The record was previously owned by Pro Football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka. He set the record in 1961 while with the Chicago Bears. The record was 1,076 receiving yards. Bowers broke the ...

The rookie year Mike Ditka enjoyed was like no other for an NFL rookie tight end for 63 years. Now, the rookie record set by Ditka for tight end receiving yards that year has fallen to Las Vegas ...

After all, it was on Jan. 20, 1982 that the Bears hired a former tight end named Mike Ditka, then the special teams coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, as the 10 th coach in franchise history.

Legendary Chicago Bears tight end and coach Mike Dikta had a 63-year run with ... That record was one Ditka had held since 1961, when he set an NFL record for receiving yards by a rookie tight ...

Las Vegas Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers spent Sunday’s game rewriting the record books, most notably breaking Mike Ditka’s 63-year-old NFL record for receiving yards by a rookie tight end.

Since 1961, Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka has held the NFL’s rookie receiving record for a tight end. With 1,076 receiving yards as a rookie in 14 games, the Hall of Famer’s phenomenal start ...

NEW ORLEANS — Brock Bowers has broken Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for yards receiving by a rookie tight end. Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders 13th overall out of Georgia, Bowers eclipsed Ditka ...

The Las Vegas Raiders tight end on Sunday broke Mike Ditka's record for single-season receiving yards by a rookie tight end (1,076), which the Pro Football Hall of Famer set in 1961 with the ...

On his third catch today in New Orleans, Bowers broke the record for most receiving yards for a rookie tight end in NFL history, which was set by Bears tight end Mike Ditka in 1961. Ditka gained 1,076 ...