There were high expectations for Brock Bowers coming into the National Football League, who would be selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the 13th-overall pick in this year’s draft. Bowers, who won the John Mackey Award in both 2022 and 2023 – an annual award given to the tight end deemed ‘most outstanding’ in college football – was not only considered a phenomenal prospect coming out of Georgia,

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers has been as advertised during his first season in the NFL and is on pace to do historic things. Even with that being the case, Bowers faces an uphill battle for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Brock Bowers was hyped up as perhaps the best tight end prospect in many years, perhaps ever, ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. Hyperbole and top-5 overall rankings for the Georgia tight end were everywhere.