Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Played in 13 career games with one start on the offensive line … Also contributes on special teams.
 
2019
 
Saw action in five games with one start as a junior offensive lineman … Also saw time on special teams … Listed as a backup guard on the offensive depth chart … Earned first career start vs. Georgetown (Sept. 28) … Also action in games at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21), at Dartmouth (Oct. 25), vs. Brown (Nov. 16) and at Cornell (Nov. 23).
 
2018
 
Saw action in eight games as a first-year offensive lineman … Also saw extensive action on special teams … Listed as the second string right guard on the team depth chart … Part of an Lions offensive line that allowed just 19.0 sacks for 126 yards in 2018, which ranks as the second lowest opponent total in school history … Lions offensive line allowed zero sacks at Brown (Nov. 10) and only 1.0 sack in four games (Cornell, Nov. 17; Marist, Oct. 6; at Georgetown, Sept. 22; at Central Connecticut, Sept. 15).
 
2017
 
Did not see any action as a first-year offensive lineman … Contributed at center.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2017 graduate of Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, N.C. where he played three years of varsity football for head coach Joe Evans … Three-time SoMeck 8 All-Conference selection as an offensive lineman … Two-time member of the Charlotte Observer All-Area honorable mention football team … Three-time Scholar-Athlete selection … Allowed only five sacks in his three-year varsity career while playing all five positions on the offensive line … High school, Ardrey Kell, is known for its assembly line of producing college caliber offensive linemen … Named team captain as a senior … Helped guide the Knights to a 6-6 overall and 4-3 league record as a senior … Played both offensive guard and center … Registered 13 pancakes in one game as a junior … Competed on the track and field team primarily in the throwing events … Personal records are a 131-0 in the discus and 50-0 in the shot put … Advanced to the regionals in throwing events … Involved in a variety of community service activities.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Jonathan Neil Rowe on July 17, 1998 in Indianapolis, Ind. … Son of Christopher and Robyn Rowe of Charlotte, N.C. … Has a sister Morgan … Has lived in seven different states … Hobbies and interests include fishing, gaming, reading and working jobs … Chose Columbia because every time he visited the school it felt like home, along with the opportunities that attending Columbia will afford him … Also selected Columbia because of its prestige, coaches, football program and New York City … Chose Columbia over Cornell, Yale, Elon, Air Force, Navy, Campbell and Georgia State … Received offers from eight NCAA Division I programs … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in the Earth Institute.

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