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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
While having an All Pro rookie season Raiders TE Brock Bowers still got his degree on time
It's safe to say Brock Bowers won't have to worry about anything but being a football player as a career. But that didn't stop the All Pro tight end from finishing what he started and getting his degree. Bowers left the Universoty of Georgia after his junior season as the bet tight end in the country twice over. He was a consecutive All American and Mackey Award winner and was more than ready to turn pro. For many college athletes that means their attention shifts to their pro career. Advertisement Not Bowers. Not only did he choose to finish his college education and get his degree in finance, he did it on time. Getting his degree four years after he started. That's remarkable for anyone, really, let alone someone who turned pro, which would mean much of his time would now to take with preparing for games each week. It becomes downright astonishing when you consider what Bowers was able to accomplish on the football field while still apparently spending a good deal of his spare time on his studies. Bowers broke a rookie tight end receiving yards record that stood for six decades, while setting a rookie receptions record (112) and the Raiders franchise receptions record. Advertisement Don't know how he does it, but it's quite impressive. This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders All Pro TE Brock Bowers gets his college degree from Georgia
USA Today
10-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
While having an All Pro rookie season Raiders TE Brock Bowers still got his degree on time
While having an All Pro rookie season Raiders TE Brock Bowers still got his degree on time It's safe to say Brock Bowers won't have to worry about anything but being a football player as a career. But that didn't stop the All Pro tight end from finishing what he started and getting his degree. Bowers left the Universoty of Georgia after his junior season as the bet tight end in the country twice over. He was a consecutive All American and Mackey Award winner and was more than ready to turn pro. For many college athletes that means their attention shifts to their pro career. Not Bowers. Not only did he choose to finish his college education and get his degree in finance, he did it on time. Getting his degree four years after he started. That's remarkable for anyone, really, let alone someone who turned pro, which would mean much of his time would now to take with preparing for games each week. It becomes downright astonishing when you consider what Bowers was able to accomplish on the football field while still apparently spending a good deal of his spare time on his studies. Bowers broke a rookie tight end receiving yards record that stood for six decades, while setting a rookie receptions record (112) and the Raiders franchise receptions record. Don't know how he does it, but it's quite impressive.
USA Today
26-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Penn State football 2025 NFL draft tracker with real-time updates
Penn State football 2025 NFL draft tracker with real-time updates Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren highlight Penn State's 2025 NFL draft class Penn State is once again sending off some of its best to the next level with the NFL Draft already seeing some big-name players finding new homes in the National Football League. Penn State routinely sends multiple players through the NFL draft with its player development continuing to manufacture quality players ready to compete at the highest level of the game. Penn State landed two players in the first round of the draft for a second year with edge rusher Abdul Carter and tight end Tyler Warren each being selected in the first round, as many expected would be the case. How many Penn State players will end up joining them when all is said and done? Here is an updated look at every Penn State player drafted in the 2025 NFL draft. Abdul Carter: 1st Round, No. 3 overall, New York Giants The New York Giants were widely expected to be in a good position to draft Abdul Carter out of Penn State. After the Cleveland Browns traded down and let the Jacksonville Jaguars move up to no. 2 to select Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, the Giants wasted little time making their pick official with the third overall pick. The Philadelphia native will have to put aside his Eagles fandom in a hurry to jump into life as a Giant. This is the highest draft pick used by the Giants on a Penn State player since selecting Saquon Barkley with the second overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft. Carter was the 2024 Big Ten defensive player of the year and should quickly become a force to deal with on the Giants' defensive line. Tyler Warren: 1st Round, No. 14 overall, Indianapolis Colts One of the most popular mock draft trends seemed to be sending Penn State's Mackey Award winning tight end Tyler Warren to the Indianapolis Colts, and the Colts did their part to fulfill that supposed prophecy. Warren fell into the laps of the Colts with the 14th overall pick and he will quickly become a featured player in the offense that may still need to sort out its quarterback situation moving forward. But at least Warren will still be suiting up in some blue and white, even if it is a slightly different shade of blue. Kevin Winston: 3rd Round, No. 82 overall, Tennessee Titans Kevin Winston Jr. had to wait until the third round to get his call to the NFL when some thought he might be chosen ins the second round, but it was worth the wait for the former Nittany Lions safety. Winston was picked up by the Tenenssee Titans with the 82nd overall pick in the draft. Perhaps missing the majority of the 2024 season hurt some of his draft stock, and maybe the Titans are getting a real bargain in the making with Winston in the third round. Follow Kevin McGuire on Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. Follow Nittany Lions Wire on X, Facebook, and Threads.
