Whether the Cal coaching staff wants to publicly announce it or not, Bowers has clearly been the leader for the starting gig over transfer Brandon McIlwain, redshirt freshman Chase Garbers and senior Chase Forrest during training camp.
Save for a period when he disciplined himself by running the Memorial Stadium stairs after his throw on a fade route drifted out of bounds, Bowers has taken every snap with the first-team offensive line as the team just reached the midway point of its 14-practice training camp.
“You could watch last year that he just stepped right into a lot of blitzing linebackers to get the extra step to throw the ball,” left tackle Patrick Mekari said.