Prospect Profile: ATH Billy Bowman
Hometown: Denton, Texas
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
Position: ATH
School: Denton Ryan
SI All-American Ranking: No. 60 overall player
Player Comparison: Tyler Lockett
Notes: Committed to Texas in July 2019; decommitted in October 2020
Thune's Take: Lincoln Riley offered Bowman this past July, almost a year since he’d verbally committed to Texas. It took Riley all of three months to flip the dynamic jack-of-all-trades. The Longhorns only wanted Bowman to play defensive back and wouldn’t budge on it, which reportedly factored into his decommitment. With that in mind, it would stand to reason that Riley will deploy Bowman on offense, especially since he doesn’t have the stature that Alex Grinch prizes in the secondary. It’s not difficult to envision Bowman taking on a Tavon Austin-esque role in the Oklahoma offense, getting 12-15 touches a game from the slot and out of the backfield.
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