Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders moved previous Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Mike Ditka on Sunday to set the NFL report for many receiving yards by a decent finish in his rookie season and likewise set the report for many receptions by a rookie, no matter place.
Bowers has 108 receptions to high the mark set final season by Puka Nacua (105) of the Los Angeles Rams. Bowers’ yardage stands at 1,144 after having seven receptions for 77 yards in a 25-10 street victory over the New Orleans Saints.
Bowers additionally set a franchise receptions for catches in a season, surpassing Darren Waller (107 in 2020).
“It is superior,” Bowers mentioned of the data in a postgame interview on Fox. “You by no means know what to anticipate coming as much as the subsequent degree. It has been all the pieces and extra.”
Bowers’ third catch on Sunday — a 13-yard seize late within the second quarter in opposition to the Saints — pushed his season complete to 1,087 yards. Ditka totaled 1,076 receiving yards in 14 video games with the Chicago Bears in 1961.
Bowers, 22, set the report for receptions by a rookie tight finish earlier this season by eclipsing the entire of 86 reeled in by Sam LaPorta of the Detroit Lions in 2023.
Bowers was chosen by the Raiders with the thirteenth total choose of the 2024 NFL Draft. Regardless of all his catches, he has simply 4 scoring receptions.
Whereas with Georgia, Bowers was the primary back-to-back winner of the Mackey Award (2022, 2023), which is given to the highest tight finish in faculty soccer.
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