Former Georgia Bulldog Brock Bowers has just finished a historic season in his first year in the NFL. The NFL regular season is nearing its end and multiple teams that have not made the playoffs have concluded their 2024 campaigns.

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

Poor timing might be the only thing standing between Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

While the Las Vegas Raiders had a season to forget in 2024 as a team, individual players on the field made team history and NFL history. In the Raiders' Week 18 game against the Los Angeles Chargers, rookie tight end Brock Bowers, who has broken multiple records this year, broke another league record at the beginning of the second half.

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.

Brock Bowers hauled in his 110th reception of the season on Sunday afternoon in their matchup with the Chargers.

In the third quarter, Bowers broke the NFL record for receptions in a rookie season, surpassing the mark of 105 catches set by Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua last season. Later in the quarter, he surpassed Darren Waller’s franchise record for most receptions in a season with his 108th catch.

Brock Bowers set a new rookie receiving yards record for tight ends on Sunday, surpassing Mike Ditka’s mark of 1,076 set in 1961, during the Las Vegas Raiders’ matchup with the New Orleans Saints.

Raiders tight end Brock Bowers breaks Puka Nacua's rookie receptions record in the team's Week 17 game against the Saints

Raiders phenomenal rookie TE Brock Bowers was already named to the AFC Pro Bowl team, in what we knew would be the first of many nods of recognition for him. Wednesday it was the NFLPA's turn. They released their third-annual Players All Pro team and Bowers made the squad.