Oklahoma DB commit Eli Bowen signs with the Sooners.
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00:00 How's it going everybody?
00:01 Randall Sweet, All Sooners.com, back to talk more about OU's 2024 signing class.
00:07 Now I'm going to talk about Eli Bowen, a three-star cornerback from Denton-Guyer High School in
00:11 Denton, Texas.
00:12 Obviously the DFW area gets to play a lot of top competition, a lot of good wide receivers.
00:17 Now if you recognize the last name, Eli Bowen is the younger brother of OU safety Peyton
00:23 Bowen, so obviously there's some talent there in the bloodline already.
00:27 And Eli Bowen is listed at 5'9", 165 pounds.
00:32 Despite being a smaller cornerback, he's a track guy also, so he does have good speed,
00:37 good enough to obviously run downfield with some of those top receivers that he's played.
00:42 And again, even though he is a smaller defensive back, he kind of combats being that with really,
00:48 really good aggressiveness.
00:50 He's not afraid to mix it up, kind of get feisty with a lot of those receivers he's
00:53 playing, even if they're bigger, he's not afraid to get his hands on them and kind of
00:56 be aggressive in pass coverage with those guys.
00:59 And he also is really good with his timing.
01:02 You know, when the ball's in the air, when a receiver's coming down with it, being able
01:05 to time it well to knock the ball out, things like that.
01:08 That's where he really strives.
01:09 And again, even though he is 5'9", he knows how to use the skills that he does have to
01:15 combat some of those, the lack of height.
01:18 And again, even though J. Valai and company, it seems like they've kind of been coveting
01:22 those bigger defensive backs, the taller guys with longer arms.
01:25 I think Eli Bowen, just being as good of a player as he is, can still fit with what the
01:29 Sooners are trying to do.
01:30 Because again, he does play a lot bigger than he is.
01:35 And again, he picked OU over Texas.
01:37 So this is still a really good pickup for the Sooners and a guy that I think is going
01:43 to work really hard when he gets to Norman.