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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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.
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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 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.
Former offensive line teammate, turned NFL analyst, Geoff Schwartz in 2018 accused Flowers of "quitting" on the team, of missing multiple blocks, and of having poor technique.
References
External links
- Ereck Flowers on Twitter
- New York Giants bio
- Miami Hurricanes bio
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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