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2026 Cowboy Football Roster
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Jersey Number 4
Banks Bowen
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lawrence, KS
- High School:
- Lawrence
A true freshman from Kansas ... Son of Clint Bowen, who is part of the football coaching staff at Oklahoma State.
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High School: Played for his father, Clint Bowen, at Lawrence ... A three-year letterwinner who started his junior and senior seasons at quarterback and also started one year at free safety … Career totals included 4,144 yards and 36 touchdowns passing, while adding 2,109 yards and 27 touchdowns rushing … Completed 172-of-277 passes for 2,368 yards, 23 touchdowns and a 62.1 completion percentage his senior season in 2024 … Also rushed for 861 yards and nine touchdowns on a 7.4 yards per carry average … Averaged 40.6 punting yards on 14 punts, including a long of 54 yards … As a junior in 2023, he completed 116 of 203 passes for 1,676 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing for 1,017 yards and 13 touchdowns on 7.1 yards per carry … His 2,693 total yards led Class 6A in Kansas his junior season … Played both ways as a sophomore … Tallied 45 tackles, two interceptions and five pass breakups his sophomore season ... Completed 6-of-15 passes for 100 yards and rushed for 232 yards and five touchdowns that season.
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Personal: Son of Clint and Kristie Bowen ... Father Clint is a football coach who is on staff at Oklahoma State ... Clint played defensive back at Kansas ... Grandfather, Charley Bowen, was a high school All-American at Lawrence High School and uncle, Charley Bowen Jr., was a four-year letterwinner at Kansas.
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High School: Played for his father, Clint Bowen, at Lawrence ... A three-year letterwinner who started his junior and senior seasons at quarterback and also started one year at free safety … Career totals included 4,144 yards and 36 touchdowns passing, while adding 2,109 yards and 27 touchdowns rushing … Completed 172-of-277 passes for 2,368 yards, 23 touchdowns and a 62.1 completion percentage his senior season in 2024 … Also rushed for 861 yards and nine touchdowns on a 7.4 yards per carry average … Averaged 40.6 punting yards on 14 punts, including a long of 54 yards … As a junior in 2023, he completed 116 of 203 passes for 1,676 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing for 1,017 yards and 13 touchdowns on 7.1 yards per carry … His 2,693 total yards led Class 6A in Kansas his junior season … Played both ways as a sophomore … Tallied 45 tackles, two interceptions and five pass breakups his sophomore season ... Completed 6-of-15 passes for 100 yards and rushed for 232 yards and five touchdowns that season.
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Personal: Son of Clint and Kristie Bowen ... Father Clint is a football coach who is on staff at Oklahoma State ... Clint played defensive back at Kansas ... Grandfather, Charley Bowen, was a high school All-American at Lawrence High School and uncle, Charley Bowen Jr., was a four-year letterwinner at Kansas.
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