Oklahoma is getting another dominant player from the highest levels of football in the state of Texas.
Billy Bowman was committed to Texas for a longtime before backing off of his commitment prior to the turmoil with Tom Herman as the Longhorns’ head coach cranked up. He would then commit to Oklahoma and join a small, but extremely talented Sooners’ class.
Bowman is rated as the 43rd player in the 2021 recruiting class, the No. 1 athlete in the country and the No. 10 player in the state of Texas. It is undetermined if he will play offense or defense yet for Oklahoma, and that makes sense.
He and his Denton Ryan teammates were one of the most dominant teams regardless of class in the state of Texas. On Friday night, they took home the 5A Division I Texas State Championship with the help of a touchdown catch from Bowman. It’s the third highest level of classification in the state of Texas.
24-8 | 5:36 2Q | Denton Ryan leads Cedar Park
A whole lotta Billy Bowman on this past drive for the Raiders. @seth_henigan ➡️ @Billy2Bowman
Nice ball by Henigan there as well. #txhsfb | @dctf + @friday_stars pic.twitter.com/WbFzg3j6El
— Fraz 🐙 (@UncleFraz) January 16, 2021
A 1️⃣5️⃣-0️⃣ season and some hardware to cap it off!
Raise it high, @RyanRaiderFB!#TXHSFB | @uiltexas | #UILState | #UILonFSSW pic.twitter.com/FMj1mbK6w6
— FOX Sports Southwest (@FOXSportsSW) January 16, 2021
Bowman had a huge performance in the semifinals with this interception returned for a touchdown (called back for a block in the back) and a one-handed grab. He’s made plays his entire high school career as a skill player on offense and a defensive back on defense.
Billy Bowman Jr. with a one-handed INT. He took it back to the house, but two blocks in the block give Ryan the ball at its 1-yard line.
Denton Ryan 14, Mansfield Summit 7. @SportsDayHS | #txhsfb pic.twitter.com/fHzaByYLzX
— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) January 9, 2021
Oklahoma signee Billy Bowman Jr. had a one-handed INT in the first half. Now he has a one-handed catch on offense.
This was his 13th catch of the game.
Ryan driving up 28-13 on Summit.@SportsDayHS | #txhsfb pic.twitter.com/F9hZnPmEBv
— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) January 9, 2021
Bowman caught 81 passes for 1,144 yards and 14 touchdowns prior to the State Championship game. He had four rushing touchdowns to add to that as well. He finished with one interception on the season.
He’ll head to Oklahoma as likely a wide receiver and joins a deep room with three former five-stars, Marvin Mims and current five-star Mario Williams. Though that hasn’t been decided completely, Alex Grinch alluded to not coaching him during the national signing day press conference.
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