Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers is authoring a 2024 season that won’t soon be forgotten.
The 6-foot-4, 230 pound tight end has reeled in 90 catches for 968 yards with four touchdowns. Bowers’ catches and yards are both tops in the NFL among tight ends and rank fourth and 11th among all NFL players, respectively.
Bowers has already set the new NFL record for the most catches by a rookie tight end. With three games still left to play, Bowers is well within striking distance of breaking the NFL’s rookie tight end single-season receiving yardage record (1,076) set by Mike Ditka in 1961.
Selected No. 13 overall in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, the Georgia alum has nine games with five or more catches and three with 10 or more grabs.
Bowers has eclipsed the century mark in receiving yardage in two games this season and has eight games with 50 or more receiving yards in 2024.
Bowers’ rapid ascent has caught the attention of NFL fans worldwide. In the latest Pro Bowl fan voting update, Bowers is now the leading vote-getter among tight ends.
How the #Colts stack up in the latest return of Pro Bowl fan voting:
• Zaire Franklin is No. 3 among ILBs
• Nick Cross is No. 4 among SSsQuenton Nelson is no longer in the top 10 among Gs. He was in the 10th spot in the previous two voting updates before dropping out. pic.twitter.com/J7rURE9PI7
— James Boyd (@RomeovilleKid) December 16, 2024
Three other Raiders find themselves within the top 10 of the latest Pro Bowl fan voting update at their respective positions.
The Raiders’ Maxx Crosby currently possesses the fourth-most votes among defensive ends, Robert Spillane owns the fifth-most votes among inside linebackers and Daniel Carlson received the ninth-most votes among kickers.
Crosby recently announced that his 2024 campaign is over after sustaining a season-ending ankle injury that will require surgery.
Crosby ends his 2024 season with 45 tackles and team-leading figures in tackles for loss (17) and in sacks (7.5). Crosby also tallied five passes defensed.
Spillane intercepted Atlanta quarterback Kirk Cousins in Las Vegas’ Monday Night Football loss against the Falcons. It was Spillane’s second interception of the 2024 season.
Spillane also boasts a team-leading 126 tackles and has registered seven tackles for loss, five passes defensed and one sack.
Carlson is 26-of-31 (83.9%) on field goal tries during the 2024 season and has connected on six from 50-plus yards. The kicker out of Auburn is also 19-of-20 on PAT tries.
