Rebowe from Norco, Louisiana played high school football at Destrehan High School where he was named Class 3A state defensive most valuable player in 1973.
[1][3] Rebowe played college football for the Nicholls State Colonels.
[4] In his junior year in 1976, he was named second-team All-Gulf South Conference and during his senior year in 1977, he was named player of the year in the Gulf South Conference and was a consensus first-team Associated Press All-American, first-team Kodak All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and first-team NCAA All-American.
[6] Rebowe was a free agent selection of the New Orleans Saints in 1978 and played for the team during the 1978 season.
[7][8] In 1979, he was a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.