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Alan Bowman
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Grapevine, TX
- High School:
- Grapevine
2025 Academic All-Big 12
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2025 William V. Campbell Semifinalist
2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Completions 43 vs. Houston, 2018 (at TTU)
Attempts 59 vs. Houston, 2018 (at TTU)
Passing Yards 605 vs. Houston, 2018 (at TTU)
Passing TDs 5, 3x, last at Tulsa, 2024
Long Pass 78 at Tulsa, 2024
Rushes 9 at Iowa State, 2018 (at TTU)
Rushing Yards 21 vs. Houston Baptist, 2020 (at TTU)
Rushing Touchdowns 1, 4x, last vs. Oklahoma, 2023
Long Rush 13 vs. Oklahoma, 2023
Total Offense 602 vs. Houston, 2018 (at TTU)
TDs Responsible For 5, 3x, last at Tulsa, 2024
Played seven years of college football and two years at Oklahoma State after receiving an eligibility extension due to his season ending injury in 2019 ... Had 38 starts, 50 games played, more than 11,000 passing yards and 69 touchdowns responsible for between stops at Texas Tech, Michigan and OSU ... Earned six letters in his career, with two at OSU, two at Michigan and two at Texas Tech ... His 605-yard passing game in 2018 made him the only active FBS player for most of his career with a 600-yard passing game .... That performance was also just five yards away from matching the NCAA freshman passing record.
2024 (Super Senior): An Academic All-Big 12 team honoree and a CSC Academic All-District team selection ... Also a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist ... Played in 11 games with nine starts ... Finished the year with 2,423 passing yards and 16 passing touchdowns on 204-for-340 passing ... His best game of the season came at Tulsa as he was named the Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week after he finished 24-for-31 passing for 396 yards and five touchdowns ... Other honors for that performance included an ESPN College Football Final Helmet Sticker, the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list, a Manning Award Star of the Week, OSU’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week and honorable mention for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week ... Had OSU’s longest pass of the season and the longest pass of his career with a 78-yard touchdown to Talyn Shettron at Tulsa ... Also the OSU Offensive Player of the Week vs. South Dakota State ... Served as a game captain vs. Tulsa ... Preseason honors included watch lists for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year, Wuerffel Trophy, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and Manning Award.
2023 (Senior): Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league’s head coaches ... Played in every game and started every game except the season opener, but rotated evenly with two others through non-conference play ... Despite taking about 35% of the offensive snaps through the first three games, he finished second in the Big 12 in passing yards per game and led the conference in attempts and completions ... Averaged 285.9 passing yards per game in Big 12 play, had five 300-yard passing games and produced the seventh-highest single-season passing total in school history with 3,460 yards, which also ranked No. 15 in the FBS for the year .... Had the third-highest passing yards total against Power Five opponents in the FBS with 3,338 yards, which was also first in the Big 12 ... His 2,823 passing yards against conference opponents ranked as the fourth-most in the FBS and most in the Big 12 ... Completed 145 passes for at least 10 yards to rank as the most in the Big 12 and seventh-most in the FBS ... Ranked among the FBS top 25 with 21.71 completions per game ... His best games of the year according to ESPN’s Total QBR metric came in the wins over Texas A&M (93.4) and Oklahoma (93.2), both of which ranked among the top 10 in the FBS for the week ... His Texas Bowl performance against Texas A&M included season-bests with 402 passing yards and 34 completions, both of which also marked the most allowed all season by the SEC’s best team in total defense entering the game, and a pair of touchdowns to Rashod Owens ... The game also made him the ninth player in OSU history to pass for 400 yards in a game and his 34 completions tied for the seventh-highest single-game total in OSU history ... In the Bedlam win over Oklahoma he passed for 334 yards with no interceptions, ran for a 13-yard touchdown on his only carry and made a touchdown-saving tackle out of bounds following a turnover on a trick play ... His other 300-yard outings included 348 yards and two touchdowns at Houston, 336 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas, and 321 yards against BYU ... Passed for more than 200 yards in all 11 games he played as the full-time starter ... Added a rushing touchdown at Iowa State ... Finished the season with 15 passing touchdowns, completing 304 of 501 pass attempts with 14 interceptions ... Three 101 straight pass attempts without an interception from October 6 through October 21 to rank as the 15th-longest streak in school history ... Longest completions of the season included a 67-yard pass to Leon Johnson III against Cincinnati, a 60-yard pass to Jaden Nixon at Iowa State and a 50-yard pass to Ollie Gordon II against Kansas ... Earned honorable mention honors for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week for his performance against Houston ... Served as a game captain against Kansas and UCF ... A Wuerffel Trophy nominee... Included on preseason watch lists for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, the Comeback Player of the Year Award and the Senior Bowl Watch.
