ATL Atlanta Falcons · DB· #33

Billy Bowman Jr.

Age: 23
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 192 lbs
College: Oklahoma
Drafted: 2025, No. 118 overall (ATL)
Experience: 2nd NFL season

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Overall grade

8th of 96 cornerbacks

Elite

above average; 50 is average

Grades updated Mon, Oct 12, 3:02 AM ETRechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Billy grades above average among cornerbacks so far, with no number far from the middle.

Back in the lineup: He missed 2 games earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 7 of every 10 plays when he plays.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 3 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the cornerbacks in the league.

Completion rate allowed45%11th of 96small sample
Passer rating allowed6513th of 96small sample
Passes defended per target18%25th of 96small sample
Yards allowed per target6.128th of 96small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying cornerbacks. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among cornerbacks after each week, and every game behind it.

Season rank slipped: 87th to 72nd percentile since Wk 3.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Yards allowed per target game by game
Week	Opponent	That game	targets	Season rank after
3	vs GB	4.9	8	87th pct
4	vs NO	9.3	3	72nd pct

Lower is better for this stat. One game is a small sample: a single stat over 6 targets can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every cornerback with at least 10 targets. Right on the strip is better.

Yards allowed per target

Above typical

6.1lower is better

28th of 96 cornerbacks · top 30%

11.2worse to better4.2

The yards the receiver he is covering gets each time he is targeted. Fewer is better.

The box score: Interceptions are rare and say little about the hundred plays where he is just covering.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, teams won 72% of the time when their cornerback was in the best third on yards allowed per target, and 55% when he was in the worst third.

Passer rating allowed

Well above typical

65lower is better

13th of 96 cornerbacks · top 14%

115worse to better62

The passer rating of quarterbacks throwing at him. 158.3 is perfect for the passer, so lower is better for the defender.

The box score: Not in the box score.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, teams won 72% of the time when their cornerback was in the best third on passer rating allowed, and 53% when he was in the worst third.

Completion rate allowed

Well above typical

45%lower is better

11th of 96 cornerbacks · top 12%

74%worse to better45%

The share of passes thrown at him that are completed. Fewer is better.

The box score: Not in the box score.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, a good or bad game on completion rate allowed from a cornerback has not lined up much with his team winning (64% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Passes defended per target

Above typical

18%

25th of 96 cornerbacks · top 27%

0%worse to better24%

How often a pass thrown at him ends with him breaking it up. A cornerback does this far more often than he intercepts.

The box score: Passes defended are counted, but never against how often he was tested.

Does it show up in winning? Across 143 games league-wide, a good or bad game on passes defended per target from a cornerback has not lined up much with his team winning (60% wins in the best third, 68% in the worst).

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the cornerbacks around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Depth of passes at him

Style

9.2 yds

Right around the middle of cornerbacks: a typical one is 10.6 yds.

5.4 ydslow to high14.2 yds

How far downfield the passes thrown at him travel on average. It shows whether he is tested deep or underneath, which is a role, not a grade.

Playing time

He has played in 2 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 69% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Back in the lineup. He missed 2 games earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 7 of every 10 plays when he plays.

out
PIT
out
CAR
65%
GB
72%
NO
?
BAL

Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Billy Bowman Jr. game by game
Game	Result	Snaps	Tkl	Solo	Ast	PBU	Missed	Yds/target	Rating against	Comp % against	PBU/target
Wk 3 vs GB	W 35–14	65%	1	1	0	2	2	4.9	54	38%	25%
Wk 4 vs NO	W 45–24	72%	2	2	0	0	0	9.3	97	67%	0%
Wk 5 vs BAL	L 23–30	–	2	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among cornerbacks. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Billy Bowman Jr. box score totals
Stat	Total	Rank
Tackles	5	95th of 96
Solo tackles	4	91st of 96
Assisted tackles	1	88th of 96
Tackles for loss	0	51st of 96
Sacks	0	11th of 96
Pressures	0	25th of 96
Passes defended	2	51st of 96
Interceptions	0	27th of 96
Missed tackles	2	20th of 96

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Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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