Tag: Drayk Bowen

Clemson’s ‘huge family atmosphere’ stands out to 5-star, nation’s No. 1 LB

It’s been over a month since the nation’s top-ranked linebacker in the 2023 class was on campus at Clemson, but the profound impression that the Tigers made on him hasn’t worn off. Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean five-star Drayk Bowen visited Tiger Town …

It’s been over a month since the nation’s top-ranked linebacker in the 2023 class was on campus at Clemson, but the profound impression that the Tigers made on him hasn’t worn off.

Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean five-star Drayk Bowen visited Tiger Town on June 9 and left campus feeling a great vibe from his time around the football players and staff.

One thing about the program in particular sticks out to Bowen the most when he reflects on his visit experience.

“The huge family atmosphere,” Bowen said to The Clemson Insider. “The players could go to the coaches, and they all connected with each other really well.”

Bowen (6-2, 215) spent a substantial amount of time with defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brent Venables, who rolled out the orange carpet for the No. 1 linebacker in the country per the 247Sports Composite rankings, giving him a personal tour of the campus and facilities and showing him all the bells and whistles of the Allen N. Reeves Football Complex.

Bowen has been building a strong relationship with Venables and continues to stay in touch with him on a regular basis.

“Coach Venables asks how my family is doing and then baseball,” said Bowen, a two-sport standout who also shines on the diamond, “and tells me how everything is going with him and hopes to get me down to a game this year.”

Returning to Clemson during the upcoming season is something Bowen intends to do.

“We would be going back in the fall for a game,” he said.

This past weekend, Bowen narrowed down his list of more than two dozen scholarship offers when he released a top 12 that included Clemson along with Auburn, Indiana, LSU, Michigan, NC State, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Virginia Tech.

Where do things stand with Bowen in the recruiting process now that he has trimmed his list of suitors?

“I have to go to a couple more schools and then go from there,” he said regarding his decision timeline, “but I call coaches every week from each college.”

Bowen said he doesn’t have any visits scheduled at this time.

A 2023 Under Armour All-America Game commitment, Bowen is the No. 1 linebacker and No. 25 overall prospect in the 2023 class regardless of position, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

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The Insider Report: Clemson working their magic again this summer

Each week The Clemson Insider brings you the latest Inside information on the Clemson Tigers in The Insider Report. What is the latest on Five-star linebacker Drayk Bowen? Which five-star told TCI he would love to come back to Clemson? Could the …

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What is the latest on Five-star linebacker Drayk Bowen?  Which five-star told TCI he would love to come back to Clemson?  Could the staff look at signing a second quarterback in 2022 with Chandler heading to play professional baseball?  All of this and more in this week’s edition of The Insider Report.

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Auburn football makes top-12 for highly touted 2023 LB

An elite 2023 recruit has put the Tigers in his top list of schools.

More good news could be coming regarding Auburn football recruiting.

Despite Auburn’s slow start on the recruiting trail, Bryan Harsin and co. are still on the hunt for some of the nation’s top prospects. Good news came Saturday when the top linebacker in the 2023 class Drayk Bowen included Auburn in his top 12.

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound linebacker from Merrillville, Indiana included Notre Dame, Michigan, Tennessee, Clemson, Indiana, Ole Miss, NC State, Auburn, Texas A&M, South Carolina, and LSU in his top 12.

Perhaps Harsin and his staff could seal another top commit for the Tigers from the midwest after securing a commitment from Micah Riley-Ducker last week from Nebraska.

 

Bowen is rated as the No. 25 prospect in the 2023 class by 247 Sports. In his two seasons with Andrean High School, Bowen has amassed 130 tackles, 23 TFL, and eight sacks, four forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, and an interception.

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Notre Dame will get first visit from top instate ‘23 LB Bowen tomorrow

The first visit to lock up the best 2023 instate prospect is happening soon!

