All-American Bowl journal: Notre Dame LB Drayk Bowen recaps first two days
Throughout the week at the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Merrillville (Ind.) Andrean and Notre Dame signee Drayk Bowen will share his thoughts and experiences of taking part in the prestigious postseason all-star game.
Below are his thoughts from the first two days.
On travel from Indiana to Texas for the All-American Bowl: “It was alright — pretty tiring day. My flight got delayed a couple times, but overall, the day was alright. The gear was dope.”
On who he’s spent time with after the first two days: “My roommate is [Oregon quarterback signee] Austin Novosad. I’ve really had fun hanging out with the other Notre Dame recruits.”
On Tuesday’s two training sessions: “The first day of practice was solid. We did a lot of install today and ran some 7-on-7. I thought I did pretty good today — had a couple good plays.”
On his favorite part of the week thus far: “My favorite part was getting all the equipment. It was super cool and we had a bunch of stuff.”
On Wednesday’s practice: “I’m looking forward to competing tomorrow.”
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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.
