Brock Bowers explains why he was able to make an immediate impact at Georgia

Tight end Brock Bowers is getting ready to move onto the NFL, where he’s expected to be a first round pick and make an immediate impact on the field for a team. This comes after three incredibly productive seasons playing for the Georgia Bulldogs.

When Bowers first got to Georgia, he made an immediate impact on the Bulldogs’ offense and while making an appearance on SportsCenter he explained that his ability to do that came down to the people around him.

“I think it was just a lot about the people there that allowed me to get comfortable and acclimated to the environment there,” Brock Bowers said. “Really helped me out from the football side of things getting me just like you said the college level is a whole other game, a whole other speed, and just have to learn quick.”

As a freshman, Bowers played in 15 games and had 56 catches for 882 yards and 13 touchdowns. Unsurprisingly, he was quickly seen as one of the game’s best tight ends, being named the SEC Freshman of the Year in the process.

Brock Bowers never really took a step back, with the exception of an injury he suffered during the 2023 season. He was twice named the Mackey Award winner as the nation’s best tight end. He was also a First-Team All-American as a sophomore and a Unanimous All-American as a junior. All three seasons at Georgia Bowers was named to the First-Time All-SEC team.

Making the transition from one level of football to the next is never easy to do. However, if Bowers can have similar conditions to what was around him at Georgia, there’s no reason to think he couldn’t also have a major impact on the field early in his NFL career.

Mel Kiper Jr.: Brock Bowers comes with no ‘risk factor’

One person who is convinced that Brock Bowers will find success at the next level is ESPN’s NFL Draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.

“Love the kid. When you talk about safe picks in the top 10, how can you miss on this guy? There’s zero risk bust here. Brock Bowers is gonna have a heck of an NFL career,” Kiper said.

“And what I love about this kid, the first two years, his impactful ability as a freshman…The Chargers, you think about this offense, how tight end-centric it’s gonna be with Jim Harbaugh. Justin Herbert, great quarterback, right? Now you get a tight end you can move around for matchup advantages. We saw Travis Kelce, what was he 11 for 11, they couldn’t cover the guy in the first half. Well, Brock Bowers for Jim Harbaugh who has always had tight ends, wherever he’s been…tight end position so critical to the success of that offense, and Brock Bowers to me one of the best players in this draft. I think he goes as high as I have him in that mock draft. I think he could go as high as five to the LA Chargers.”