| Oklahoma Sooners–No. 2 | |
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| Position | Safety |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Sociology |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 29, 2003 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Ryan (Denton, Texas) |
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Billy Bowman Jr. (born January 29, 2003) is an American football safety for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Bowman Jr. attended Billy Ryan High School in Denton, Texas. [1] He played defensive back and wide receiver in high school. As a senior, he had 86 receptions for 1,207 yards and 15 touchdowns. [2] He was selected to play in the 2021 Under Armour All-America Game. Bowman Jr. originally committed to play college football at the University of Texas at Austin before switching to the University of Oklahoma. [3] [4] [5]
As a true freshman at Oklahoma in 2021, Bowman Jr. started seven of 11 games and had 22 tackles. [6] As a sophomore in 2022, he played in 11 games with nine starts and recorded 60 tackles and three interceptions. He returned to Oklahoma as a starter in 2023. [7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 9+7⁄8 in (1.77 m) | 192 lb (87 kg) | 28+1⁄2 in (0.72 m) | 8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) | 4.42 s | 1.52 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | |||||
| All values from NFL Combine [8] [9] [10] | ||||||||||||
On December 31, 2023, Bowman became engaged to Oklahoma Sooners softball All-American Jayda Coleman. [11]