2022 (Junior at Michigan): Played in three games … Completed 6-of-7 pass attempts for 60 yards and a touchdown while playing quarterback against Colorado State and UConn … His best game at Michigan came against Colorado State when he completed five-of-six passes for 40 yards ... His lone pass attempt against UConn resulted in a 20-yard touchdown pass, marking his only score as a Wolverine .... Also saw action as a PAT holder against Hawaii.
2021 (Redshirt at Michigan): Played in three games in his first year as a Wolverine … Completed 2-of-4 pass attempts with one interception … Made his Michigan debut against Northern Illinois.
2020 (Sophomore at Texas Tech): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Appeared in eight games with six starts … Completed 150-of-232 pass attempts for 1,602 yards with 10 touchdowns and took only two sacks on 232 attempts … Against Baylor, he split series with Henry Colombi and led the game-winning drive after 14-of-23 passing for 181 yards ... Started against Oklahoma State two weeks later, going 31-of-46 for 384 yards with three touchdowns … In his final game as a Red Raider, he went 15-of-26 passing for 117 yards against Kansas.
2019 (Medical Redshirt at Texas Tech): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Started three games before injury derailed his season … Completed 101-of-154 pass attempts for 1,020 yards with six touchdowns, three interceptions and one rushing touchdown … Threw for 436 yards with two touchdowns against Montana State and also ran for a touchdown … Totaled 307 yards passing on 30-of-55 attempts against Arizona, his last game of the season.
2018 (Freshman at Texas Tech): Played in eight games with seven starts, after he won the starting job in week two … Was the sixth true freshman to start in Texas Tech history … Completed 69.4 percent of his passes with 2,638 yards with 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions and one touchdown added rushing … Finished the season on the bench with an injury, ending 80 yards shy of the single-season passing program record for freshman … His 605 passing yards against Houston was just five yards from matching the FBS record for single-game passing yards by a freshman ... It also set a Big 12 freshman single-game record, breaking the mark set by Patrick Mahomes (598) and ranked as the No. 5 game all-time in Texas Tech single-game history … In his collegiate debut against Ole Miss, he went 29-of-49 passing for 273 yards and one touchdown …Against Houston, totaled 605 yards passing on 43-of-59 attempts with five touchdowns; the third time in FBS history a freshman threw for 600 yards in a game … In his first road game, went 35-of-46 passing for 397 yards with two touchdowns against Oklahoma State … Earned Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Manning, and Earl Campbell Player of the Week Awards … Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year honorable mention ... Enrolled early in the spring before his first season.
High School: Played for coach Mike Alexander at Grapevine … Ranked among the top quarterbacks in the state of Texas ... Threw for 11,393 yards and 119 touchdowns during his four-year career at Grapevine ... Finished senior season with 3,570 yards through the air to go along with 38 touchdowns ... Previously recorded 3,329 passing yards with 42 touchdowns and just six interceptions as a junior in 2016 ... Earned District 8-5A MVP honors following both his junior and senior seasons ... Had another impressive touchdown-to-interception ratio as a sophomore with 27 touchdowns and just seven interceptions ... Notched 2,740 passing yards that season ... Had 1,754 passing yards and 12 touchdowns as a freshman in 2014 ... Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports ... Ranked as the No. 29 quarterback in the country by Rivals and the No. 35 quarterback in the nation by ESPN ... Ranked among the top 100 players in the state of Texas by Rivals (No. 96) ... Held offers from Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Houston, Illinois, Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss, Nevada, Southern Miss and San Diego State.
Personal: Son of Kirk and Nancy Bowman … Father, Kirk, played tight end at Penn State (1980-83) and won a national championship in 1982 … Sisters Tori and Emily both played soccer at Oklahoma … Graduated with a degree in management from Texas Tech.
