Tipster19 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 I'm sorry to be reposting after myself but I found something very interesting that you should all check out Here's a highlight video on a website that the media department at Oklahoma State put together for him. That there says alot, he didn't put this together, his school did. That shows you what they think of him right there. I believe this video speaks volumes about this young man. I think that sometimes you can just throw out the 40 times at the underwear football try outs and just look at the person and the player. his resume speaks for itself so it's down to the person. In this video I really dig when he made a TD that he was high fiving some of the people in the endzone and the stands. http://bowman12.com/video.html and here's the entire website. http://bowman12.com/ I'm going on record now. I got a feeling about this young man. This kid will be a Buffalo Bill, he's evrything that we have been looking for. I'm even going to find any and all emails that I can find to the Bills' front office and campaign for this kid. I don't want him to be overlooked or taken lightly in the least bit.
bills_red Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Adarius Bowman WR | (6'2" 7/8, 220, 4.48) | OKLAHOMA STATE Scouts Grade: 75 View by: Player | NCAA School | Position | NFL Team | Flag | All Ranked Players | NFL Draft History You are signed into Insider and have access to the exclusive draft content below. Strengths: A late bloomer with an outstanding combination of height, bulk and straight-line speed. A massive target with long arms and big hands. Excels on vertical routes and is a big-play waiting to happen. He does a great job of using his body to shield defenders on slants, posts, etc. Also wins most jump ball battles. Is deceptively fast because he builds speed as he goes and will get over the top of DB's quicker than they think. Shows the ability to make the acrobatic catch and has strong hands to pluck the ball away from defenders in heavy traffic. Not afraid to go over the middle. He's a tough runner after the catch. Very difficult for DB's to bring down one-on-one. Gives a good effort as a blocker. Is big and strong enough to dominate most CB's at the point of attack once locked on. Weaknesses: Needs to show more consistent focus. Drops too many catchable passes. Seems to fight the ball at times and lets it get into his pads too often. Lacks explosive initial burst and will need to improve his array of release moves to compensate in the NFL. Still too sloppy as a route runner. Rounds off too many of his routes and isn't crisp enough getting in and out of breaks particularly on intermediate routes. Could have significantly more trouble separating in the NFL if he doesn't improve the crispness of his routes. He's not overly elusive after the catch and he lacks the initial burst to explode up the field right away he needs a crease or to break a tackle in order to make big gains after the catch. Effort and size/strength are good as a stalk blocker but he must improve his technique and angles. Overall: Bowman attended North Carolina as a freshman and sophomore (2003-'04), appearing in 18 games (two starts) and finishing his Tar Heels career with 28 receptions for 510 yards (18.2 average) and five touchdowns. He transferred to Oklahoma State in 2005, sitting out the season in accordance with NCAA regulations. Bowman immediately was a force for the Cowboys, piling up 127 catches for 2,187 yards (17.2 average) and 20 TDs in 24 games (all starts) during his two years in Stillwater (2005-'06). Bowman was dismissed from North Carolina after being cited for marijuana possession (a charge that was later dismissed). He played five games on the Oklahoma State basketball squad during the 2006-07 season. Bottom line: Bowman possesses an outstanding combination of size, top-end speed and athletic ability. However, he is an unpolished route runner that will struggle to separate versus good man-to-man cover corners in the NFL. Furthermore, his inconsistent hands are troubling. Bowman's stock has taken a big hit for those reasons. Despite his outstanding natural tools, he could easily slip to the third round of the 2008 draft. I think they have the 40 wrong he ran like a 4.70
Tipster19 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 Adarius BowmanWR | (6'2" 7/8, 220, 4.48) | OKLAHOMA STATE Scouts Grade: 75 View by: Player | NCAA School | Position | NFL Team | Flag | All Ranked Players | NFL Draft History You are signed into Insider and have access to the exclusive draft content below. Strengths: A late bloomer with an outstanding combination of height, bulk and straight-line speed. A massive target with long arms and big hands. Excels on vertical routes and is a big-play waiting to happen. He does a great job of using his body to shield defenders on slants, posts, etc. Also wins most jump ball battles. Is deceptively fast because he builds speed as he goes and will get over the top of DB's quicker than they think. Shows the ability to make the acrobatic catch and has strong hands to pluck the ball away from defenders in heavy traffic. Not afraid to go over the middle. He's a tough runner after the catch. Very difficult for