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| Position: | Offensive tackle /guard | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| High school: | Miami Norland(Miami Gardens, Florida) | ||||||
| College: | Miami (2012–2014) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2015: 1st round, 9th pick | ||||||
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Ereck Flowers (born April 25, 1994) is an American former professionalfootball player who was anoffensive guard in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theMiami Hurricanes and was selected ninth overall by theNew York Giants in the2015 NFL draft. He has also played for theJacksonville Jaguars,Washington Redskins / Football Team, andMiami Dolphins. Flowers playedoffensive tackle at the University of Miami and in the early part of his NFL career prior to switching to guard in 2019.
A native ofMiami, Flowers originally attendedKrop High School in theIves Estates, where he was abasketball standout and did not focus onfootball until his junior year.[1] For his senior year, he transferred toNorland High School inMiami Gardens,[2] where he joined a talented varsity that featuredblue chip running backDuke Johnson. Flowers helped the Vikings to a 15–0 season record and aFHSAA Class 5A championship overCrawfordville Wakulla.[3]
Regarded as a four-star recruit byRivals.com, Flowers was ranked as the 20th-bestoffensive 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 fromPurdue,Florida State, andCentral Florida.
As atrue freshman at theUniversity 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 the2015 NFL draft.[9]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft6+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 s | 1.90 s | 3.13 s | 27 in (0.69 m) | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) | 37 reps | |||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[10][11] | ||||||||||||
On April 30, 2015, Flowers was selected with the ninth overall pick by theNew York Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft.[12] He was the highest selected Miami Hurricanesoffensive lineman sinceBryant 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 teammateGeoff Schwartz.
Flowers was criticized for not living up to expectations and was considered to be a major draft bust. 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 causedPro 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 veteranNate Solder to be their left tackle. On September 23, 2018, the Giants decided to bench Flowers in favor ofChad 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]
On October 12, 2018, theJacksonville Jaguars signed Flowers to a one-year contract afterJosh 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.
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On March 18, 2019, Flowers signed a one-year, $4 million contract with theWashington Redskins.[21] He transitioned tooffensive guard during the team'straining camp, where he started all season at left guard.[22]
On March 20, 2020, Flowers signed a three-year, $30 million contract with theMiami Dolphins.[23][24][25] He was placed on theCOVID-19 reserve list by the team on August 2, 2020, before being activated on August 15.[26]
On April 28, 2021, Flowers was traded to theWashington 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 thePhiladelphia 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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