Brock Bowers Ranked Second Best Player in College Football by ESPN

ESPN ranks Georgia football tight end Brock Bowers as the second-best player in college football.

Georgia football is rolling into the 2023 college football season with yet another roster that is loaded down with talent. While the Bulldogs have lost a good number of contributors to the NFL over the last couple of years, they have continued to reload with talent on both sides of the football. 

ESPN recently released their top 100 players in college football, and tight end Brock Bowers came in as the second-best player in the sport, only behind USC quarterback and reigning Heisman award winner Caleb Williams. Bowers is also coming off of an award-winning season as he took home the Mackey Award in 2022, which is annually given to the nation's best tight end. He has the opportunity to take home the award again this season, and he could become the first player ever to win the award twice. 

Bowers wasn't alone on the top 100 list, though, as a good number of his teammates also made the list. Here is the list of Georgia players that ESPN had on their list: 

• Brock Bowers, TE, 2nd 
• Mykel Williams, DL, 10th 
• Jamon Dumas-Johnson, LB, 24th
• Malaki Starks, S, 40th 
• Smael Mondon, LB, 41st 
• Sedrick Van Pran, C, 42nd 

Georgia tight end Brock Bowers (19) receives the Mackey Award during Georgia’s annual G-Day scrimmage on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

With a resume that loaded with accolades and accomplishments, it is clear that Bowers is a special player, but according to Georgia Tight Ends Coach Todd Hartley, the spectacular on-field production is simply a byproduct of the elite traits that characterize every aspect of the Georgia tight end's life.

“I know he’s such a special kid. I’m not trying to be broad there. Here’s what I mean by that, any box you create, he checks it. Just from a kid standpoint. The kid is the hardest worker I’ve ever met. He’ll be the first one to breakfast. He’ll be the first one in the training room to get his ankles taped. He’ll be the first one in the meeting room. He’ll be the last one to leave the field. If we do a 10-yard sprint, he’ll be the first one to win the 10-yard sprint. If we do a 30-yard sprint, he’ll be the first one to win the 30-yard sprint. You get the point I’m making. That is what makes him special."Other Georgia News:

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