th2016-19
Field Goals20 FGs7th2016-19
Field Goals Attempted30 FGA20 FG7th2016-19
Scoring201 Pts0 TD · 144 PAT · 19 FG · 0 XP-214th2016-19

Single-Season Records

One season, as publishedOfficial
RecordMarkLineAll-timeSeason
Kickoff Touchbacks46 TBs1st2019
Kickoff Yards5,811 KO Yds102 KOs1st2019
Kickoffs102 KOs1st2019
PATs75 PATs2nd2019
Field Goal Percentage Min 5 Attempts85.7% FG%6 FG · 7 FGA3rd2018
Kickoff Touchbacks19 TBs4th2018
Field Goals Attempted17 FGA11 FG5th2019
Field Goals11 FGs6th2019
Scoring108 Pts0 TD · 75 PAT · 11 FG · 0 XP-27th2019
Kickoffs75 KOs8th2018

Single-Game Records

Official
RecordMarkGame
PATs10vs. Elmhurst, 11/10/18

All-Time Rankings

Best career and season finishes (top 10) and single-game finishes (top 3) on computed leaderboards, 1997–2025
1st Touchbacks · career · 831st Kickoffs · career · 2681st Kickoffs · 2019 · 1021st Touchbacks · 2019 · 462nd PAT Kicks Made · 2019 · 753rd Field Goal Percentage · 2018 · 85.7%4th PAT Kicks Made · career · 1474th Field Goal Attempts · 2019 · 175th Kickoff Average · career · 57.45th Field Goals Made · career · 206th Field Goal Percentage · career · 66.7%6th Field Goal Attempts · career · 306th Points · 2019 · 1086th Field Goals Made · 2019 · 117th Longest Field Goal · career · 468th Kickoff Average · 2019 · 58.69th Points · career · 20710th Longest Field Goal · 2019 · 46

Biography

From the official athletics bio

Career: Converted 20-of-30 field goal attempts with a career long of 46 yards and made 147 extra points...ranks ninth in program history with 207 career points.

2016: Appeared in eight games in his debut season with the Thunder, connecting on 19-of-21 PAT attempts and 3-of-6 field goal attempts with a season-long of 24 yards...recorded six touchbacks on kickoffs.

2017: Made eight appearances, averaging 57.6 yards per kickoff and recording 12 touchbacks...made one special teams tackle.

2018: Special Teams Player of the Week on Nov. 5...started all ten games, converting six-of-seven field goal attempts with a long of 33 yards...was successful on 53-of-57 extra point attempts...averaged 56.2 yards per kickoff with 19 touchbacks...tied a program record with 10 extra-points against Elmhurst on Nov. 10.

2019: D3football.com Third Team All-North Region...First Team All-CCIW...started all 13 games, converting 11-17 field goal attempts with a long of 46 yards and 75-79 extra-point attempts...averaged 58.6 yards per kickoff with 46 touchbacks.

High school: A two-year varsity starter in his prep career at Grand Rapids Christian High School.

Major: Business/Economics

Photographs

3 frames from 3 games, tagged by jersey number · in the gallery
Field goal kick Griffin Bowes holder John Bickle
Field goal kick Griffin Bowes holder John BickleNov 30 Wheaton vs Central College6Griffin Bowes9John Bickle
FG XP kick Griffin Bowes holder No. 9 ball down
FG XP kick Griffin Bowes holder No. 9 ball downNov 23 Wheaton vs Martin Luther College6Griffin Bowes9Bickle or Brown
FG follow-through Griffin Bowes holder John Bickle
FG follow-through Griffin Bowes holder John BickleSep 21 Wheaton vs Illinois Wesleyan University6Griffin Bowes9John Bickle

Season by Season

Scoring

SeasonTDFGMPATPATAPts
201603192128
201806535771
20190117579108
Career020147157207

Defense

SeasonGPSoloAstTotTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFFFRBlk
201781010.00.0000000

Field Goals

SeasonFGMFGAPctLongBlk
20163650.0%240
20186785.7%330
2019111764.7%460
Career203066.7%460

Punting

SeasonNoYdsAvgLongIn20TBBlk
201713939.039000

Kickoffs

SeasonNoYdsAvgTBOB
2016301,68356.161
2017613,51457.6125
2018754,21656.2192
20191025,97458.6461
Career26815,38757.4839

Game Logs

From box scores, 1997–2025
DateOpponentTDFGMPATPATAPts
Sep 3, 2016Benedictine University00222
Sep 10, 2016Kalamazoo College01679
Sep 17, 2016Carthage College00121
Sep 24, 2016Elmhurst University01114
Oct 1, 2016Illinois Wesleyan University01447
Oct 8, 2016Millikin University00555
Sep 15, 2018Illinois Wesleyan University00222
Sep 22, 2018Millikin University00888
Sep 29, 2018North Central College017710
Oct 6, 2018North Park University00787
Oct 13, 2018WashU01003
Oct 13, 2018WashU00111
Oct 20, 2018Augustana College (IL)00232
Oct 27, 2018Carroll University017810
Nov 3, 2018Carthage College026612
Nov 10, 2018Elmhurst University00101010
Sep 7, 2019Monmouth College01558
Sep 21, 2019Illinois Wesleyan University01336
Sep 28, 2019Millikin University028814
Oct 5, 2019North Central College00555
Oct 12, 2019North Park University00999
Oct 19, 2019WashU017710
Oct 26, 2019Augustana College (IL)01558
Nov 2, 2019Carroll University01003
Nov 2, 2019Carroll University00676
Nov 9, 2019Carthage College025511
Nov 16, 2019Elmhurst University01679
Nov 23, 2019Martin Luther College01679
Nov 30, 2019Central College00777
Dec 7, 2019Saint John's University00343

Roster History

Season#PosClassHtWtHometownHigh School
201639KFreshman6'1"190 lbsGrand Rapids, Mich.Grand Rapids Christian
201739KSophomore6'1"202 lbsGrand Rapids, Mich.Grand Rapids Christian
20186KJunior6'1"190 lbsGrand Rapids, Mich.Grand Rapids Christian
20196KSenior6'1"192 lbsGrand Rapids, Mich.Grand Rapids Christian