Trey Flowers
| Detroit Lions - No. 90 | |
| Defensive end | |
| Date of birth: August 16, 1993 | |
| Place of birth: Huntsville , Alabama | |
| Height: 1.88 m | Weight: 120 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2015 for the New England Patriots | |
| Career | |
| College : Arkansas | |
| NFL Draft : 2015 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Tackles | 215 |
| Sacks | 28.0 |
| Forced fumbles | 7th |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Robert Lee "Trey" Flowers III (* 16th August 1993 in Huntsville , Alabama ) is an American American football player at the position of the defensive ends . He played college football for the University of Arkansas and was selected in the 2015 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots , with whom he won Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LIII . He has been under contract with the Detroit Lions since 2019 .
college
Flowers was born in 1993 in Huntsville , Alabama , and attended Columbia High School there. He then played college football from 2011 to 2014 . After initially choosing Georgia Tech , but changing his mind after less than a week, he attended the University of Arkansas , where he played for the Arkansas Razorbacks in NCAA Division I FBS.
He had a total of 190 tackles in four seasons , including 47.5 for loss of space, 18.0 sacks , 13 defended passes, one interception and four forced fumbles .
NFL
In the NFL Combine , Flowers was one of the best players in his position in the high and long jump from a standing start. In the NFL Draft 2015 Flowers was selected in the 4th round in 101st place by the New England Patriots . With the Patriots, he signed a four-year contract for $ 2.8 million.
In his rookie season Flowers was rarely used after an injury in the first game of the preseason . In the season 2016 Flowers made the breakthrough. First he scored a touchdown in the preseason as a result of a sack . After he got two sacks in week 8 of the regular season against the Buffalo Bills , he started as a starter from week 10 and ended the regular season with seven sacks, he scored 45 tackles and conquered two fumbles .
With the Patriots Flowers moved into the Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons , in which he played an important role. He scored six tackles and 2.5 sacks. Four minutes before the end, a sack of Flowers played a decisive role in preventing the Falcons, who were eight points ahead, from achieving a field goal . The Patriots finally won the game with 34:28 in overtime, with which Flowers celebrated his first Super Bowl victory.
He started fourteen games in the 2017 season and missed two games due to an injury. With 6.5 sacks, he was the Patriots player with the most sacks, as in the previous season. For the second time in a row he reached the Super Bowl, where the Patriots were defeated this time by the Philadelphia Eagles .
In 2018 Flowers was again in the Super Bowl with the Patriots. In Super Bowl LIII , the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 . In the regular season, Flowers again achieved team-internal best values with 7.5 sacks in the regular season and two more in the playoffs.
Flowers, whose contract was expiring with the Patriots, has been playing for the Detroit Lions since 2019 , with whom he signed a five-year contract worth $ 90 million.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Talty: Alabama's and Auburn's biggest in-state recruiting misses: No. 5 is one of the SEC's top defensive ends on al.com, August 4, 2014, accessed on March 11, 2019.
- ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed March 11, 2019.
- ↑ James Brady: NFL Draft picks 2015: Trey Flowers goes to Patriots in 4th round on sbnation.com, May 2, 2015, accessed on March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Nate Bouda: Jets Have "Serious Interest" In Trey Flowers, Dante Fowler & Anthony Barr on nfltraderumors.co, March 9, 2019, accessed on March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Bernd Buchmasser: New England Patriots roster breakdown: # 98 DE Trey Flowers on patspulpit.com, August 16, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Player Spotlight: Trey Flowers on the New England Patriots website , April 14, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Andrew Hutchinson: NFL Report: Flowers comes up big in Super Bowl LI on 247sports.com, February 6, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Mark Inabinett: Huntsville's Trey Flowers' one of the most respected guys' in New England Patriots' locker room on al.com, January 20, 2018, accessed on March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Oliver Jensen: Trey Flowers: Das Herz der Patriots-Defense , ran , January 28, 2019, accessed on March 11, 2019.
- ↑ Kevin Patra: Lions expected to sign Trey Flowers to five-year deal , National Football League , March 11, 2019, accessed March 11, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Flowers, Trey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flowers, Robert Lee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntsville , Alabama |