We already know Brock Bowers is on pace for NFL rookie tight end record numbers this season. As good as he has been this season, Sunday in Miami, he had his best game yet.
Bowers put up 13 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown Sunday. That’s a career high in both catches and yards for Bowers and his first time breaking hundred yards in a game.
Not only that, his game entered him into the franchise record books.
Brock Bowers is the first Raiders rookie with at least 10 receptions and 100 yards in a game all-time.
His 13 catches is tied for third most in a game in franchise history. It’s one catch off the franchise record for a game which is shared by Tim Brown and Brandon Myers.
He already had the second most catches by a rookie in franchise history coming into the game. His day put him at 70 catches on the season, which is just two catches away from the franchise record for most catches by a rookie. Amari Cooper holds the team rookie record with 72 catches in 2015. He should be a pretty safe bet to surpass that rookie record in the next game.
His 126 yards receiving gives him 706 on the season which sits fourth in team history for rookies behind only Amari Cooper’s 1070 (2015), James Jett’s 771 (1993), and Tim Brown’s 725 (1991). So, it means he’s already got the most yards in a season by a Raiders rookie tight end.
He’s even entered the NFL record books.
Bowers is the first rookie tight end in NFL history with at least 13 catches and 120 receiving yards in a single game. Only three others have ever done it at any position — Kelvin Bryant (1986), Deion Branch (2002) and Puka Nacua (2023).
Bowers’ 13 receptions today are the most by a rookie tight end in a single game since at least 1960. He is also just the eighth rookie of any position in the Super Bowl era with at least 13 catches in a game.
Bowers is now averaging seven catches and over 70 yards receiving per game, putting him on pace for close to 120 catches and over 1200 yards receiving. If he stays at this pace, he could move into the second most rookie receiving yards by as soon as next week. He is also on pace to set a new Raiders rookie receiving record and perhaps a few more NFL records as well.
