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Oklahoma Earns Second Commitment of the Day from 4-star 2024 DB

After local athlete Andy Bass committed to the Sooners’ on Thursday morning, Brent Venables and company received more good news less than 12 hours later.
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Oklahoma Earns Second Commitment of the Day from 4-star 2024 DB
Oklahoma Earns Second Commitment of the Day from 4-star 2024 DB

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Eli Bowen, a 4-star defensive back in the 2024 class, committed to Oklahoma on Thursday evening.

The Denton Guyer (TX) product is the younger brother of former OU freshman defensive back and former 5-star recruit Peyton Bowen. Peyton was committed to Notre Dame before flipping to Oregon prior to eventually committing to Oklahoma.

Listed at 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, Eli is one of the top 30 cornerbacks in the nation, according to ESPN.

Bowen joins 4-star Casteel (AZ) corner Jeremiah Newcombe in the Sooners’ 2024 cornerback class. With 4-star safeties Mykel Patterson-McDonald of Westmoore (OK) and Jaydan Hardy of Lewisville (TX) also committed to Oklahoma in the upcoming recruiting cycle, Brent Venables and company have a solid group of defenders on the back end to round out what could be a tremendous group in the front seven.

Bowen holds over 23 offers, but cut his list to Texas and OU earlier in the summer. For the Sooners, adding another talented player on defense will only help bolster the program’s 2024 recruiting class which will enter the SEC as freshmen.

Bowen's commitment comes less than 12 hours after 2024 Heritage Hall (OK) athlete Andy Bass announced his pledge to Oklahoma. 

Between scholarship players and walk-ons, the Sooners’ now have 25 total commits in the 2024 recruiting cycle. With only 20 of these players reportedly on scholarships, Venables still has room to add a handful of talented players to a class that is already ranked inside the top 15 nationally.

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RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. 

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