Raiders’ Brock Bowers breaks 2 NFL records, including Mike Ditka’s 1961 rookie tight end mark
Associated PressNEW ORLEANS — Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn’t set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had “no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL.” Then he proceeded to break a 63-year-old record in his first 16 games as a pro — just one of three notable marks he set Sunday during the Las Vegas Raiders’ 25-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Bowers’ seven catches for 77 yards give him 108 receptions for 1,144 yards in 16 games this season, eclipsing Mike Ditka’s 1961 rookie tight end mark of 1,067 yards receiving and Puka Nacua’s 2023 mark of 105 catches by a rookie at any position. I just try to ask myself, ‘How can I help the team the best way that I can?’ And just catch the ball when it comes to me.” Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders 13th overall out of Georgia, the 6-foot-3, 243-pound Bowers eclipsed Ditka’s mark when he made a 13-yard catch late in the second quarter. Now Bowers has broken a more than 50-year old NFL record set by the very first tight end, in Ditka, to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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