Jan 5, 2025; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Raiders tight finish Brock Bowers (89) catches the ball within the second half in opposition to the Los Angeles Chargers at Allegiant Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Kirby Lee-Imagn Pictures Las Vegas tight finish Brock Bowers caught 4 passes within the Raiders’ regular-season finale on Sunday, nudging him previous New York Giants extensive receiver Malik Nabers for the NFL’s single-season rookie reception file.
Nabers briefly owned the file after making 5 grabs within the Giants’ 20-13 loss at Philadelphia early Sunday afternoon to go away him with 109 on the season.
A couple of hours later, Bowers shook off a sluggish begin and hauled in all 4 of his receptions throughout the second half of the Raiders’ 34-20 house loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. His a hundred and tenth catch got here on a 21-yard reference to Aidan O’Connell within the third quarter.
Bowers completed the season with 112 receptions, the third-most by a good finish in NFL historical past. Zach Ertz holds the single-season file together with his 116-catch marketing campaign with Philadelphia in 2018.
Drafted thirteenth general out of Georgia, Bowers turned a right away weapon for Las Vegas and wound up orchestrating the most efficient debut season by a good finish in league historical past. He set the receiving yards file for rookie tight ends, surpassing the 1,076 yard whole set by Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Mike Ditka with Chicago in 1961.
Bowers ended up with 1,194 receiving yards this season, tied for eighth-most within the NFL. He additionally caught 5 touchdowns for a Raiders workforce that completed 4-13 and missed the playoffs for the third straight yr.
Nabers concluded his first marketing campaign with 1,204 yards, simply forward of Bowers for seventh within the league, and 7 touchdowns. The sixth general pick of LSU was a vibrant spot throughout an in any other case dreary centennial season for New York, which misplaced a franchise-record 14 video games, together with 10 straight losses at one level, additionally a franchise worst.
His fourth catch on Sunday gave him 108 on the yr and moved him previous Steve Smith (2009) for the Giants’ single-season reception file.
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