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Oklahoma lands QB from transfer portal

Sooners bring in former Las Vegas Bishop Gorman prospect Micah Bowens, who didn't get any game action last season as a true freshman at Penn State
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Oklahoma lands QB from transfer portal
Oklahoma lands QB from transfer portal

Oklahoma landed a commitment from the transfer portal on Tuesday — and it's a quarterback.

Micah Bowens, a transfer from Penn State and a former dual-threat QB prospect from Las Vegas, tweeted today he's headed to Norman.

Bowens entered the transfer portal on Jan. 15.

The 5-foot-11, 196-pound Bowens was a 3-star 2020 prospect out of Bishop Gorman High School, per 247 Sports. He was ranked the No. 3 prospect in Nevada, the No. 16 dual-threat QB in the nation, and No. 420 overall in the 2020 class. ESPN rated Bowens as a 4-star recruit, while Rivals gave him 3 stars.

BOWENS' PENN STATE BIO

Bowens will supplement Lincoln Riley's quarterback group after backups Tanner Mordecai (SMU) and Chandler Morris (TCU) both entered the transfer portal.

The only scholarship quarterback officially on the roster currently is 2020 starter Spencer Rattler. Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall prospect in the nation, joins the Sooners next week (classes begin Jan. 25).

As a true freshman in 2020, Bowens did not appear in an games for the Nittany Lions.

Under Bishop Gorman coach Kenny Sanchez, Bowens was a three-year letterman, a team captain as a senior and led the Gaels to state titles in both his sophomore and junior seasons and was named team MVP both years.

During his senior year, Bowens threw for 2,148 yards and 23 touchdowns and ran for 589 yards and 13 TDs. As a junior, he threw for 2,770 yards and 29 TDs with 927 yards rushing and 15 scores. He set a school record for total yards (3,763) as a junior and was named the Southwest League's offensive MVP, and also took all-conference honors three times and All-City and Las Vegas Review-Journal All-State accolades twice.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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