Brock Bowers set a new rookie receiving yards record for tight ends on Sunday, surpassing Mike Ditka’s mark of 1,076 set in 1961, during the Las Vegas Raiders’ matchup with the New Orleans Saints.

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. With a 13-yard catch from quarterback Aidan O’Connell in the first half,

Bowers had entered the game with 1,067 yards and four touchdowns receiving, needing 10 yards to set the record in his 16th career game.

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.”

The Raiders tight end's seven receptions for 77 yards gives him a total of 108 receptions for 1,144 yards in 16 games this season, surpassing the mark for a rookie that Mike Ditka

Brock Bowers is rewriting the NFL record books Sunday. The Las Vegas Raiders tight end now has the most receiving yards for a tight end in his rookie season in NFL history, breaking Mike Ditka's 63-year old record for most receiving yards by a tight end in his rookie season in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints .

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is officially in the record books. As Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, Bowers surpassed Chicago Bears

Brock Bowers of the Las Vegas Raiders moved past Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka on Sunday to set the NFL record for most receiving yards by a tight

The Las Vegas Raiders have a generational talent in rookie tight end Brock Bowers. Is he already the NFL's best?

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers has been a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing season for his team, but even a record-setting rookie