2026 Pre-Spring Roster
Roster
CB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballQB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballQB
/ FootballDL
/ FootballSLOT
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballVIPER
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballWR
/ FootballSLOT
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballTE
/ FootballRB
/ FootballRB
/ FootballK
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballRB
/ FootballWR
/ FootballSLOT
/ FootballDL
/ FootballLB
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballRUSH
/ FootballVIPER
/ FootballLB
/ FootballSAF
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballLB
/ FootballOL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballOL
/ FootballWR
/ FootballTE
/ FootballTE
/ FootballWR
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ FootballDL
/ Football
Jersey Number 22
Shepherd Bowling
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 212
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Katy
Pronunciation Guide
Honors at Rice
2025
Saw action in each of the first four games on special teams and returned to action in the Armed Forces Bowl… Finished the year with a career-best 40 plays on special teams.
2024
Saw action against Texas Southern and recorded his first career tackle with a stop on kickoff coverage.
2023
Saw action in six games on special teams, compiling 40 plays with a high of 11 vs. Houston.
2022
Joined the Owls as a transfer after spending his freshman year at Army as a redshirt and did not see any action in his first year on South Main.
Katy High School
Three-year letterman and two-year starter for Gary Joseph at Katy HS, capping his career by helping lead the Tigers to the 2020 Texas 6A-D2 championship, where he was a teammate of fellow Owl Cal Varner III… First-team All-Greater Houston, and third-team All-State as a senior and named Vype Magazine’s Greater Houston Defensive MVP… Two-time All-District 19-6A selection… Two-year letterman in track and was named team MVP while competing in the 110 & 300-meter hurdles and the high jump… Regional qualifier in the 110 hurdles… Academic All-State in both football and track.
Personal
Full Name Shepherd Graham Bowling… Born: August 8 at Katy, Texas… Parents: Barry and Laurie Bowling… two brothers and two sisters…. Rice major: Computer Science… College: Martel
Honors at Rice
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023)
- Rice Honor Athlete (2025)
2025
Saw action in each of the first four games on special teams and returned to action in the Armed Forces Bowl… Finished the year with a career-best 40 plays on special teams.
2024
Saw action against Texas Southern and recorded his first career tackle with a stop on kickoff coverage.
2023
Saw action in six games on special teams, compiling 40 plays with a high of 11 vs. Houston.
2022
Joined the Owls as a transfer after spending his freshman year at Army as a redshirt and did not see any action in his first year on South Main.
Katy High School
Three-year letterman and two-year starter for Gary Joseph at Katy HS, capping his career by helping lead the Tigers to the 2020 Texas 6A-D2 championship, where he was a teammate of fellow Owl Cal Varner III… First-team All-Greater Houston, and third-team All-State as a senior and named Vype Magazine’s Greater Houston Defensive MVP… Two-time All-District 19-6A selection… Two-year letterman in track and was named team MVP while competing in the 110 & 300-meter hurdles and the high jump… Regional qualifier in the 110 hurdles… Academic All-State in both football and track.
Personal
Full Name Shepherd Graham Bowling… Born: August 8 at Katy, Texas… Parents: Barry and Laurie Bowling… two brothers and two sisters…. Rice major: Computer Science… College: Martel
 |
| Martel College |
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser
Saturday, December 04
VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser
Thursday, December 02
