The Las Vegas Raiders’ selection of Georgia tight end Brock Bowers with the No. 13 overall pick in the April draft was a surprise for many reasons.
One of those reasons, of course, was Bowers wasn’t expected to be available that low in the draft, but the big run on six quarterback win the first 12 picks, dropped Bowers into the Raiders’ lap.
Another reason why the Bowers’ pick was surprising was that the Raiders previous regime traded to draft Michael Mayer out of Notre Dame with the No.