Billy Bowman

Former defensive back at Oklahoma. 2024: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

DB · Oklahoma · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 200 lb · Denton, TX

CFB Index 62 · #164 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceAtlanta — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 16, #118 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 44 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Oklahoma. 2024: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oklahoma, 191 tackles — drafted at #118 overall by Atlanta.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20217 games

Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Denton Ryan

2025

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 118

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#44 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #118

Atlanta · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

2022–2024

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Stoops → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 2nd NFL season

#118Rd 4 · Pick 16

AtlantaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #164 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#12 / 700 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#382 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.5	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #164 of 537 safeties

Former four-star. Now #164 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma	55	34	2.5	3	2	1
2023	Oklahoma	60	36	2.5	3	6	--
2022	Oklahoma	56	34	1.0	6	3	1
2021	Oklahoma	20	16	2.0	1	--	--
Career		191	120	8.0	13	11	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–3

vs Alabama

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Alabama.

With J. Arnold — 68 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.4 · 131 rush yds (25 car) · L. Elzinga — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-3vs Temple	3	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-12vs Houston	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-19vs Tulane	3	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 4	L 15-25vs Tennessee	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-21@ Auburn	8	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	L 3-34vs Texas	1	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 9-35vs South Carolina	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-26@ Ole Miss	7	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	W 59-14vs Maine	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 23-30@ Missouri	5	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-3vs Alabama	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 17-37@ LSU	7	4	0.0	—	0
Total		55	34	2.5	2	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Billy Bowman

20217 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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