Tomorrow is the day, the dead period is finally being lifted and recruits are able to visit schools and meet with the coaching staffs, a stark contrast from what has taken place the past year plus. It’s not just the 2022 class that will get back to some normality for the final stages of their recruitment, it’s also the current rising-junior class that will be impacted by the dead period’s ending.

For Indiana’s 2023 linebacker Drayk Bowen, getting to meet coaching staffs in person will go a long way into his decision of what’s next in his football journey. Fortunately for the Notre Dame coaching staff, they’ll have the first visit from the instate star.

Bowen will be accompanied by his father and visit South Bend tomorrow per a report from 247Sports Steve Wiltfong. Bowen will have a busy few summer weeks ahead of him as the Irish aren’t the only school he plans to visit. He is trying to finalize trips to see Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Clemson, South Carolina and Vanderbilt in the next two weeks.

Looking further out, Bowen has already scheduled a trip to Alabama at the end of June. He’s going to have a whole lot of information about each school throw at him, but there really is no rush for Bowen to make a decision.

The key here is that the Irish are squarely in the race for the states best player in his class, Bowen being a priority for Brian Kelly and his staff. Keeping the best instate players is always a key to recruiting success, the Irish doing that in last year’s cycle by locking up offensive tackle Blake Fisher.

It won’t be back-to-back cycles with Indiana’s best heading to South Bend, as the top 2 prospects have decided to go elsewhere. Bowen is seen as a better prospect than any of the 2022 prospects, so getting a signature from him would be much more important.

It’s obviously early in Bowen’s recruitment, but the Irish are players and have the opportunity to make a very good first impression with the linebacker.

Wisconsin football offers 2023 five-star OLB Drayk Bowen

The Wisconsin football program is after one of the nation’s best players in the class of 2023. He is OLB Drayk Bowen, a 247Sports

The Wisconsin football program is after one of the nation’s best players in the class of 2023.

He is OLB Drayk Bowen, a 247Sports five-star and the best outside linebacker in the class.

247Sports lists Bowen as 2023’s No. 29 overall recruit, again the No. 1 outside linebacker and the No. 1 player from his home state of Indiana.

Although there are four crystal ball predictions that see him choosing in-state Notre Dame, Wisconsin joins an offer sheet where they could have some traction.

Other notable programs to offer the star OLB thus far include Notre Dame, Indiana, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee and Texas.

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Quick hitting Notre Dame football recruiting update

A quick look at some of the most recent offers and top lists from Notre Dame football prospects.

There has been plenty of offers being given out from the Notre Dame coaching staff in the 2022 and 2023 class.

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Here is a quick hitting update on some of the offers the Irish staff have given out and decisions by prospects in their recruitment the past few days.

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Instate 2023 linebacker gets Notre Dame football offer

The Notre Dame coaching staff extends an offer to the best player in the state in the 2023 class, Drayk Bowen.

Although the recruiting cycle has moved over to the 2022 class, that hasn’t stopped Notre Dame from looking a class ahead. With just 20 offers out to the 2023 class, the number just grew by one today as instate linebacker Drayk Bowen announced the good news.

Bowen becomes the first Indiana prospect in the ‘23 class to hold a Notre Dame offer. He is also the first linebacker in the class to get an offer as well. At six-foot-two-inches and 215-pounds, Bowen fits the mold of a big time prospect.

Not only is Bowen a great football player, he excels on the diamond as well. I’m a huge fan of multiple sport athletes, many of the skills used to perform on one stage translate over to the others.

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This offer has new defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman’s hands all over it. When Freeman was still with Cincinnati, they were the first school to offer Bowen in July of last year. Freeman was one of the coaches Bowen tagged in his offer tweet as well.

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Bowen has a lot of time before his class is set to sign, so this offer is obviously one that most likely won’t see a decision for a while. The offer to the best player in the state is letting Bowen know that he’s a priority recruit for Notre Dame in the 2023 class.