#BrockForOROY

“We've got a really special player on our hands.”

Brock Bowers has taken the league by storm.

A dominant weapon. A chess piece you can line up anywhere. A rookie season spent breaking records.

Since the Associated Press first began its Offensive Rookie of the Year award in 1967, a tight end has never won.

So, we ask, Why Not Brock?

IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

receptions

T-2^nd in the league
1^st among tight ends

Receiving Yards

8^th in the league
1^st among tight ends

Touchdowns

tied for 6^th
Among Rookies

Games

with Double-Digit Receptions

Games

with 100+ receiving yards

BOWERS IN ACTION

POSTS DON'T LIE

TE Brock Bowers (@brockbowers17) has now reached 100 receptions in his rookie season.

He has become one of four tight ends of any experience level in NFL history to record 100 receptions through the first 15 games of a single season, joining Jason Witten (103 in 2012), Travis…
— Raiders PR (@RAIDERS_PR) December 23, 2024

1000 receiving yards ✅
100 catches ✅

Two milestones for the rookie Brock Bowers today 🙌 pic.twitter.com/TQT4K8xf9L
— NFL (@NFL) December 23, 2024

Brock Bowers is pretty incredible. Last week, the Broncos put Patrick Surtain on him. This week, he's beating Trent McDuffie down the field on a key third down. Raiders have a rare weapon.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) November 29, 2024

I said before the draft that Brock Bowers would prove to be the best of all rookie RECEIVERS, including wide receivers. He makes at least one spectacular catch a game.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) November 29, 2024

TE Brock Bowers (@brockbowers17) now has 90 receptions on the season, one of 10 rookies in NFL history at any position (the first TE) to record 90+ receptions in his first season.
— Raiders PR (@RAIDERS_PR) December 17, 2024

The thing about Brock Bowers is that he’s gonna wreck this league for his entire career. What a beast.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 29, 2024

Brock Bowers this season:

☠️ 113 Targets
☠️ 2 Drops pic.twitter.com/l3nsnyDV4n
— PFF Fantasy & Betting (@PFF_Fantasy) November 30, 2024

Brock Bowers is what happens when a prospect is actually generational.
— Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) November 29, 2024

"Happy as hell for you. Keep doing your thing. I'm gonna shoot my jersey to your locker."

Awesome moment between tight ends as Travis Kelce asks Brock Bowers for his jersey and a picture 🤝#NationalTightEndsDay @tkelce @brockbowers17 pic.twitter.com/2qjITTJ0jq
— NFL (@NFL) October 28, 2024

Brock Bowers is UNREAL!#BlackFridayNFL pic.twitter.com/Wmw6bfueKF
— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) November 29, 2024

Brock Bowers should be a lock to win rookie of the year

Any argument against him is adding positional value to an award bereft of it
— Mike Renner (@mikerenner_) December 3, 2024

CHASING HISTORY

ROOKIE RECEPTIONS

Set the NFL record for most receptions by a rookie tight end in a single season (passed Sam LaPorta 86, 2023).

With two games to play in 2024, Bowers is just 4 receptions shy of the record for most receptions by a rookie at any position in a season in NFL history.

86

laporta

101

BOWERS

105

nacua

SINGLE SEASON RECEPTIONS

Needs 7 receptions to break the Raiders single-season receptions record set by Darren Waller in 2020.

16 receptions away from breaking the NFL single-season record for most receptions by a tight end of any experience level (would pass Zach Ertz, 116 in 2018).

101

BOWERS

107

Waller

116

ERTZ

ROOKIE RECEIVING YARDS

Needs 4 yards to set the rookie record for receiving yards in franchise history.

10 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL record for most receiving yards by a rookie tight end (would pass Mike Ditka, 1,076 in 1961)

1067

BOWERS

1070

COOPER

1076

Ditka

SINGLE SEASON RECEIVING YARDS

350 receiving yards away from breaking the NFL single-season record for most receiving yards by a tight end of any experience level (would pass Travis Kelce, 1,416 in 2020)

1067

BOWERS

1377

kittle

1416

Kelce