BruceFowler
- height 6-4
- Weight 270
- class Redshirt Freshman
- High school Isidore Newman
Coaches like the potential of this big prospect … Worked out at tight end and fullback during spring practice before being assigned to tight end … Caught two passes for 26 yards in one of the spring scrimmages … An excellent pass catcher, especially for a player his size.
2002 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Three-year letterman and starter at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans … Played tight end and defensive end … Listed among the state’s top 100 players in a Louisiana football magazine … Top game was five catches for 87 yards against Riverside HS … Second-team all-district as a junior … Helped team win the district championship his sophomore season … Coached by Frank Gendusa … Lettered four years in track, competing in the shot put and discus throw … State runner-up as a junior in both the shot and disc … Team captain … Three-year letterman in basketball … Two-year all-district pick who also garnered All-Metro New Orleans honors as a junior … Decided to walk on at Kentucky after also considering Alabama-Birmingham, Tulane, LSU, Florida, and Louisiana Tech.
Personal: Full name is Bruce Miller Fowler Jr. … Born 7-31-84 in New Orleans, La. … Son of Bruce Fowler and Andre Trevigne’ Fowler … His father played basketball at Tennessee State … Major is finance.