Ereck Flowers

Ereck Flowers

Flowers while attending Miami in 2012
No. 74 New York Giants
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 22)
Place of birth:	Miami, Florida
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	329 lb (149 kg)
Career information
High school:	Miami Gardens (FL) Miami Norland
College:	Miami (FL)
NFL Draft:	2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
Career history
New York Giants (2015–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-ACC (2014)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015
Games Played: 31 Games Started: 31 Player stats at NFL.com

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.

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.

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.