Ricky Dimon
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Get your popcorn ready, folks. The 2024 NFL Draft takes place tonight! All of the questions we have been asking since the Super Bowl are about to be answered, but there is still time for some more analysis.
This time I am focusing on former Georgia tight end Brock Bowers. The Napa, Calif. native was undoubtedly among the best players in college football over the past 3 seasons and is expected to go in the first half of the first round next Thursday night. Let’s take a look the odds and the best bets to be made regarding Bowers’ draft prospects.
Brock Bowers NFL Draft Position odds
Odds provided by FanDuel Sportsbook at time of publishing.
- Brock Bowers Over 12.5 (+128)
- Brock Bowers Under -12.5 (-172)
Brock Bowers NFL Draft odds
Odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing.
- Brock Bowers #5 pick (+3000)
- Brock Bowers #6 pick (+2500)
- Brock Bowers #7 pick (+2500)
- Brock Bowers #8 pick (+3500)
- Brock Bowers #9 pick (+1400)
- Brock Bowers #10 pick (+150)
2024 NFL Draft #10 pick odds
Odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing.
- Brock Bowers (+150)
- Taliese Fuaga (+600)
- Rome Odunze (+700)
- Olumuyiwa Fashanu (+700)
- Troy Fautanu (+900)
- Brian Thomas Jr. (+1500)
- JC Latham (+1800)
- Dallas Turner (+1800)
- Joe Alt (+2000)
- Bo Nix (+2200)
- Michael Penix Jr. (+2200)
See our expert’s NFL Draft order predictions for the first 3 picks in the 2024 Draft
Brock Bowers NFL Draft best bets
Brock Bowers draft position under 12.5 (-172)
The juice is rather sizable, but I still think the value is there on Bowers being off the board no later than #12. He is simply too good of a football player to slide any farther. Yes, he is a tight end and the premium on that position is a bit watered down these days. Of course, Bowers might as well be a receiver and there are 3 WRs (Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze) expected to be top-10 picks. So it’s not like a fourth pass-catcher can’t selected in the top 10 — or at the very least in the top 12.
Bowers racked up 882 yards and 13 touchdowns as a freshman, 942 yards and 7 TDs in year 2 and 714 yards to go along with 6 scores this past season despite missing multiple games due to an ankle injury. Needless to say, his productivity was incredible. Bowers is a very good route runner and he is amazing after the catch. He is quite simply a playmaker — to a greater extent than basically any other tight end. At team like the New York Jets at #10, for example, could really use such a playmaker.
In addition to Under 12.5, I also like Bowers going in the top 10 at +135 — which is available at FanDuel Sportsbook
