Michigan backup QB Alan Bowman enters NCAA transfer portal
Michigan Wolverines football graduate quarterback Alan Bowman has entered the NCAA transfer portal, TheWolverine.com has learned. Bowman spent two years in Ann Arbor following a three-year stint with Texas Tech. He has one year of eligibility remaining.
Bowman played in three games this season, all in non-conference play. He completed 6 of his 7 pass attempts for 60 yards and 1 touchdown. The score came on his only throw against UConn Sept. 17. He had fallen to third on the Michigan depth chart behind sophomores J.J. McCarthy and Davis Warren, a walk-on, even with senior Cade McNamara going down with a season-ending knee injury. McNamara has since entered the portal and committed to Iowa.
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Bowman appeared in three games in 2021, completing 2 of his 4 throws for no touchdowns and 1 interception.
A former three-star recruit in the class of 2018, per the On3 Consensus, Bowman started parts of three seasons for the Red Raiders.
He threw for 2,638 yards and 17 touchdowns in eight games as a true freshman in 2018, but missed four games with a collapsed lung. He racked up 1,020 yards passing and six touchdowns in three games in 2019, before breaking his collarbone and taking a redshirt for the remainder of the season.
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He saw action in just eight games in 2020 while dealing with an ankle injury, passing for 1,602 yards and 10 touchdowns for the year.
Michigan has three scholarship quarterbacks slated to be on the roster for the 2023 season — McCarthy and freshmen Jayden Denegal and Alex Orji. The Maize and Blue do not have a signal-caller commit in the 2023 class.
Michigan has seen five players transfer since the Dec. 5 open to the transfer portal — Bowman, McNamara (Iowa), tight end Erick All (Iowa), tight end Louis Hansen (undecided) and defensive lineman George Rooks (undecided).
McNamara, All and Hansen no longer appear on Michigan’s 2022 roster, while Rooks is still listed. It remains to be seen if Rooks and/or Bowman will remain on the squad through the end of the postseason.
