Maxx Crosby Reacts to Brock Bowers' Personal Announcement

Bowers won two consecutive Mackey Awards during his collegiate career with Georgia. The all-time great college tight end finished his time in Athens with 175 catches for 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns.

"To speak on [Bowers'] work ethic, when I walk in there in the morning, like 5:45, it is me and Brock, every day," Crosby said of Bowers during an interview earlier this year. "That is the first thing I look at, it is me and him. He is eating in his corner, I am eating, smacking my breakfast and I am getting on with my day. It is literally me and him every day. So, that is the first thing I notice."

"I am like okay. He is consistent, he has a routine, he is doing his thing but he is just so quiet. He is a quiet kid. He does not say much but he just works," Crosby continued. "And he shows up every day. I knew from the first OTA, you just watch him run around and it is just so effortless, he is so smooth in how he runs routes. You can just watch his highlights. It does not look like he is doing crazy moves, or breaking people up, he is just always open. He is so athletic and he is so smooth as an athlete, he makes it look easy and that is when you know you are a different type of player."

Bowers was not present when the Raiders began voluntary offseason workouts on April 8. But now that he's finished his college degree, he's expected to be back with the team for OTAs later this month.