Widely regarded as the top tight end prospect eligible for the 2024 draft, Brock Bowers made it official Tuesday night. The Georgia pass catcher announced (via Instagram) he will leave school early and prepare for the NFL.
Bowers has been an impact player at Georgia for three years, helping the Bulldogs win back-to-back national championships as an underclassman. Mel Kiper Jr.’s ESPN.com big board slots Bowers at No. 5, putting him in position to potentially be the second skill-position player — behind wideout Marvin Harrison Jr., assuming he declares — selected in 2024.
Putting together a prolific resume during his three seasons at Georgia, Bowers is poised to become the latest tight end to be drafted in the top 10. Only Kyle Pitts and T.J. Hockenson have accomplished this over the past nine drafts.
The 6-foot-4 tight end scored 26 touchdowns during his run at the SEC powerhouse. Bowers topped 700 receiving yards in each of his three seasons, doing so in 2023 despite missing time with an ankle injury. As a freshman in 2021, Bowers scored 13 TDs and posted 882 receiving yards. As a sophomore, he produced a career-high 942 yards.
Although Darnell Washington became a third-round Steelers draftee last season, Bowers resided as the Bulldogs’ top tight end throughout his career. None of Georgia’s wideouts during the two national championship-winning seasons rivaled Bowers’ place in the aerial pecking order, either. College tight ends do not make a habit of being their team’s unquestioned top target, but Bowers led the Bulldogs in receiving by more than 150 yards in 2021 and ’22. Bowers’ October ankle surgery, from which he returned later in the season, did not prevent him from leading the Bulldogs in receiving for a third straight year. He will be a sought-after player early in the 2024 draft.
DGD!
Thank you for everything Brock. An amazing fit for him could be with the Titans Bengals Chiefs or Dolphins
Pretty sure he is talked about as going top 7 so only Titans have a shot.
Chargers need other things but I can see them trying to get him.
He could fall. Idk the teams in top 10 all having glaring needs outside of tight end
You don’t think Arizona? Get Kyler an elite weapon?
AZ is possible too if Marvin Harrison Jr is gone like he should likely be. Their TE is pretty decent though so they may want to go defense or oline.
Unless you’re taking Williams nobody should pass on MHJ.
McBride is the new ertz. It would be a waste to get a TE that high. They need edge rushers and wrs