Vanderbilt TE Eli Stowers to return for final season

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First-team All-SEC tight end Eli Stowers will return to Vanderbilt for the 2025 season instead of heading to the NFL.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound senior began his career at Texas AM (2021-22), played at New Mexico State in 2023 and transferred to the Commodores in 2024.

Stowers told ESPN he is staying in Nashville another season in order to become "the best version of myself" and to he