First offered a scholarship by the previous Rutgers coaching regime in 2015, Bowles committed to a new era at Rutgers on June 12, 2016. He played in the shadow of high school and Rutgers teammate Bo Melton but had his own list of Power Five offers, including Virginia, North Carolina and Purdue.
Meet Rutgers' Owen Bowles, the new offensive lineman who plays with a 'violent' streak