Raiders tight end whose 2024 rookie season set the NFL rookie tight end receptions record at 112.
Brock Bowers was the highest-graded tight end prospect in modern draft history. His rookie 2024 season broke Sam LaPorta's TE rookie reception record with 112 catches. The 2025 sophomore year delivered 95 catches and 1,060 yards on a 4-13 Raiders team that played four different quarterbacks.
Path to the league
Georgia two-time Mackey Award winner (2022, 2023). 2x national champion. Raiders took him 13th overall in 2024 in a position-strong run. Broke LaPorta's rookie TE reception record by Week 16.
Career highlights
2024 NFL rookie TE reception record (112). 2024 All-Rookie team. 2024 Pro Bowl. 2x Mackey Award (Georgia). 2x CFP National Champion (Georgia 2021, 2022).
2025 season recap
95 catches on 132 targets for 1,060 yards and 6 TDs. Las Vegas finished 4-13 with quarterback play that ranged from Geno Smith to Aidan O'Connell to rookie Cam Ward. Bowers caught passes from all of them. The Raiders' 2026 reset will be built around him and rookie RB Ashton Jeanty.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Brock Bowers
- Pro Football Reference: Brock Bowers
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Receiving
12 games played▶Receiving · career
| Year | Team | GP | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | raiders | 1 | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 1 | 20 |
| 2025 | raiders | 12 | 64 | 680 | 10.6 | 7 | 38 |
| 2024 | raiders | 17 | 112 | 1,194 | 10.7 | 5 | 57 |
▶Rushing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | raiders | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | raiders | 17 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 12 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Tight End
- Group
- offense
- College
- Georgia
- Hometown
- Napa, CA, USA
- Age
- 23
- Status
- active
Latest news about Brock Bowers
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Week 3 went 10 of 16, but the high-confidence picks split 3-3, so the model is more cautious this week: four High picks instead of six, led by Buffalo over New England, with Chiefs at Raiders the game of the week.
Raiders Beat Saints 35-27 in Week 3
Las Vegas Raiders 35, New Orleans Saints 27 at Caesars Superdome. Kirk Cousins went 22 of 33 for 248 yards with 3 touchdowns.
Raiders Extend Michael Mayer for Three Years, $45 Million
The deal, with $30 million guaranteed, comes the day before Mayer starts the opener in place of Brock Bowers, who is out after a meniscus procedure.
Brock Bowers Returns From Knee Procedure With 116 Yards as Raiders Go to 3-0
Update: Bowers returned in Week 3 with 10 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown in a 35-27 comeback win at New Orleans that moved the Raiders to 3-0.
Raiders TE Brock Bowers Gets Engaged to High School Sweetheart Cameron Newell
The proposal came in Napa, where the couple first met, capping nearly six years together that spanned Bowers' back-to-back national titles at Georgia and his rise with Las Vegas.
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Two weeks into the Raiders' first OTAs with their No. 1 overall pick, the coaching staff is already endorsing the work.
