The senior from Denton, Texas, recorded a school record three interceptions returned for touchdowns last year.
Voted by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, the Jim Thorpe Award has been awarded annually to top best defensive back in college football since 1987.
Bowman, a junior safety from Denton, Texas, was an All-Big 12 First Team selection and a CBS Sports All-American pick in 2023. He started all 13 games for the Sooners and picked off a national second-best six passes last year and returned three interceptions for touchdowns, a school record.allows us to be confident," Bowman said.
Oklahoma has produced three Thorpe winners, the most of any university: Rickey Dixon in 1987, Roy Williams in 2001 and Derrick Strait in 2003.Bryce is a contributor for AllSooners and has been featured in several publications, including the Associated Press, the Tulsa World and the Norman Transcript. A Tishomingo native, Bryce’s sports writing career began at 17 years old when he filed his first story for the Daily Ardmoreite.
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