Forbes
25-04-2025
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- Forbes
Bears' Johnson Gets His Tight End, But Not The One Most Expected
BLOOMINGTON, IN - NOVEMBER 09: Michigan Wolverines TE Colston Loveland (18) runs a route during a ... More college football game between the Michigan Wolverines and Indiana Hoosiers on November 9, 2024 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Tyler Warren was electrifying as a senior at Penn State. He delivered one of the best seasons ever by a tight end but the Chicago Bears' Ryan Poles and Ben Johnson must believe it was an outlier, as a 22-year-old who was in his fifth season in Happy Valley. Poles, the Bear's fourth-year general manager and Johnson, his rookie head coach, bypassed Warren to select University of Michigan tight Colston Loveland with the 10th overall pick on Monday. Warren was selected four picks later by the Indianapolis Colts, who had been projected to take Loveland. It's unclear if Poles made a late switch or if draft analysts always had it wrong. But Warren seemed like an easy choice after the Bears saw running back Ashton Jeanty go to Las Vegas and the top two tackles, Will Campbell and Armand Membou, be selected by New England and the New York Jets. Johnson and Poles are focused on helping second-year quarterback Caleb Williams deliver 4,000-plus passing yards next season. Loveland, who ESPN analyst Louis Riddick says 'plays like a big wide receiver,' should be able to do that. But how do you pass on Warren? The winner of the Mackey Award for the top college tight end caught 104 passes for 1233 yards last year, and through creative usage also ran for four touchdown. Loveland caught only 49 more passes in his Michigan career than Warren did in 2024. Not only that, but Loveland is coming off January surgery to repair a dislocated AC joint that prematurely ended his season on November 23. This is a bold pick. It is choosing the road less traveled. Poles and Johnson see projection in Loveland in his early NFL years. He graduated from Gooding (Id.) High School in 2021, when Warren was already in his second year at Penn State. Warren turns 23 next month; Loveland played as a 20-year-old last year at Michigan, not turning 21 until earlier this month. The NFL measured Loveland at 6-5 3/4, weighing 248 pounds. Pro Football Focus' scouting report describes him as one-dimensional, a blocker who is often overmatched but a dangerous receiver. He caught 56 passes for 582 yards and five touchdowns in 11 games last season, with an average of 2.67 yards per route run. PFF gave Loveland a 90.6 receiving grade but a 53.3 run-blocking grade. Their report praises his 'movement skills,' 'natural hands' and 'crisp routes.' Johnson's hope must be that Loveland can be for the Bears what Sam LaPorta was for Detroit in his rookie season. After being selected at the top of the second round in 2023, LaPorta caught 86 passes for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns. The Bears gave tight end Cole Kmet a five-year, $50-million extension in 2023, with $32.793 million guaranteed. Kmet caught 73 passes in 2023 but dipped to 47 last year, when he was Williams' fourth most frequent target. The Bears have flexibility with Kmet, as his front-loaded contract carries only $4.8 million in dead-cap money after 2025, split over two seasons. Poles is expected to focus on adding a running back and a tackle on Friday. The Bears have two picks in the second round (39 and 41) and one in the third round (72). Conventional wisdom was only half right about the Chicago Bears' first-round selection in the draft.
USA Today
25-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Penn State tight end Tyler Warren drafted by Indianapolis Colts in 2025 NFL draft
Penn State tight end Tyler Warren drafted by Indianapolis Colts in 2025 NFL draft Tyler Warren won't have to change his wardrobe too much as he heads to the NFL. The Penn State tight end was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the no. 14 overall pick in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Thursday evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Waren is exchanging one shade of blue for another. Warren is coming off a stellar season for Penn State. In the 2024 season, in addition to being Penn State's leading receiver with 1,233 receiving yards and 8 touchdowns, Warren also rushed for 218 yards and four touchdowns and was a monster in short-yardage situations for the Nittany Lions. Warren also became the first Penn State player in program history to win the nation's Mackey Award, which is awarded to the nation's top tight end in college football. In its history, Penn State has had 25 tight ends drafted by NFL teams since 1969. Warren is the fifth tight end to be drafted under head coach James Franklin, and this is the third straight year a Penn State tight end has been drafted by an NFL team. Theo Johnson was a fourth-round pick of the New York Giants in 2024 and Brenton Strange was a second-round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021. Warren is the first Penn State tight end to be selected in the first round since Kyle Brady went to the New York Jets with the no. 9 pick in the 1995 NFL draft. The only other Penn State tight end to be a first-round draft pick in addition to Warren and Brady was Ted Kwalick in 1969 (no.7 overall, San Francisco 49ers). Warren was the second Penn State player to be selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft. He followed edge rusher Abdul Carter, who was the third overall pick of the New York Giants. Follow Kevin McGuire on Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. Follow Nittany Lions Wire on X, Facebook, and Threads.
