To be honest, sometimes out there, I feel like I suck.

Media members chuckled as Brock Bowers blurted out a very honest statement in the visiting locker room in Kansas City, Missouri.

But he didn't "suck" that day. He wasn't even close to having a bad game.

The rookie stymied the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs to the tune of 10 catches, 140 receiving yards and highlight reel 33-yard touchdown, breezing by his defender on the way to the end zone.

It was a play he made time and time before at the University of Georgia, where he became the first two-time John Mackey Award winner in college football history. Fast-forward 12 months, and he's making those plays against top competition in the NFL.

But the accolades and stats aren't top of the rookie's mind.

"I feel like in high school I was like, 'Yeah, I'm good for my area but I don't know how [good] I am going into college.' And once I got to college I'm like, 'I'm kind of doing well but I'm not winning every rep,'" Bowers told Raiders.com. "I want to win every single rep and if I'm not winning every single rep I'm like, 'Damn,' and sometimes, you get into those days where you're like, 'Man, I suck at football.'

"That's happened here and there where I'm like, 'I don't know how I'm going to do it in the NFL.' And it just keeps going through that process of not winning every rep and it's just that constant battle of trying to get better. … There wasn't a moment where I [thought] this could go pretty far. I was always thinking, 'I wonder if I'm good enough for the next level?'"

Bowers has taken the league by storm and positioned himself as a top candidate for Offensive Rookie of the Year, but the young, quiet man who rarely shows emotion off the football field maintains one focus – perfecting the simple details.

The Bowers knew their son was a good athlete. But this good?

Brock comes from an extremely competitive household. His father, Warren, was an All-Big West center for the Utah State Aggies football team. His mother, DeAnna, was inducted in the Utah State Hall of Fame in 2016, one of seven softball players in school history to be named an All-American. His sister, Brianna, followed in their mother's footsteps and played softball at Sacramento State.

The Bowers were constantly all over the place throughout the week, managing to get their two children to and from school with music lessons and football, basketball and softball practices in between.

"We told them to experience everything from karate to drums, even trumpet at one point," DeAnna said. "We didn't really care what he picked, just pick something to stay out of trouble."

Sports served as an outlet to keep active and be expressive. Not expecting it to pan out to Brock landing in the NFL. But the first suggestion of their son's talents came from his AAU travel basketball coach.

"When [Brock] was about in sixth grade, his coach started saying that he's special," Warren recalled. "And we kind of put it like, 'Yeah he's special, he's our kid but he's special. Yeah, whatever.' Didn't really buy into him thinking he was going to be all that and a slice of bread."

"I don't know why, but we just didn't," his father added. "You never know, anything could happen, anything can change. It was just not anything we thought about or talked about. It was just enjoy the day, enjoy the sport and be you."

By all accounts, Brock Bowers is a man of routine.

He comes to the Raiders facility for his workout and treatment at the same time every morning, sits down at the same table and eats four scrambled eggs for breakfast before meetings, according to his teammates and HQ staff.

"He looks like a vet out there. He has that presence too," quarterback Aidan O'Connell said. "That's just kind of how he is. He's calm, he's chill. It's hard to get him to raise his voice over a couple decibels."

Tight end John Samuel Shenker, who sits a few lockers down from Brock, describes him as a man that lives well below his means. He's noticed the rookie wearing almost the same identical thing after practice each day – shuffling through a few pair of black athletic shorts, team-issued Raiders black t-shirts and pair of all-white Nike running shoes.

Shenker, like many of his teammates, can't recall Bowers saying more than a few words at practice or in the meeting room until training camp. Months later, he's still not considered a man of many words by a long shot.

"He's a creature of habit," Shenker said. "He doesn't like to speak to the public, but he's always in the public eye."

Brock has garnered national media attention since his freshman year at Georgia, a season in which he led all SEC tight ends in receiving yards (882) and receiving touchdowns (13), plus helped the Bulldogs win their first national championship in over 40 years.

Chris Smith II, a second-year safety for the Raiders, has been familiar with Bowers' mannerisms since becoming teammates at Georgia.

"He doesn't change up too much," Smith said. "He's a grit and grind guy. A meat and potatoes kind of guy. That's what we would say a lot of times at UGA and I feel he embodies that.

"He doesn't talk much but when he does, it's something real meaningful behind it. He just goes to work every day."

Brock Bowers ends his rookie season this Sunday playing the same team he saw Week 1.

In that debut performance, Brock totaled a game-high six receptions to go along with 58 receiving yards. Ultimately, it set the precedent for what's become the greatest season by a rookie tight end in NFL history.

Heading into the Raiders' season finale, he ranks second in the league in catches (108), sixth in the league in receiving yards (1,144) and fourth in the league in yards after catch (577) – which all also rank first among tight ends in the league.

In the process, he's broken franchise records for most receiving yards by a rookie in a single-season and most receptions by any player in a single season. He's also smashed NFL records for most receiving yards and receptions by a rookie tight end and most receptions by any rookie in history.

And if he catches nine passes this Sunday, he'll capture the NFL single-season record for most receptions by a tight end of any experience level, passing Zach Ertz in 2018.

"Like I said from day one, he was special when he walked in the door and he was special again today," Pierce said after the team's Week 17 win. "Doesn't want no attention. … All he cares about is winning and smiling. He can break records, but just watch him after victories. That's the true Brock Bowers because he's a competitor. He's a true pro. It's scary how good this kid could be."