The Georgia Bulldogs won consecutive national championships in 2021 and 2022. Brock Bowers dwarfed all other pass-catching production in each campaign as a tight end. Todd Monken’s departure could change that, but it doesn’t change how Bowers’ NFL Draft profile reads. He’s one of the best players in the country.
Brock Bowers Draft Profile and Measurements
- Height: 6’4″
- Weight: 240 pounds
- Position: Tight End
- School: Georgia
- Current Year: Junior
Bowers was born to be an elite athlete. His mother is in the Utah State Hall of Fame for her softball career, and his father received conference awards as a center on the football team. Additionally, his sister currently plays softball at Sacramento State — the Bowers family is pretty athletic, to say the least.
The tight end was a highly-rated recruit coming from Napa, California. There, he was a consensus four-star recruit by the big three recruiting sites, and On3 made him a five-star. His national rating ranged anywhere from 210 to 32, and he had offers from basically every school under the sun.
He immediately made an impact for the Bulldogs. The TE caught six passes against Clemson in his first college outing as a true freshman. The next week against UAB, he caught three passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns. By the end of the year, he was putting up 10 for 139 against Alabama.
Bowers finished with 56 catches for 882 yards while also rushing four times for 56 yards. He scored 14 times on 60 touches. That netted him SEC Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-American honors.
He followed that up with 63 receptions for 942 yards last season. Bowers also toted the rock nine times for 109 yards while scoring 10 total touchdowns. He received the John Mackey Award and was a First-Team All-American for his efforts during Georgia’s second straight national championship run.
Brock Bowers Scouting Report
Strengths
- Impressive size-relative flexibility in his ankles and hips
- Complete lack of wasted movement at the top of routes with an efficient gear-down
- Secondary releases vs. off coverage are advanced
- Has speed (4.49 reported) and physicality to stack defensive backs when split out wide
- Efficient change of direction
- Creative and physical after the catch
- Natural feel for finding the end zone
- Been “the guy” at the best school in the nation while most college TEs are complementary pieces
Weaknesses
- Not incredibly aggressive in attacking the football
- While potent as a blocker, his medium size could limit his long-term effectiveness in line
- Could stand to use his frame more as a route runner
- Will occasionally get cute on square cuts instead of using his fluidity to separate
Current Draft Projection and Summary
In a world where tight ends almost universally should not be first-round selections due to a long history of slow starts in the NFL, we always see exceptions to the rules.
Tight ends are a position that needs an OC to actually work to get them the ball. Teams like the 49ers, Falcons, or Dolphins wouldn’t utilize his skill set adequately. Teams like the Chiefs, Ravens, and Chargers would be better schematic fits.
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It’s a wide receiver league, and if this world were fair, we’d eliminate any sort of title to Bowers and simply make him the X receiver. In a mismatch league, he is one of the most significant chess pieces we’ve seen in recent history. He should not make it out of the top 15 picks.
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