Never has a rookie tight end had a season like the one Brock Bowers had for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Why not outdo tight ends in more ways, too?
As a rookie, Bowers had 1,194 yards receiving. That broke Mike Ditka's long-standing record by 118 yards.
The next record Bowers can set his sights on is the single-season receiving yards record for any tight end. That's held by Chiefs legend Travis Kelce, at 1,416.
ESPN's Seth Walder predicts Bowers to break it, if not this season, than in the next few.
"The start to his career needs no introduction: He had 1,194 receiving yards as a rookie, meaning his upside is literally record-breaking potential," Walder wrote.
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Bowers is a special talent. That's why the Raiders took him No. 13 overall out of Georgia in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Even with the Bulldogs, Bowers was regarded as different from the moment he showed up in Athens as a freshman.
At 6-foot-4, 230 pounds, the Raiders even gave Bowers some handoffs as a rookie. Why not? He's that good with the football in his hands.
He isn't the same kind of player as Kelce, but Bowers has the potential to be just as transcendent on the field (if not off it).
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Bowers put up his massive rookie numbers with a mish-mosh of quarterbacks. Now he has a quality QB looking his way in the form of Geno Smith, and an energized team around him thanks to the presence of new head coach Pete Carroll.
It sure was a big rookie year for Bowers. But that just might be the start of an epic NFL career for the superstar tight end.
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