Troy Bowles to transfer from Georgia after two seasons in Athens
ATHENS, Ga. — Troy Bowles is the third Georgia player to announce plans to enter the transfer portal on Friday. He tells On3’s Hayes Fawcett of his intentions to do so.
The son of NFL head coach Todd Bowles, previously of the New York Jets and currently of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Troy spent two seasons at Georgia. He appeared in five games his first year on campus totaling five tackles – including a nice three tackle showing in the season-opener against UT Martin – before seeing the field less in second season. Bowles saw snaps against Clemson and Tennessee Tech before not making the travel roster with the Bulldogs on road trips to Kentucky and Alabama. A Tampa, Fla. native, he did travel with the team to Jacksonville for the Georgia-Florida game but did not see any action.
Bowles was among the nation’s top linebacker prospects in the Class of 2023, coming in at No. 7 for his position and No. 88 overall according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He signed with two others in the top-10 however, CJ Allen and Raylen Wilson, and has been the odd man out in the equation with a talented Class of 2024 only leaving him further from the field at Georgia.
Bowles, who chose Georgia over fellow finalists Ohio State and Oklahoma during his recruiting process, will have three years of eligibility remaining at his school of choice. He becomes the latest Georgia player to enter the portal this cycle, joining Julian Humphrey, Michael Jackson III, Jamaal Jarrett, Justyn Rhett and Sam M’Pemba.
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More on the transfer portal…
The NCAA student-athlete transfer portal launched in 2018. It marked a change from when student-athletes had to get a release from their school to transfer to another and they could be limited as to where they transferred. The portal allows student athletes to simply notify their current school and its compliance department that they intend to move on to another program.
Last season, Georgia lost 21 scholarship players to the portal, watching several end up at power conference programs around the country. The Bulldogs did add to their talent however, as they’ve done before. Adding to the likes of Lawrence Cager, Tre McKitty, Derion Kendrick, Tykee Smith, Dominic Lovett and others that have joined the program in the past, UGA brought in Trevor Etienne, Colbie Young, London Humphreys, Ben Yurosek, Xzavier McLeod and others that have had an impact on the Bulldogs’ 2024 campaign.
