NFL Analysis
4/25/24
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Brock Bowers NFL Draft 2024: Combine Results, Scouting Report For Las Vegas Raiders TE
The 2024 NFL Draft is getting close, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information.
Here's our report on Brock Bowers.
Brock Bowers 2024 NFL COMBINE RESULTS
- Height: 6'3''
- Weight: 243 lbs
- 40-Time: DNP (Did Not Participate)
- 10-Yard Split: DNP
- Vertical: DNP
- Broad Jump: DNP
- 3-Cone: DNP
- Shuttle: DNP
Brock Bowers 2024 NFL DRAFT SCOUTING REPORT
STRENGTHS:
- Explosive off the line of scrimmage into his routes then smooth and fluid through his vertical stem. Moves more like a big WR.
- Ate up ground on his vertical stem, especially when aligned close to and attached to the formation. He's an easy strider.
- Speed on vertical releases to run by and get on top of defensive backs. Stride length adds to vertical dimension.
- Wide catch radius with outstanding hands and body control to make contested catches away from his frame.
- Consistently caught the ball with his hands on the move, allowing for a seamless transition to run after catch.
- Tough on the move using stride length and play speed to run away from coverage: crossers, wheels, verticals.
- Outstanding run-after-catch with physicality, lateral agility, short-area burst and accelerating long speed.
- Fought through contact with outstanding balance and body control. He's naturally stronger than weight suggests.
- Three-level dimension, who can line up in multiple locations within the formation and stretch the defense vertically.
WEAKNESSES:
- There were questions re: ability to run block as attached TE but effort was there, and that is the starting point.
NFL TRANSITION:
Bowers is one of the best prospects in the draft. He has high-level playmaking ability and the versatility to line up in multiple locations within the formation, including being featured as a motion receiver.
So much stands out when you watch his 2022 and 2023 tapes that it is difficult to focus on one particular trait. What consistently stood out were his soft yet strong hands to catch almost everything away from his frame and then seamlessly transition to run after the catch, which is one of his most outstanding traits.
Bowers is an offensive weapon more than a traditional tight end, with the open field balance, strength, elusiveness, burst and long speed to take it to the house almost any time he catches the ball with room to run.
His route running/hands/balance/toughness/vision/speed profile is special; few have that combination of high-level traits. The bottom line with Bowers is that he has the high-level athletic traits and elite ball skills to develop into one of the NFL's best receiving weapons. He can line up in multiple locations within the formation and present matchup issues for the defense.
OTHER NOTES:
Bowers came out of California (Napa HS) as a consensus 4-star recruit and a top 10 TE prospect in the nation.
Bowers lined up in multiple locations in the Georgia offense, including snaps at boundary X on the back side of trips; he was featured on jet sweeps to take advantage of his speed and run-after-catch.
In 2023, Bowers again lined up in multiple locations in the Georgia offense, including in the backfield, and he was also featured as the motion receiver.
