More than six decades after "Iron" Mike Ditka seemingly cast into stone a rookie record for all tight ends to strive for, Brock Bowers has moved aside the Hall of Famer. Bowers set a new rookie ...

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 ...

Bowers’ seven catches for 77 yards give him 108 receptions for 1,144 yards in 16 games this season, eclipsing Mike Ditka’s 1961 rookie tight end mark of 1,067 yards receiving and Puka Nacua ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn't set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had “no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL.” ...