Ereck Flowers

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Ereck Flowers
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Flowers with the Washington Football Team in 2021
No. 76, 74, 75, 77, 79
Position: Offensive tackle / guard
Personal information
Born: (1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 30)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
High school: Miami Norland (Miami Gardens, Florida)
College: Miami (2012–2014)
NFL draft: 2015  / round: 1 / pick: 9
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:105
Games started:101
Player stats at PFR

Ereck Flowers (born April 25, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes and was selected ninth overall by the New York Giants in the 2015 NFL draft. He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins / Football Team, and Miami Dolphins. Flowers played offensive tackle at the University of Miami and in the early part of his NFL career prior to switching to guard in 2019.

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Early life

A native of Miami, Flowers originally attended Krop High School in the Ives Estates, where he was a basketball standout and did not focus on football until his junior year. [1] For his senior year, he transferred to Norland High School in Miami Gardens, [2] where he joined a talented varsity that featured blue chip running back Duke Johnson. Flowers helped the Vikings to a 15–0 season record and a FHSAA Class 5A championship over Crawfordville Wakulla. [3]

Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Flowers was ranked as the 20th-best offensive tackle in his class. [4] ESPN labelled him a three-star recruit and ranked him 57th in his position. [5] He chose Miami (FL) over offers from Purdue, Florida State, and Central Florida.

College career

As a true freshman at the University of Miami in 2012, Flowers played in all 12 games at right tackle, making four starts. [6] [7] As a sophomore in 2013, he started all 12 games at left tackle. [8] He returned as the starting left tackle in 2014. On December 29, 2014, Flowers announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2015 NFL draft. [9]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 6+1⁄4 in
(1.99 m)		329 lb
(149 kg)		34+1⁄2 in
(0.88 m)		9+7⁄8 in
(0.25 m)		5.31 s1.90 s3.13 s27 in
(0.69 m)		8 ft 5 in
(2.57 m)		37 reps
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [10] [11]

New York Giants

On April 30, 2015, Flowers was selected with the ninth overall pick by the New York Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft. [12] He was the highest selected Miami Hurricanes offensive lineman since Bryant McKinnie in 2002. On June 18, 2015, Flowers signed a 4-year $14.3 million contract with the Giants. He was named the Giants starting left tackle for Week 1 and played in 15 games in his rookie season.

Although he wore number 76 jersey throughout his entire rookie season, Flowers decided to switch to his college number 74 during the spring of 2016 after it was left available with the departure of teammate Geoff Schwartz.

Flowers was criticized for not living up to expectations. Through the 2017 season, he gave up 169 total pressures which was the most of any tackle in the NFL during that time. [13] Those stats and his numerous penalties have caused Pro Football Focus to rate him as the 54th best tackle in the NFL. [14] In 2018, former offensive line teammate and NFL analyst Geoff Schwartz accused Flowers of "quitting" on the team, of missing multiple blocks, and of having poor technique. [15] [16]

On May 2, 2018, the Giants declined the fifth-year option on Flowers’ contract, making him a free agent in 2019. [17] He was moved over to right tackle after the Giants signed veteran Nate Solder to be their left tackle. On September 23, 2018, the Giants decided to bench Flowers in favor of Chad Wheeler at right tackle after his continued struggles. [18] On October 8, 2018, the Giants announced plans to release Flowers if a trade with a team couldn't be worked out. The next day, Flowers was officially released by the Giants. [19]

Jacksonville Jaguars

On October 12, 2018, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Flowers to a one-year contract after Josh Wells was placed on injured reserve. [20] He was named the starting left tackle in Week 11 and started there the rest of the season.

Washington Redskins

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Flowers warming up before a game with the Washington Redskins, 2019

On March 18, 2019, Flowers signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Washington Redskins. [21] He transitioned to offensive guard during the team's training camp, where he started all season at left guard. [22]

Miami Dolphins

On March 20, 2020, Flowers signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. [23] [24] [25] He was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list by the team on August 2, 2020, before being activated on August 15. [26]

Washington Football Team

On April 28, 2021, Flowers was traded to the Washington Football Team in exchange for a swap of 2021 seventh round picks from both teams. [27] [28] On December 31, 2021, he was placed on the team's COVID-19 reserve list and was forced to sit out of the Week 17 game against the Philadelphia Eagles. [29] Flowers was placed back on active roster on January 5, 2022. [30] Flowers was released on March 16, 2022. [31]

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  2. ↑ Herald, Miami. "HERALD SPOTLIGHT: Ereck Flowers - High School Sports Blog". miamiherald.typepad.com.
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  5. ↑ "Ereck Flowers Recruiting Profile". ESPN.
  6. ↑ Sentinel, Michael Casagrande, Sun. "Hurricanes' shy lineman Ereck Flowers is 'a beast' on field". Sun-Sentinel.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  25. ↑ Poupart, Alain (March 20, 2020). "2020 Free Agency Class Coming Into Focus". MiamiDolphins.com. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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  31. ↑ Selby, Zach (March 16, 2022). "Commanders release Deshazor Everett, Matt Ioannidis, Ereck Flowers Sr". Commanders.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

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