RJ Young
FOX Sports National College Football Analyst
Two of the best tight ends in football will take the field Sunday in Las Vegas when Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs battle George Kittle and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
While Kelce might be the best pass-catching tight end in history — rivaling Rob Gronkowski — and seeking his third Super Bowl ring, Kittle is the NFL’s most complete tight end. There is nothing on a football field Kittle can’t do, and there’s nothing he won’t do. Indeed, the 49ers’ run game has been outstanding in the Kyle Shanahan era, in large part because of Kittle’s blocking skills.
Gronkowski, Kelce and Kittle have succeeded in revolutionizing the way the tight end position has been played over the past 10-plus years. All three players have totaled at least 450 receptions, 6,000 receiving yards and 37 touchdown catches throughout their celebrated careers, and all have thrived in an era where the tight end position is being targeted in the passing game more than ever before.
Following Super Bowl LVIII, football fans will immediately shift their focus to the 2024 NFL Draft, where another gifted tight end will join the NFL fraternity – Georgia’s Brock Bowers.
The two-time national champion is expected to be selected in the first round and follow in the footsteps of other elite tight ends, like Gronkowski, Kelce and Kittle.
In three years at Georgia, Bowers accounted for at least 56 catches and 717 receiving yards in each season. He is the only two-time winner of the John Mackey Award — given to the nation’s best tight end — since its inception in 2000.
“I mean, growing up, I loved watching Gronk,” Bowers said in a recent interview on “The Number One College Football Show.” “He was the man when I was growing up watching him play, and then I’d say I model my game after those two [Kelce and Kittle]. They’re the two best tight ends in the game, and I’m just…
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Publish date : 2024-02-10 22:49:56
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