Early in the game, the Oklahoma Sooners got a stop on the [autotag]SMU Mustangs[/autotag]’ first drive of the game. SMU punter Ryan Bujcevski comes in to punt it away.
He gets the snap and like a blur, freshman [autotag]Peyton Bowen[/autotag] rushes through the line to set up the Sooners in great field position. The Sooners would score three plays later.
But that play almost didn’t happen.
“I wasn’t even supposed to go,” Bowen said. “I was supposed to help block for a blocker and then we didn’t get lined up correctly early. I blocked so hard down and I saw no guard, like no shield and I was like let’s go make a play.”
It’s that kind of instinct that makes Bowen special and something Oklahoma hasn’t had in a long time at that position. That play proved huge with the score 14-11 early in the fourth. But that’s not the only play we saw Bowen make. Every week he’s doing something that makes us say, “he has to get on the field more often.”
That play happened late in the ball game with the Sooners up 21-11.
The Mustangs were going for it in their own territory and Bowen saw where the opening was and all out sprinted to knock the pass away. The Sooners would again score three plays later to seal the 28-11 win.
“I was just doing my job,” Bowen said. “If I was late on that job he would have caught it for the first down. That’s where it comes down to knowing my responsibility and doing it.”
He’s a little modest on that one. Yes, it was his responsibility but for him to notice the receiver ran a curl and wasn’t coming in toward him, then sprinting to break up the play is again something players in his position in the past just wouldn’t make.
It’s what has Sooner fans so excited for what’s to come for Bowen.
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