Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Will play fifth season at Columbia … Endured injuries throughout his career but played in 24 games with 16 career starts … Has started eight straight games upon entering 2020 season … Started seven consecutive games (Oct. 6, 2018-Sept. 21, 2019) … Three-year letterman.
 
2020
 
Named a preseason Third Team All-Ivy League selection by Phil Steele Magazine.
 
2019
 
Saw action in eight games with eight starts as a senior offensive lineman … Named the team’s co-John J. Cirgliano Ironman Award at team banquet …Listed as the starting right tackle on the offensive depth chart … Started each of the season’s last eight games at right tackle.
 
2018
 
Saw action in nine games with seven starts as a junior offensive lineman … Started each of the last seven games of the season (Marist, Oct. 6-current) … Listed as the starter at left guard on the depth chart … Missed early portion of season win an injury … 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
 
Saw action in seven games with one start as a sophomore offensive lineman … Also plays on special teams … Made first career start at left guard at Cornell (Nov. 11).
 
2016
 
Did not see any action as a first-year offensive lineman … Contributed on the offensive line.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2016 graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tenn., where he played three years of varsity football for head coach Marty Euverard … All-State honoree … Nashville Area All-Region honoree … Blue-Grey All-American on the offensive line … Member of the 2014 Tennessee State Division 2 state champion and 2015 Tennessee State Runner-Up football team at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville … Led the Big Red to an 11-2 overall record, 5-1 conference record and a Class 2A state finals appearance as a senior in 2015 … The Big Red lost a 56-55 double overtime decision to Brentwood Academy in the state title game … Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Ranked the state of Tennessee’s No. 77 recruit and No. 177 overall offensive guard by 247sports … Also competed in wrestling and track and field … Earned three letters in wrestling and two in track & field … Took third place in the heavyweight division at the 2014 Tennessee State Wrestling Tournament … Personal best in the shot put was a 41-2 throw.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Joseph Redford Scowden on July 23, 1998 … Son of Eric and Liz Scowden … Parents attended the University of Kentucky … Chose Columbia over offers from Richmond, Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Memphis, Navy, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Western Carolina and Yale … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in the Earth Institute.