Get your popcorn ready, folks. The 2024 NFL Draft is less than a week away! All of the questions we have been asking since the Super Bowl are about to be answered, but — for a few more days, at least — 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 players 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-1o 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
