Position: Offensive tackle Name Ereck Flowers Roster status: Active Weight 143 kg | High school: Miami (FL) Norland Height 1.98 m Place of birth: Miami, Florida Role American football tackle | |
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Date of birth: (1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 21) NFL draft: 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 Current team New York Giants (#76 / Tackle) Parents Tanya Stokes, Everald Flowers Similar People Landon Collins, Brandon Scherff, Justin Pugh, Erik Flowers, Tom Coughlin Profiles | ||
College Miami Hurricanes football | ||
2015 nfl draft profile miami fla ot ereck flowers
Ereck Flowers (born April 25, 1994) is an American football offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami.
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- 2015 nfl draft profile miami fla ot ereck flowers
- The new york giants select ereck flowers 9 overall
- Early years
- College career
- Professional career
- References
The new york giants select ereck flowers 9 overall
Early years
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. For his senior year, he transferred to Norland High School in Miami Gardens, 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.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Flowers was ranked as the 20th-best offensive tackle in his class. ESPN labelled him a three-star recruit and ranked him 57th in his position. 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. As a sophomore in 2013, he started all 12 games at left tackle. 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.
Professional career
On April 30, 2015, Flowers was selected with the 9th overall pick by the New York Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft. 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 New York 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.