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Malik Flowers

Malik Flowers (born June 23, 1999)[1] is an American football wide receiver. He played college football at Montana.

Malik Flowers
Personal information
Born: (1999-06-23) June 23, 1999 (age 25)[1]
Fontana, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:A. B. Miller
(Fontana, California)
College:Montana (2017–2022)
Position:Wide receiver
Undrafted:2023
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big Sky (2021)
  • Second-team All-Big Sky (2022)
  • Third-team All-Big Sky (2018)
Career CFL statistics
Receptions:3
Targets:8
Receiving yards:33
Receiving touchdowns:0
Stats at CFL.ca
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Early life and high school

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Flowers grew up in Fontana, California and attended A. B. Miller High School.[2] He committed to play college football at FCS Montana over offers from FBS programs Cincinnati and Colorado State.[3]

College career

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Flowers was a member of the Montana Grizzlies for five seasons and redshirted his true freshman year.[4]

During the 2018 season, he played in 11 games and was named on the Phil Steele Magazine's second-team Freshman All-American, the Third-team All Big Sky and the Co-recipient of the Hauck Family Special Teams Players of the Year Award. He finished the season with 607 kick return yards and one touchdown on 22 attempts.

During the 2019 season, he played in and started all 14 games as the team's returner and was named on the Phil Steele Magazine second-team All-American, the HERO Sports first-team sophomore All-American,[5] the ROOT Sports Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week after his Week 4 game performance against Monmouth,[6] the Phil Steele Magazine Preseason third-team All-Big Sky and he set the new program record with 882 kick return yards.[7]

During the 2020 season, he played in both two games and was named on the College Football America's 2020 FCS Starting Lineup. He finished the season with 70 kick return yards on two attempts.

During the 2021 season, he played in 12 games and was named the Hauck Family Special Teams Player of the Year, the HERO Sports and Phil Steele Second-Team All-America kick returner, the STATS FCS Third-Team All-America kick returner,[8] the First Team All-Big Sky kick returner, on the Preseason All-Big Sky, on the Phil Steele 1st-team Preseason All-America, on the Phil Steele 1st-team Preseason All-Big Sky, the Athlon Sports Preseason All-America, the HERO Sports Preseason All-American team[9] and on the HERO Sports Preseason All-Big Sky. He finished the season with 488 kick return yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts.

During the 2022 season, he played in all 13 games and set the NCAA record for having seven kick return touchdowns, earned the second-team FCS All-America honors from Stats Perform[10] and Phil Steele Magazine[11] and was named on the second-team All Big Sky. He finished the season with 615 kick return yards and two touchdowns on 20 attempts.

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
5 ft 11 in
(1.80 m) 		193 lb
(88 kg) 		32+3⁄8 in
(0.82 m) 		8+1⁄4 in
(0.21 m)		 4.52 s 1.58 s 2.60 s 4.38 s 7.13 s 34 in
(0.86 m)		 10 ft 0 in
(3.05 m)
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[12]

New Orleans Saints

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Flowers was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2023.[13] He was released on June 15, 2023.[14]

Seattle Seahawks

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Flowers was signed by the Seattle Seahawks on August 22, 2023.[15] He was waived on August 27, 2023.[16]

Edmonton Elks

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On September 18, 2023, Flowers was signed to the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League.[17] He was released on October 10, 2023.[18]

Las Vegas Raiders

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On October 11, 2023, Flowers was signed to the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad.[19] He was released on October 17, 2023.[20]

Edmonton Elks (second stint)

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On February 1, 2024, Flowers was resigned to the Edmonton Elks.[21] After playing in the first two games of the Elks' season in June, Flowers was released on July 7.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Malik Flowers Bio Information". FOX Sports. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Malik Flowers rushes for 227 yards as Fontana A.B. Miller football team rolls to 42-15 win". Fontana Herald News. September 11, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Griz football adds late signee in WR Malik Flowers". Missoulian. July 14, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Malik Flowers". Montana Grizzlies.
  5. ^ "Knight, Hauck, and Flowers named Sophomore All-Americans". Montana Grizzlies. December 17, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Sneed and Flowers named ROOT Sports Big Sky Players of the Week". Montana Grizzlies. September 23, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Gogola, Frank (December 14, 2019). "Griz Notebook: Montana breaks records in most successful season since 2009". 406mtsports.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "Five Montana football players named to Stats Perform Preseason All-American list". KULR. August 2, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "Four Grizzlies named to HERO Sports Preseason All-America team". Montana Grizzlies. August 11, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "Big Sky-best four Griz land on Stats Perform Preseason All-America teams". Montana Grizzlies. August 1, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "Nine Griz earn preseason honors from Phil Steele Magazine". Montana Grizzlies. August 5, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 Draft Scout Malik Flowers, Montana NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "Saints agree to terms with undrafted rookie Malik Flowers". NOLA.com. May 2, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  14. ^ Speltz, Bill (June 15, 2023). "Former Montana Grizzly Malik Flowers released by New Orleans Saints". KULR-TV. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  15. ^ Boyle, John (August 22, 2023). "Seahawks Sign WR Malik Flowers, Waive DE DaMarcus Mitchell". seahawks.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  16. ^ "Malik Flowers: Waived by Seattle". CBS Sports. August 27, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  17. ^ Gogola, Frank (September 18, 2023). "Edmonton Elks sign former Montana Grizzlies WR/KR Malik Flowers". 406mtsports.com. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  18. ^ Salas, Hernan (October 10, 2023). "Elks release Malik Flowers (WR)". Edmonton Elks. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  19. ^ "Malik Flowers: Signing with Las Vegas". CBS Sports. October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  20. ^ "Malik Flowers: Cut from practice squad". CBS Sports. October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  21. ^ "Elks sign DL Aaron Adeoye, WR Malik Flowers". Edmonton Elks. February 1, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  22. ^ "TRANSACTIONS | Elks sign five, including DL Shawn Oakman". Edmonton Elks. July 7, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
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