J.R. Lowery is in his third season as an assistant coach working primarily with the defensive tackles after concluding a four-year playing career with the Bobcat football program.
Last fall, the Bobcats finished 39th in the country in total defense (287.9), 15th in team tackles for loss (8.7), 50th in scoring defense 18.4, 19th in team sacks (3.45) and fifth in third-down conversion defense (.254). The Bobcats hosted two NCAA Playoff games and finished 10-1 overall following a perfect 9-0 regular season.
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In 2017, Frostburg finished 16th in the nation in total defense (265.6), posted 40 sacks and 108 tackles for loss. The Bobcats won a school record 11 games and advanced to the NCAA Playoff quarterfinals.
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.
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.
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.
He graduated from Frostburg State in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in both law & society and sociology.