DB's to bring down one-on-one. Gives a good effort as a blocker. Is big and strong enough to dominate most CB's at the point of attack once locked on. Weaknesses: Needs to show more consistent focus. Drops too many catchable passes. Seems to fight the ball at times and lets it get into his pads too often. Lacks explosive initial burst and will need to improve his array of release moves to compensate in the NFL. Still too sloppy as a route runner. Rounds off too many of his routes and isn't crisp enough getting in and out of breaks particularly on intermediate routes. Could have significantly more trouble separating in the NFL if he doesn't improve the crispness of his routes. He's not overly elusive after the catch and he lacks the initial burst to explode up the field right away he needs a crease or to break a tackle in order to make big gains after the catch. Effort and size/strength are good as a stalk blocker but he must improve his technique and angles. Overall: Bowman attended North Carolina as a freshman and sophomore (2003-'04), appearing in 18 games (two starts) and finishing his Tar Heels career with 28 receptions for 510 yards (18.2 average) and five touchdowns. He transferred to Oklahoma State in 2005, sitting out the season in accordance with NCAA regulations. Bowman immediately was a force for the Cowboys, piling up 127 catches for 2,187 yards (17.2 average) and 20 TDs in 24 games (all starts) during his two years in Stillwater (2005-'06). Bowman was dismissed from North Carolina after being cited for marijuana possession (a charge that was later dismissed). He played five games on the Oklahoma State basketball squad during the 2006-07 season. Bottom line: Bowman possesses an outstanding combination of size, top-end speed and athletic ability. However, he is an unpolished route runner that will struggle to separate versus good man-to-man cover corners in the NFL. Furthermore, his inconsistent hands are troubling. Bowman's stock has taken a big hit for those reasons. Despite his outstanding natural tools, he could easily slip to the third round of the 2008 draft. I think they have the 40 wrong he ran like a 4.70 All I know is the last time we drafted a Oklahoma State player we did pretty good.
OklahomaBill Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 I only really post on threads about Bowman but I've watched about every game of his at OSU. The kid makes plays period. I'm shocked at how badly his measurables have been but somebody is going to get a steal in the third round or so. I don't remember all the details but he was kicked off the team before any charges were filed against him (weed related) and charges were never filed.
Tipster19 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 I only really post on threads about Bowman but I've watched about every game of his at OSU. The kid makes plays period. I'm shocked at how badly his measurables have been but somebody is going to get a steal in the third round or so. I don't remember all the details but he was kicked off the team before any charges were filed against him (weed related) and charges were never filed. Once again, this kid is made for Buffalo, I sure hope that we don't pass on him. On a side note. If you have read or heard his interview he was asked who at CB was someone worth mentioning and the first one he said was Tracy Porter. Here's another prospect that I hope that we get. I've been advocating him and Jordy Nelson for awhile now and I'm really wanting Bowman too. I think that this kid will be a special player in the NFL, I just hope that it will be for the Bills.
stewy23 Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 A massive target with long arms and big hands. Excels on vertical routes and is a big-play waiting to happen. He does a great job of using his body to shield defenders on slants, posts, etc. Also wins most jump ball battles. This kid has "ideal complement to Lee Evans" written all over him. Big guy who can be a huge red zone target. You don't need to be lightning fast when you're going to be on the field with Lee Evans and Roscoe Parrish. That's their job. His job will be to catch the ball when it's thrown to him. Some people are clamoring for a possession Tight End when this kid can double as a possession guy AND the occasional threat to break one deep with his "deceptive speed." Weaknesses: Needs to show more consistent focus. Drops too many catchable passes. Seems to fight the ball at times and lets it get into his pads too often. This kind of stuff can be taught if he is willing to learn. He has the size and strength, all he needs is to perfect his technique and the mental aspect of it. Overall I thiink that grabbing this kid in Round 3 or 4 would give the team a ton of freedom to address other positions of need in the other rounds. Sign him up!
BuffaloRebound Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 There are some intriguing potential middle round picks (3rd though 5th round) this year. A strong safety like Zbikowski or Steltz could be a nice complement to Whitner. Big WR's who could fall like Bowman or Monk. A few big TE's with potential like Bennett, Davis from Michigan State, and Cottam. It would be nice to pick up a 4th round compensatory pick.
