Raiders sign first-round pick TE Brock Bowers

HENDERSON, Nev. – The Las Vegas Raiders signed a first-round pick TE Brock Bowersthe club announced on Thursday.

Bowers, a 6-foot-3, 243-pound tight end from Georgia, was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Bowers played in 40 career games over three seasons and totaled 175 receptions for 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns, earning first-team All-American honors three times – becoming only the third player in program history to accomplish this feat . He also became the first consecutive winner of the John Mackey Award (2022, 2023), given to the nation’s top-scoring tight end.

In 2023, Bowers led the Bulldogs with 56 catches for 714 yards and six touchdowns. He ranked second nationally among tight ends in receiving yards (714) and sixth nationally in receiving touchdowns (six). As a freshman, Bowers was named SEC Freshman of the Year after setting the school record for most touchdown receptions in a season with 13.

A native of Napa, California, Bowers attended Napa High School, where he led the team to a 7-4 record and an appearance in the CIF North Coast Section Division II playoffs as a junior in 2019 He finished the season with 1,499 all-purpose yards. and 18 total touchdowns, including 39 receptions for 1,098 receiving yards and a school-record 14 touchdowns, as well as 22 carries for 316 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Bowers was rated a four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals.com and ESPN.com.