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Will Brock Bowers own every SEC TE record when he leaves?
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:27 pm
Right now, here’s where he stands in every major receiving stat list for SEC tight ends:
Receiving yards:
1. Evan Engram (Miss) - 2,320
2. Ozzie Newsome (Bama) - 2,070
3. D.J. Williams (Ark) - 1,855
4. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 1,824
Receptions:
1. Evan Engram (Miss) - 162
2. D.J. Williams (Ark) - 152
3. Jacob Tamme (UK) - 133
4. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 119
Receiving TD’s:
1. Albert Okwuegbunam (Mizz) - 23
2. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 20
He needs the following statistical season to own all three records:
44 catches
497 yards
4 TD’s
Personally, I think the hardest of those three to catch will be the catches record (no pun intended). If he stays healthy, there’s simply no way he doesn’t get the TD’s record. He averages 15 yards per catch for his career, so he should easily get the yardage record.
Receptions might be more difficult with Darnell Washington no longer there to keep defenses from focusing on him. Plus a new QB to break in, yada yada.
Receiving yards:
1. Evan Engram (Miss) - 2,320
2. Ozzie Newsome (Bama) - 2,070
3. D.J. Williams (Ark) - 1,855
4. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 1,824
Receptions:
1. Evan Engram (Miss) - 162
2. D.J. Williams (Ark) - 152
3. Jacob Tamme (UK) - 133
4. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 119
Receiving TD’s:
1. Albert Okwuegbunam (Mizz) - 23
2. Brock Bowers (UGA) - 20
He needs the following statistical season to own all three records:
44 catches
497 yards
4 TD’s
Personally, I think the hardest of those three to catch will be the catches record (no pun intended). If he stays healthy, there’s simply no way he doesn’t get the TD’s record. He averages 15 yards per catch for his career, so he should easily get the yardage record.
Receptions might be more difficult with Darnell Washington no longer there to keep defenses from focusing on him. Plus a new QB to break in, yada yada.
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Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:30 pm to BranchDawg
They would only last until Mason Taylor’s senior year….
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:32 pm to TwoDatBait
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:32 pm to TwoDatBait
Who is that?
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:34 pm to BranchDawg
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Receptions might be more difficult with Darnell Washington no longer there to keep defenses from focusing on him
lol, no defenses were focusing on Darnell Washington in the passing game and yes barring injury Bowers will break all those records relatively easy.
This post was edited on 1/22/23 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:38 pm to RandySavage
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no defenses were focusing on Darnell Washington in the passing game
Not saying they were, but you couldn’t just abandon him. He was a real NFL-caliber threat that you had to at least pay attention to. Of course the “focus” has always been on Bowers, but now the thing that kept defenses honest and balanced in how they played Georgia’s TE’s is out. That will allow LB’s and safeties to cheat more than they’ve been able to previously UNLESS Oscar Delp steps up. Which, btw, I think is a strong possibility.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:41 pm to BranchDawg
Bowers is the best tight end I’ve ever seen in the SEC. Be fun to see where he gets picked in the draft next year. Top 5-10?
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:49 pm to BranchDawg
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Will Brock Bowers own every SEC TE record when he leaves?
Tebow has the most rushing yards and TDs by a TE locked up for a long time.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:59 pm to BengalBen
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Tebow has the most rushing yards and TDs by a TE locked up for a long time.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 12:59 pm to BranchDawg
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Not saying they were, but you couldn’t just abandon him. He was a real NFL-caliber
Offensive Tackle.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:02 pm to BranchDawg
Would love to see him stay two more years just to see the potential final numbers, but he gone after this season. Kid is a beast and will break all of those this year.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:26 pm to Smokeyone
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Offensive Tackle.
I mean…you may not be wrong
Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:28 pm to BranchDawg
Yes, he will, and I will be happy for him. Great kid and hard worker. He will do well in life.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:41 pm to BranchDawg
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Receptions might be more difficult with Darnell Washington no longer there to keep defenses from focusing on him. Plus a new QB to break in, yada yada.
No DC has ever spent 5 mins worrying about Darnell Washington when Brock Bowers was healthy for UGA.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 1:52 pm to BranchDawg
No, unlikely
Posted on 1/22/23 at 2:06 pm to BranchDawg
Barring injury and presuming UGA gets bonus games in the SECCG and perhaps a second bowl-game should they make CFP and advance (which is definitely a big assumption, I'd say it's a lock.
On a 15 game schedule, that would be an average game of 3 catches, 34 yards and a TD every 4 games.
Those would be very pedestrian numbers for Bowers, even if the new QB struggles.
Even if they missed SECCG and only played in a bowl game (no CFP or lose in Semis), that's 3.5 catches, 39 yards and a TD every 3 games. Still not even All-SEC level stats.
He's likely to get the TDs and yardage in the OOC games alone.
On a 15 game schedule, that would be an average game of 3 catches, 34 yards and a TD every 4 games.
Those would be very pedestrian numbers for Bowers, even if the new QB struggles.
Even if they missed SECCG and only played in a bowl game (no CFP or lose in Semis), that's 3.5 catches, 39 yards and a TD every 3 games. Still not even All-SEC level stats.
He's likely to get the TDs and yardage in the OOC games alone.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 2:06 pm to BowlJackson
Best TE I've seen in the SEC in many years. Crazy how apparently no DC can game plan to stop him. Dude is just out running wide open all the time. He's better than Kyle Pitts was and will definitely go top 10 even at TE. If there was 1 player I could add to Bama from another team, it'd be Bowers.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 2:14 pm to Chad4Bama
The thing about Brock that I haven't seen in my decades of watching UGA football is he simply does not drop the football. Period. Even AJ Green, george pickens, and the numerous other pass catchers that we woudl list as the best in the last few decades, you can point to even ONE play where you say "damn, well they shoulda had that one but just didn't come up with it". But I truly have not seen a ball hit Brock in the hands that he has not caught. And when he catches it it's in a vice, he's got it locked away tight and he always seems to get forward yardage.
If you were to ask NFL folks "knowing what you currently know about Travis Kelce's career, where would you draft him if you could do it all over again?" Whatever that answer would be, is where Brock shoudl go next year.
If you were to ask NFL folks "knowing what you currently know about Travis Kelce's career, where would you draft him if you could do it all over again?" Whatever that answer would be, is where Brock shoudl go next year.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 2:17 pm to Mulkey Man
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Be fun to see where he gets picked in the draft next year. Top 5-10?
Travis Kelce having 168 catches in the first half yesterday certainly wont hurt the perception of the value of a tight end, and he is pretty much a Kelce clone.
The four best NFL teams right now are arguably KC, Buffalo, Philly, and Cin. All four use the TE extensively in their offense. Someone is getting an absolute steal if he drops below the top of the first round.
Posted on 1/22/23 at 2:31 pm to Chad4Bama
He’s no George Kittle or Dallas Clark.
Not a TJ Hockenson or Noah Fant either
He might’ve just barely rounded out the top 5 for Iowa TEs this century, had he gone there
Not a TJ Hockenson or Noah Fant either
He might’ve just barely rounded out the top 5 for Iowa TEs this century, had he gone there
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