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Free Safety
6-0 · 205
Dallas, Texas (Carter)
#7
A three-year free safety who played in 22 career games with 20 starting assignments, including the 1999 Cotton Bowl ... posted 142 career tackles (94 solo) and had five 10-tackle games ... also recorded three tackles for loss, five PBU, one fumble caused and six fumble recoveries ... ranked third on the UT freshman solo tackles list (65) and fourth on the UT freshman total tackles list (95) ... led the team in fumble recoveries in 1998 (four) and 1997 (two).
SOPHOMORE (1998)
Played in 11 games, including the 1999 Cotton Bowl, with 10 starting assignments ... recorded 47 tackles (29 solo) on the season ... also posted three PBU, one fumble caused and a team-high four fumble recoveries ... his four fumble recoveries were the most on the team ... was part of the Texas defense that allowed just 114.5 rushing yards per game in its eight conference contests ... opened the season against New Mexico State with four tackles ... posted eight tackles (seven solo) at No. 6 UCLA ... posted three solo tackles, a fumble caused and a fumble recovery at No. 5 Kansas State ... had a season-high 10 tackles against Iowa State ... recorded seven stops (three solo) and recovered a fumble at No. 7 Nebraska ... also helped hold the Huskers to nearly 100 yards less than its season average in snapping a 47-game Husker home-winning streak with a 20-16 victory in Lincoln ... had four stops in the Cotton Bowl victory over No. 25 Mississippi State.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (1997)
Played in all 11 games and started 10 at free safety ... ranked second on the team and fourth on the UT freshman total tackles list ... his 65 solo stops ranked third on the UT freshman list ... also had three tackles for loss (-14 yards) and a sack ... turned in one interception, two pass breakups and a team-high two fumble recoveries ... posted a career-high 12 stops vs. UCLA and at Rice ... had 11 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Missouri and 10 stops vs. Colorado ... picked off his first career pass at Baylor ... had nine tackles and two tackles for loss at Texas A&M ... redshirted in 1996.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Freddie James at Carter High ... was a consensus state top 100 prospect who posted five interceptions as a senior and 20 during his varsity career ... returned two picks for TDs.
PERSONAL
Born 3/31/78 in Lawton, Oklahoma ... full name is Donald Ray McCowen ... majored in education ... was a member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall of 1996.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL INT PBU FC FR High
1998 10/9 47 (29) 0 0 0 3 1 4 10/ISU
1997 11/10 95 (65) 1 (-14) 3 (-14) 1 2 0 2 12/2x
1996 Redshirt
Career 21/19 142 (94) 1 (-14) 3 (-14) 1 5 1 6 12/2x
High Games
Tackles: 12 vs. UCLA (Fr.) and at Rice (Fr.)
10-Tackle Games: 5 (12 vs. UCLA, Fr.; 12 at Rice, Fr.; 11 vs. Missouri, Fr.; 10 vs. Colorado, Fr.; 10 vs. Iowa State, So.)
