BOZEMAN — Stats Perform named Montana State junior Caden Dowler among 30 finalists for the 2025 Buck Buchanan Award, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the top defensive player in Division I FCS college football.

Dowler, who looks to become the third Bobcat to win the award, is one of two Big Sky players on the list. He joins UC Davis defensive end Jacob Psyk. He is one of nine defensive backs and one of seven underclassmen. Two Bobcats, defensive ends Brad Daly (2013) and Caleb Schreibeis (2012), previously won the Buck Buchanan Award.

A Billings West product, Dowler has already made history this week, becoming the first Bobcat named Big Sky player of the week in three consecutive weeks. He logged six tackles and returned an intercep

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