Bowers’ 108 receptions for 1,144 yards in 16 games this season, eclipsed Mike Ditka’s 1961 rookie tight end mark.
Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn't set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had "no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL ."Then he proceeded to break a 63-year-old record in his first 16 games as a pro — just one of three notable marks he set Sunday during the Las Vegas Raiders' 25-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
and then to set historic records is insane."Just a testament to him and he definitely, just knowing him, is going to want to keep going and want to keep pushing," O'Connell added.Bowers conceded that he knew "not a ton," about Ditka, who set his rookie mark in what was then a 14-game regular season.Bowers was more familiar with Ditka as the coach of the Super Bowl champion 1985 Chicago Bears, about 17 years before he was born, "but I also knew he played a little bit.
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