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Brian Kowall
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
UCLA Athletics - 2023 UCLA Football student athlete portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
July 18th and 19th, 2023
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Jersey Number 26

Brian Kowall

  • Position:
    Running Back
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Templeton, Calif.
  • High School:
    Mission College Preparatory Catholic HS

2023
Appeared in one game ... saw action against North Carolina Central and had one carry for two yards.

2022
Did not see game action.

2021
Saw his first career action against Hawai'i and ran for 24 yards.

2020
Did not see game action in his first season in the program.

High School
Racked up 525 carries for 4,337 rushing yards and school-record 57 touchdowns for prep career (2017-19); ranks second on program’s all-time rushing yards list … posted 217 carries for 1,260 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2019 … named Ocean League Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 … served as team captain ... selected to participate in 2020 FCA All-Star Football Classic … piled up 2,013 yards and 26 touchdowns on 161 carries in 2018 … Royals seized CIF-Central Section 8-man title in 2018, going 11-0; MCP returned to full 11-man schedule in 2019 … named Mission College Prep Male Athlete of the Year as a junior ... also played baseball and basketball.

Personal
Son of Mark and Margie Kowall ... has a younger sister ...  Walter Payton and Kobe Bryant are the famous athletes he most admires ... hobbies include golf, fishing and all outdoor activities ... lists his greatest thrill in sports as being part of his high school team's first CIF Championship … cousin of Miami Dolphins running back Patrick Laird, who also starred for Royals before taking talents to California, Berkeley ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023 and Winter 2024.

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