All-American Bowl journal: Notre Dame LB Drayk Bowen talks day three
Throughout the week at the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean and Notre Dame signee Drayk Bowen shares his thoughts and experiences of taking part in the prestigious postseason all-star game.
Below are his thoughts after Wednesday’s practice.
On his second day of practice: “I thought I did pretty well. It was a competitive day. The morning was more install and then the second part of the day we really got after it.”
On his biggest critique of his play so far: “Probably my coverage. I’ve had some good moments but earlier (Wednesday), I had one where I just took a bad angle.”
On what he’s done well so far: “Definitely my run fits. When we practiced inside run against the East team, I had probably three tackles for loss. I’m filling the holes and making tackles in the backfield.”
On his ankle injury: “I sprained it in the state title game. It’s better though. I’m good to go.”
On what he’s learned so far this week: “Mainly just angles — I’ve been talking with my coaches on taking better angles in man coverage. I’ll be working on that for when I get to Notre Dame.”
On his mindset going into Thursday: “I’m excited to practice. We’ll be installing a couple more things but it should be mostly just walkthrough the rest of the week.”
On hanging with the other Notre Dame signees: “We’re usually doing something together. Adon [Shuler] and I were riding around San Antonio Tuesday.”
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Previewing Notre Dame recruits in the All-American Bowl
All-American Bowl week for Notre Dame’s 2023 class is here.
On Monday, the players set to compete in the premier postseason all-star game arrived in San Antonio, Texas. The All-American recruits will practice Tuesday-Friday ahead of the contest which will air on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.
Notre Dame had 11 signees in the game last year and was going to be near that number if it weren’t for injuries. The Fighting Irish will have five players to track this week.
Irvington (N.J.) High’s Adon Shuler, the nation’s No. 314 overall player and No. 27 safety according to the 2023 On3 Consensus, and Mentor (Ohio) High’s Brenan Vernon, the No. 141 recruit and No. 16 defensive lineman per the same metric, highlight the Notre Dame players on the East squad.
Shuler will wear the No. 18 jersey, while Vernon will rock No. 9.
On the West squad, Notre Dame has three players. Houston The Kinkaid School’s Micah Bell, who ranks as the nation’s No. 166 prospect and No. 22 cornerback in America, will wear the No. 23 jersey this week, while Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean’s Drayk Bowen, the No. 88 prospect and No. 7 linebacker in the land, will wear No. 34.
Just this past Thursday, Belmont (N.C.) South Point’s Sullivan Absher, the No. 179 overall player and No. 13 offensive tackle in the country, was invited to the All-American Bowl. Obviously, Absher isn’t from the western part of the country, but as a fill in, he’ll wear No. 78 for the West team.
