J.R. Lowery will join the coaching staff as a graduate assistant working primarily with the defensive line after concluding a four-year playing career with the Bobcat football program.
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Lowery was part of a historic 2016 season as a player for the Frostburg football team that finished 10-1 overall. Lowery, part of one of the top defenses in the nation, was a Second Team All-NJAC selection. Frostburg captured a share of the New Jersey Athletic Conference title, defeated in-state rival Salisbury for the 18th Annual Regents Cup trophy and capped the season with a rout of 22nd-ranked St. John Fisher (38-14) in the ECAC's Asa. S. Bushnell Bowl Game.
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He finished 2016 with 11.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks and two fumble recoveries. A two-sport athlete, Lowery finished as the national runner-up in the shot put at the DIII NCAA Outdoor Championships last May. He also posted a Frostburg and Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) record 18.05 meters (59 ft. 2.75 in.) throw at the Penn Relays on April 28, 2017.
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Lowery won the Frostburg State Male Athlete of the Year award in 2016 and was selected as the Male Strength & Conditioning Athlete of the Year in 2017.
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He graduated from Frostburg State in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in both law & society and sociology.
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