Erik Flowers
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| Position: | San Antonio (TX) Roosevelt | ||||||||
| College: | Arizona State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26 | ||||||||
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Erik Mathews Flowers (born March 1, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round (26th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and Trinity Valley Community College.
In his career, Flowers was also a member of the NFL's Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, St. Louis Rams, and Atlanta Falcons. He was also a member of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). His son, Dimitri Flowers, has played fullback for the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
271 lb (123 kg) |
4.78 s | 1.65 s | 2.75 s | 4.15 s | 7.21 s | 33 in (0.84 m) |
9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
24 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Scouting Combine.[1] | ||||||||||||
Flowers was selected in the first round (26th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
On March 6, 2006, Flowers signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as defensive end. However, he suffered a back injury which prevented him from reporting to the Argonauts' training camp which began in late May.[4]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2000 | BUF | 16 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | BUF | 15 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | HOU | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | STL | 9 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 6 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2003 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | STL | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
References
- ^ "Erik Flowers, DS #4 DE, Arizona State". NFLDraftScout.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Erik Flowers Transactions". FoxSports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ "Erik Flowers latest news and rumors". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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