2014: Declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season… Named a Second Team All-American by Sporting News and Walter Camp and a Fourth Team All-American by Phil Steele… Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from Sports Illustrated… Selected to the All-SEC First Team by the leagues’ coaches, ESPN.com and Phil Steele… Voted the Defensive MVP and Ray Graves Award winner (Overall Team MVP), and was selected a season captain by his teammates… Finished fourth on the team with 60 total tackles and led the team with 15.0 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks… Also had a team-leading 17 quarterback hurries… Set a career-high with 3.0 sacks in his final collegiate game against East Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl victory… Posted a career-high 11 tackles against LSU… 2013: Named to the All-SEC Second Team by the media… Selected to the College Football News All-Sophomore team… Named the Athlon Sports National Defensive Player of the Week and the SEC Defensive Player of the Week following the Tennessee game, in which he had three tackles-for-loss, one sack, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery… Named to the Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC First Team… Fifth on the team in total tackles, leading all defensive linemen… Led the team with 10.5 tackles-for-loss and ranked second with 3.5 sacks… Named a captain for the Missouri and Georgia Southern games… 2012: Saw action in all 13 games, making his first start against Missouri… Named First-Team SEC Coaches’ All-Freshman (DL), CBSSports.com Freshman All-America and Second Team All-Freshman by Scout.com, Phil Steele and FoxSportsNext.com… Registered a TFL in four of the last five games of the season (Missouri, Louisiana, Jacksonville State and Louisville)… Second-leading tackler among freshmen.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
A five-star prospect ranked as the No. 3 weakside defensive end and No. 28 recruit overall by Rivals.com… Was the No. 5 prospect in the state of Florida according to Rivals.com… Ranked in the Rivals100 national list (No. 28), as well as the ESPN 150 national list (No. 71)… Named an Honorable Mention All-American by Sports Illustrated… Competed in the 2012 Under Armour All-American Game… Helped Lakewood to a 7-4 record as a senior… Chose Florida over Florida State, Southern Cal, Auburn, Georgia, LSU and Ohio State among others… Coached by Cory Moore.
FOWLER’S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 11 (LSU, 2014)
QB Sacks: 3.0 (ECU, 2014)
Forced Fumbles: 2 (Tennessee, 2013)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 (Tennessee, 2013)
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2012 (13 GP/1 GS*)
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Defensive Stats
|
|
OPPONENT
|
U
|
A
|
T
|
TFL
|
SK
|
INT
|
PB
|
FR
|
FF
|
|
BGSU - 9/1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
at TAMU - 9/8
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
at #23 Tenn - 9/15
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kty - 9/22
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
#4 LSU - 10/6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
at Vandy - 10/13
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
#9 SC - 10/20
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
vs. #12 UGA - 10/27
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Mizzou - 11/3
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Louisiana - 11/10
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Jack St - 11/17
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
at #10 FSU - 11/24
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
#21 Louisville 1/2/13
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2012 Totals
|
13
|
17
|
30
|
8
|
2.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2013 (12 GP/12 GS*)
|
Defensive Stats
|
|
OPPONENT
|
U
|
A
|
T
|
TFL
|
SK
|
INT
|
PB
|
FR
|
FF
|
|
*Toledo - 8/31
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at #24 Miami - 9/7
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Tenn - 9/21
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
*at Kty - 9/28
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Ark - 10/5
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at #10 LSU - 10/12
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at #14 Mizzou - 10/19
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
*vs. UGA - 11/2
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Vandy - 11/9
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at SC - 11/16
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
*GS - 11/23
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*#2 FSU - 11/30
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2013 Totals
|
31
|
19
|
50
|
10.5
|
3.5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2014 (12 GP/12 GS*)
|
Defensive Stats
|
|
OPPONENT
|
U
|
A
|
T
|
TFL
|
SK
|
INT
|
PB
|
FR
|
FF
|
|
*E.Mich - 9/6
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Kentucky - 9/13
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
*at Bama - 9/20
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
*at Tenn - 10/4
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*LSU - 10/11
|
4
|
7
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*Missouri - 10/18
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*vs. UGA - 11/1
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
2.5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at Vandy - 11/8
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
*SC - 11/15
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*E.Kty - 11/22
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
*at FSU - 11/29
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
*vs. ECU - 1/3
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2014 Totals
|
29
|
31
|
60
|
15
|
8.5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Career Totals
|
U
|
A
|
T
|
TFL
|
SK
|
INT
|
PB
|
FR
|
FF
|
|
37 GP/25 GS
|
73
|
67
|
140
|
34
|
14.5
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
