OU football cornerback Eli Bowen will not be available to start preseason camp, Brent Venables announced Wednesday.

Brent Venables had high praise for Kendel Dolby, Gentry Williams and Devon Jordan as players who can fill the void.

With one day until the Sooners begin fall camp, OU coach Brent Venables revealed the statuses of several key players.

Oklahoma cornerback Eli Bowen will miss the start of fall camp due to a leg injury, head coach Brent Venables confirmed.

The Sooners will be without one of their starting cornerbacks as fall camp begins on Thursday. OU coach Brent Venables said ...

Brent Venables announced that Oklahoma will be without injured cornerback Eli Bowen when the Sooners begin fall camp on ...

Cornerback Gentry Williams played only two games for the Sooners in 2024 because of a shoulder injury, but he didn't disengage from the program as a result.

OU defensive coordinator Zac Alley and the Sooners’ defensive staff came up with the plan to stick Bowen on Williams. “Eli had the challenge,” Stutsman said.

If the Oklahoma Sooners defense is going to take another big step, it will be because of the defensive backfield.

So happy for the guys.” Even if he didn’t haul in the first of OU’s three interceptions, Bowen played a key role in the Sooners’ game plan to slow down Milroe and the Alabama offense.