Michigan football senior QB Alan Bowman enters transfer portal
For the second time this month, a Michigan quarterback is on the move.
Alan Bowman, a fifth-year senior who spent the past two years in Ann Arbor after transferring into the program from Texas Tech, put his name in the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday, the Detroit Free Press has learned.
Bowman transferred to Ann Arbor prior to the 2021 season with hopes of competing for the starting job, but was beat out by Cade McNamara for the position and McCarthy as the backup.
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McNamara, who won the starting role a season ago and led the Wolverines to their first Big Ten Championship since 2004, announced he was transferring to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Dec. 2, he entered the portal on Nov. 28.
Bowman, who spent his time in the maize and blue as a backup, completed 8-of-11 passes (72.7%) for 69 yards, with one touchdown and one interception across four games the past two years. Prior to that, he started 16 games across three years for the Red Raiders and completed 67% of his passes for 5,260 yards, 33 touchdowns and 17 interceptions.
Bowman is the fifth Michigan player to enter the transfer portal in the past three weeks, he joins McNamara, DL George Rooks and TEs Erick All (Iowa) and Louis Hansen.
The Wolverines now have four quarterbacks on the roster in J.J. McCarthy, Davis Warren, Alex Orji, and Jayden Denegal. They do not have any committed in the Class of 2023, the three-day early signing period begins on Wednesday Dec. 21.
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