Billy Bowman: DB · Oklahoma · #2.
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Billy Bowman
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at Oklahoma span two head coaches: Bob Stoops and Brent Venables. First career honor, 2023: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Auburn — Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-3vs Temple | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-12vs Houston | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-19vs Tulane | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-25vs No. 6 Tennessee | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-21@ Auburn | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 3-34vs No. 1 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-35vs South Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-26@ No. 18 Ole Miss | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-14vs Maine | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Missouri | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-3vs No. 7 Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-37@ LSU | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 34 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL55 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
42.0%
373 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #164 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma, 191 tackles — drafted at #118 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 2nd NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 2nd NFL season
