James Bowden
James Bowden
Born: June 4, 1973
Gastonia, NC
Position: WR/LB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 185
College: North Carolina A&T
Career: 1997-2004
James Bowden played from 1997 to 2004 during his career with the Buffalo Destroyers, New England Sea Wolves, New Jersey Gladiators, New York CityHawks, Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm. Bowden caught 361 passes for 4,454 yards and 72 receiving touchdowns in his career.
 New York CityHawks |
 New England Sea Wolves |
 Tampa Bay Storm |
 New Jersey Gladiators |
 Buffalo Destroyers |
 Orlando Predators |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 158.3 |
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arena New York CityHawks | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Arena New York CityHawks | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 3 | |
| 2003 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 36 | 113 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arena New York CityHawks | 47 | 634 | 13.5 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Arena New York CityHawks | 54 | 689 | 12.8 | 10 | |
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 35 | 400 | 11.4 | 9 | |
| 2000 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 70 | 859 | 12.3 | 9 | |
| 2001 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 90 | 1205 | 13.4 | 26 | |
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 22 | 264 | 12.0 | 4 | |
| 2003 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 3 | |
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 28 | 259 | 9.2 | 5 | |
| Totals | 361 | 4454 | 12.3 | 0 | 72 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arena New York CityHawks | 57 | 1029 | 18.1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 40 | 753 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| 2000 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 43 | 960 | 22.3 | 1 | |
| 2001 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 60 | 1318 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| 2003 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 13 | 242 | 18.6 | 1 | |
| Totals | 223 | 4491 | 20.1 | 0 | 4 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Arena New York CityHawks | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arena New York CityHawks | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | Arena New York CityHawks | 24.5 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 18.5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2000 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2003 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 20 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 60 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1997 | Arena New York CityHawks | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1998 | Arena New York CityHawks | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
| 1999 | Arena New England Sea Wolves | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 2000 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| 2001 | Arena Tampa Bay Storm | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | ||||||
| 2002 | Arena New Jersey Gladiators | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 2003 | Arena Buffalo Destroyers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Totals | 7 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 504 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Arena | New York CityHawks | 12 | |
| 1998 | Arena | New York CityHawks | 12 | |
| 1999 | Arena | New England Sea Wolves | 11 | |
| 2000 | Arena | Tampa Bay Storm | 9 | |
| 2001 | Arena | Tampa Bay Storm | 11 | |
| 2002 | Arena | New Jersey Gladiators | 7 | |
| 2003 | Arena | Buffalo Destroyers | 6 | |
| 2004 | Arena | Orlando Predators | 8 |
Honors
2001 - Arena All-Arena (Second-Team)
