Career
In his second NBL season with the Wildcats, he was named the club"s Most Improved Player. He established himself as a regular part of the Wildcats rotation. After the 2006-2007 NBL season, Dowdell played for the Wanneroo Wolves in the State Basketball League, where he averaged 27.5ppg.
Dowdell left the Wildcats to play for the Townsville Crocodiles in the 2009-2010 NBL season where he played 30 games, averaging 3.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game for the season.
Following a single season with the Crocodiles, Dowdell signed to play for the Adelaide 36ers for the 2010-2011 NBL season and played all 28 games for the 36ers and averaged 4.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. After the 2010-2011 season, Dowdell once again changed clubs, this time moving north to the Cairns Taipans.
At the end of 2011, the Adelaide Crows Football Club announced the signing of Jeff Dowdell"s younger brother Ben to the rookie list. He has no American Federation of Labor-Congress background and was signed purely for height, athleticism and potential.
In his 196 game NBL career, he is so far averaging 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.