bills_red Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Adarius Bowman is a man with nothing to lose, and everything to gain. He’s already lost it once, and it won’t happen again. By Luke Paul Chandler “Nah man. You can’t stop me,” Adarius Bowman proclaims during a phone conversation, after being asked how he would defend himself on the football field. Bowman’s frank answer could be interpreted as either extremely cocky, or extremely confident. Bowman, who eschews the grind process of the pre-draft workouts, where some have said he’s slow too make it in the NFL. He has no waver in his voice when he describes himself as a playmaker. He knows that his game shows up on film, not a stopwatch. That’s why when he’s asked his 40-yard dash times that failed to break 4.7 at the Combine in February and Oklahoma State’s Pro Day earlier this month, he’s not worried. The former Oklahoma State standout is not a primadonna, though. Despite the kind of physical talent that could bring an NFL general manager to his knees, Bowman is far from the modern NFL wide receiver in personality. His outward confidence comes from a place of maturity and respect, rather than showboating and a self-centered attitude. For someone who once had lost a hold on a budding two-sport career in college, there is not much that gets to him. The real story is that Bowman has seen a great deal in his 22 years. At such a young age, he’s already experienced parts of life that some men don’t see until they are much deeper in adulthood. Most of it never happened on a football field, but it shaped him into the player that he has become today. To people like his mother, Tara Bowman, and his position coach at both North Carolina and Oklahoma State Gunter Brewer, they see a young man with so much more than NFL potential. It was not always that way. For a time early on in his college career, which originally began at the University of North Carolina, Bowman was admittedly not making the best decisions. In October 2004, he was caught with two other Tar Heels in a dorm room smoking marijuana. Bowman admits that he was smoking marijuana with the others, but that he was not the one who brought the drugs to the room. Charges were later dropped, but the coach John Bunting moved quickly, and dismissed Bowman along with two others on a one-strike policy. “I hold no resentment, nor regret it because it made the person that I am today,” Bowman said. “I feel that the university could have handled the situation better, but it happened the way it happened, and it was what it is. It was being young, and making mistakes.” Bowman felt that North Carolina had acted too harshly against him, feeling that he should have been given a second chance. After his case was dismissed in November 2004, he said that he was given a second chance to come back to the team. Bowman, however, was ready to transfer. It was a big shock to those closest to Bowman that a mistake like this could happen. He was born on July 10th, 1985 to Tara, who at the time was just 14. Bowman at a young age had to take on great responsibility. His father was not involved in his upbringing, so Bowman had to become a father figure to his younger siblings. Raised in Chattanooga, Tenn. in a small apartment, Bowman couldn’t have the care-free existence of his peers. His responsibilities were at home. It never bothered Bowman though. “I was taking a different approach than the other students,” Bowman said. “When everyone was going out to the movies or just hanging out, I had to go home to take care of my brothers and sisters. I never had a problem doing it though.” Bowman can count on one hand the amount of times he’s met with his father. Because of that, his bond with his mother is tight, a near brother and sister relationship because of their close ages. As Brewer described, Bowman may not have grown up with many materialistic things, but he grow up with a lot of love in his family. Bowman, despite not coming from wealth, was a two-sport star at Notre Dame High School, a private school in Chattanooga. To support the family, Tara Bowman worked several jobs while he was growing up. He was originally a basketball star, and was attracted to football as a way of bulking up, and getting into a better weight-lifting routine. When he first became a member of the team, he tried several positions before finally settling on wide receiver, where Bowman says he finally found “it.” During his first year of varsity football, Bowman had a monstrous season, catching 52 passes for 1,339 yards and 16 touchdowns. It was at this time that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution named him one of the top 100 players in the South. Bowman had found a home for his athletic talent. During his senior season while at Notre Dame, Bowman became a hot name in recruiting. At that time he became heavily recruited by Gunter Brewer, the wide receivers coach at the University of North Carolina. Bowman says that his relationship with Brewer was special from the beginning. Brewer made several recruiting visits to his home, and spent time getting to know his family. “It really allowed me to know what kind of person he was,” Bowman said. Bowman later said along with his talks with then basketball coach for the Tar Heels, Matt Doherty, gave him the answer he needed, to commit to North Carolina to play both basketball and football. It was a tough move for Bowman, especially early on. He said he had conversations with his mom about coming home to be closer to his family. “I had spent so much of my childhood at home … I felt out of my routine away from home,” he said. During his time at North Carolina, it began to take a toll on him. His grades had begun to slip, and he was unhappy. In spite of the ugliness of his dismissal from North Carolina, Bowman found a second chance in Stillwater, Oklahoma. At that time, Brewer had decided to leave North Carolina to take a role on head coach Mike Gundy’s staff at Oklahoma State. Bowman said that “he was the only reason I went there. I was committed to following Coach Brewer wherever he went.” Brewer, who had been at Oklahoma State a full semester before Bowman committed, made it known to the receiver that he was being given a second chance. Through coach Gundy, Bowman became aware that another incident involving marijuana