78 Days to FCS Kickoff
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:04 am
Today we'll highlight another member of the offensive line:
#78 Garrett Bowman
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Arab, Ala.
High School: Arab HS
Height / Weight: 6-4 / 265
Position: Offensive Line
2018 (Freshman): Saw action in one game, making his collegiate debut on the road at Mercer (Oct. 20) … Did not record any official statistics playing along the offensive line … Expected to take a redshirt.
Prior to Western Carolina: Recruited as an offensive lineman … Two-year varsity letter winner on both the offensive and defensive line for high school coach Adam Gilbert … Credited with 72 career tackles including 46 as a senior … Credited with 20 career tackles for loss including nine sacks … Added four receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown as a senior … Name first team All-Marshall County and earned all-region plaudits … Earned Zaxby’s Player of the Game eight times during his junior and senior years including five times in his final season.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Garrett Bowman … Is the son of Lisa and Joel Bowman … Has two younger siblings, John Brady, and Drew.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
