Oklahoma State QB Alan Bowman gets rare waiver for 7th season from NCAA

Alan Bowman played at Texas Tech and Michigan before landing at Oklahoma State this past offseason. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Alan Bowman is going to run it back one last time.

The Oklahoma State quarterback was granted a rare waiver Thursday so that he can play a seventh season in college football next fall. He will turn 24 before next season kicks off.

“I just heard back that I was granted another year of eligibility, and we have unfinished business,” Bowman said in a statement. “I love Stillwater and this program, so I’ll be back in 2024 to make a championship run.”

Bowman got his start at Texas Tech in 2018, when he threw for 605 yards in a game against Houston. He’s the only active quarterback to have thrown for 600 yards in a game.

Yet three games into his second season with the Red Raiders, Bowman broke his collarbone and missed the rest of the year. That injury led to his extension.

Bowman then transferred to Michigan, and was the Wolverines’ backup during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, though he never played in more than four games in a single season. So he used one of his redshirt years there, and received an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Alan met the criteria for an extension of his eligibility due to his season-ending injury in 2019 combined with redshirting at the University of Michigan,” OSU’s senior associate athletics director for compliance Ben Dyson said, via ESPN. “We appreciate the assistance of the Texas Tech training staff for providing us the documentation we needed to quickly process our waiver request.”

Bowman threw for a career-high 3,460 yards and 15 touchdowns with 14 interceptions last season with the Cowboys, who went 10-4 and beat Texas A&M in the TaxAct Texas Bowl last month. He’s one of several key offensive players returning to Stillwater next season, along with running back Ollie Gordin II and receiver Brennan Presley.