would not be tolerated. It was not an issue though, and Bowman had Brewer vouching for the young transfer student. “He no longer felt comfortable there after I had left, and it was a matter of letting people know we could get him around the corner, and he deserved a second chance,” Brewer said. “I was more concerned with his poor decision making at that time than his character. “Kids make mistakes, adults make mistakes and from the President of the United States to me, out there in the public eye it’s more visible as an athlete in the media. We were extremely disappointed because he had been raised better than that, and we couldn’t stick our head in the sand. On a college campus of 30,000 or more, that things of that nature do happen. You have to address the problem, not walk away from it, and find out why a person made that decision.” The two became closer because of the incident, which later defined both men’s roles in each other’s lives. Brewer said at that time, he started to see Bowman grow as a person. Bowman had stopped handling matters like a child, and more like an adult. During the 2005 season where Bowman had to sit out due to transfer rules, it was a very humbling time for Bowman, according to Brewer. Bowman had no choice but to learn to become a team player, and to learn that it wasn’t always his way that was right. It was tough on Bowman, but he understood that he had no choice, “sitting out that year made a much better player and person.” When he finally got a chance to play his first game as an Oklahoma State Cowboy Bowman says he was out there to prove a point to himself. He responded with a huge season that saw play well on the field, but more than that become a big part of the team. Bowman blew up to become a big-play receiver, much like former Brewer student Randy Moss, and was one of the hottest wide receivers in the country. He gave serious consideration to declaring for the 2007 NFL Draft, but he said his mom pushed him to finish his degree. At the time, he was only about 20 credit hours away from graduation. When he came back for his final season in 2007, he says that he was more experienced and he had a deeper understanding for the game, and his comfort level increased. He also had corrective eye surgery in the spring of 2007, to correct 20/900 vision in his one eye. A change in schemes and quarterbacks saw Bowman’s production drop statistically, but as always, his confidence in his performance never falters, “all I can do is play the game…it is what it is. People can see I can play the game.” To Brewer, who has grown with Bowman over the past four years, he sees so much more for Bowman. He sees not only the football player, but the young man who’s grown so much. Bowman ranks extremely high on Brewer’s lists of pupils, and not just for his physical talent. Brewer sees much more for Bowman than just football, though he does see a great deal of untapped talent in the young man. To Brewer, Bowman will make an impact somewhere in life, hopefully both on and off the football field.
OklahomaBill Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks for posting the article. I hadn't seen that. Bowman did play for OSU's basketball team his junior season. He didn't play a ton but he got into some games.
The Jokeman Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 Anquan Boldin's case was a little different. He came back and ran a halfway decent 4.59 at his Pro Day. He was also still suffering some effects of a knee injury the season prior. and if you read things online you'd know that Tyke Tolbert was the one that fought for the Cardinals to go after Boldin as he felt he ran faster then he timed in shorts. I'm curous as to what he thinks of Bowman. Based on his college number you'd think he does and be happy taking him in the 3rd Round if can bame guys like Cromartie in Round 1 and Keller in Round 2.
bills_red Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 and if you read things online you'd know that Tyke Tolbert was the one that fought for the Cardinals to go after Boldin as he felt he ran faster then he timed in shorts. I'm curous as to what he thinks of Bowman. Based on his college number you'd think he does and be happy taking him in the 3rd Round if can bame guys like Cromartie in Round 1 and Keller in Round 2. :) BTW What We're Hearing http://www.nfldraftblitz.com/PremiumBlitz/...werehearing.htm "- We ran into some interesting cornerback rankings we thought we'd pass along. One AFC East team ranks the top five this way: 1) Mike Jenkins, 2) Antoine Cason, 3) Leodis McKelvin, 4) Brandon Flowers, 5) Tracy Porter. That team had Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie ranked 7th at the position."
Tipster19 Posted March 29, 2008 Author Posted March 29, 2008 Wow, its amazing about the eyes/lasik surgery, given his production. Just might make him that much better. And as far as his 40 time, I'm sure alot of teams are kicking themselves for not taking Anquan Boldin, and if I remember correctly his time was in the 4.7s as well. This kid seems really intriguing, thanks! Hopefully having a second lasik surgery makes a huge difference for Bowman. Right now it appears that his stock has slipped because of this and a couple of other issues but each of these concerns seem to have been corrected and if so he could land up being a real steal. Of course if the verification of these issues prove to be resolved than I would love to see Buffalo take him. Anquan Boldin's case was a little different. He came back and ran a halfway decent 4.59 at his Pro Day. He was also still suffering some effects of a knee injury the season prior. Well, it seems that Bowman also had a knee injury towards the end of the season and he could still be effected by that also. There are some intriguing potential middle round picks (3rd though 5th round) this year. A strong safety like Zbikowski or Steltz could be a nice complement to Whitner. Big WR's who could fall like Bowman or Monk. A few big TE's with potential like Bennett, Davis from Michigan State, and Cottam. It would be nice to pick up a 4th round compensatory pick. I just read the other day that we're not getting any compensatory picks this year. I could be wrong about this but right now it doesn't look good for us.
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