Where did Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman land in final ESPN 7-Round NFL Mock Draft?
Where did Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman land in final ESPN 7-Round NFL Mock Draft?
It's draft week. The NFL draft begins this Thursday night with the first round. Rounds 2 and 3 will be on Friday night, and the rest of the draft will take place on Saturday.
The Oklahoma Sooners may not hear a player's name called until the final day of the draft.
In his final seven-round mock draft for ESPN (ESPN+), draft analyst Jordan Reid has just two Oklahoma Sooners projected to be drafted this weekend; both in the fourth round.
With the fifth pick in the fourth round (No. 107 overall) Reid projects the Jacksonville Jaguars to take Oklahoma safety Billy Bowman. With the next pick, Danny Stutsman goes off the board to the Las Vegas Raiders.
While both players will be excited to hear their names called, it would undoubtedly be a disappointment for the program if only two players were taken and none with a premium pick (first three rounds).
Danny Stutsman and Billy Bowman were incredibly important to Oklahoma's defensive turnaround under Brent Venables. However, that they can't get any more respect than a fourth round selection reveals how far the Oklahoma Sooners have to go with their talent acquisition and development.
Now, guys like Kip Lewis, R Mason Thomas, Robert Spears-Jennings, and Gracen Halton could provide the Sooners with some top 100 selections in the 2026 NFL Draft. But they'll have to build upon what were really good 2024 seasons in 2025. That group was a part of Brent Venables first recruiting class back in 2022 and each of them had a standout season a year ago. Now, they're expected to lead the Sooners defense in 2025.
But they'll also build upon what Stutsman and Bowman have meant to the Oklahoma Sooners over the last three seasons. The team success may not have been there but their abilities and leadership were instrumental in helping Oklahoma's defense continually improve under Venables.
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