Brock Bowers, Jayden Daniels, and Bucky Irving were amount the players that won fantasy managers their leagues for 2024. Several rookies made impactful fantasy contributions and have key outlooks for the 2025 season.
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Raiders TE Brock Bowers named AP first team All Pro
One season. One AP First Team All Pro nod. Brock Bowers' meteoric rise to the NFL best tight end is official. It wasn't a great surprise. Bowers led the NFL among tight ends in receiving (1194), receptions (112),
Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers had an all-time rookie campaign. He was just honored in the most prestigious way.
Brock Bowers shined as the Raiders' 13th pick, earning All-Pro honors with record-breaking stats and a "Superman" reputation.
However, if there was one bright spot during the team's 4-13 season, it would have to be rookie tight end Brock Bowers. He broke the NFL record for most catches in a year by a rookie (112), and also broke Mike Ditka's record for receiving yards in a season for a rookie tight end (1,194). On Friday, the honors for Bowers kept pouring on in.
Media members who cover the NFL have also taken notice of Bowers' historic rookie season. He is just the fourth rookie tight end in the NFL since 1960 - the first since 2002 (Jeremy Shockey) - to earn first-team AP All-Pro honors.
Brock Bowers is rewriting the NFL record books Sunday. The Las Vegas Raiders tight end now has the most receiving yards for a tight end in his rookie season in NFL history, breaking Mike Ditka's 63-year old record for most receiving yards by a tight end in his rookie season in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints .
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brock Bowers has broken Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for yards receiving by a rookie tight end. Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders 13th overall out of Georgia, Bowers eclipsed Ditka’s mark of 1,076 yards when he made a 13-yard catch late in the second quarter on Sunday against New Orleans.
Malik Nabers' time as the NFL record holder for catches in a rookie season was short-lived. While the New York Giants wide receiver finished the season
They were legends for Georgia football. They continue to be legends in the NFL. Watch as Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey swap jerseys after season finale.
Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers caught four passes in the Raiders' regular-season finale on Sunday, nudging him past New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers for the NFL's single-season rookie reception record.