Prospect Breakdown- EDGE Trey Flowers, Arkansas

Trey Flowers

DE/OLB-Arkansas-Senior

HT-6-2   WT-266

40 Yard Dash-4.93   Bench Press Reps (225)-28

Projected Round-2nd/3rd

Year       School Conf Class Pos  G Solo  Ast  Tot Loss   Sk  Int  Yds  Avg   TD   PD   FR  Yds   TD   FF
*2011    Arkansas  SEC    FR  DL 13   16   12   28  5.5  1.0    0    0         0    2    0    0    0    0
2012     Arkansas  SEC    SO  DL      22   28   50 13.0  6.0    0    0         0    3    0    0    0    0
2013     Arkansas  SEC    JR  DL 11   27   17   44 13.5  5.0    1    0  0.0    0    2    0    0    0    3
2014     Arkansas  SEC    SR  DL 13   34   34   68 15.5  6.0    0    0         0    6    0    0    0    1
Career   Arkansas                     99   91  190 47.5 18.0    1    0  0.0    0   13    0    0    0    4

    Trey is another rising defensive star from the SEC, arguably the best division in college football. Flower's stats show that he is a run stopping demon. Last season, he registered 68 total tackles, 9.5 of them were behind the line run tackles, 6 were sacks. 4 of those sacks came at one a piece in the last 4 games of the season. He finished his career with 47.5 tackles for loss as a 3 year starter in the SEC. 

    Strength wise, Flowers is solid. He's not pushed off the line, he has a strong bull rush, especially for his size, he has the strength to push offensive tackles around. However, key to his play is if he is more consistent with his hands, and throughout games. 

    Flowers can line up all over the formation. While he usually lined up on the right side at Arkansas last season, he often lined up on the left, lined upright, and often would stunt and cover the delay, or the flats at times. One thing I noticed is he's a smart player, if he knows he can't take a shot at the QB on a pass rush play, he'll sit in the zone and keep him from running by. I like his patience and instinct. 

    One thing he doesn't have is speed. While he is strong and has some suddenness, he hasn't got the speed to keep up with the majority of football players. Flowers might fit very well in the NFL as a 3-4 DE, because of his run stop ability.

    His run defense is much better then average. His body is built to stop big running backs, and he had opportunities to do so all throughout his career in the SEC. He uses his strength very well on the line, and has a knack for getting to the runner behind the LOS. 

    Flowers has a good variety of pass rushing moves, but because of his lack of speed, I don't think it'll do to much in the NFL. He did have a habit of getting to QB's in perfect points during games, and he had a good amount of hurries, however, because of his limits, he often misses sacks simply by getting dodged. 

    I think Flowers can be a quality starter in the NFL, with traits much like former Bears DE Alex Brown, for 5-7 years. He has a lot of good in his abilities, and that will be a plus for him moving into his NFL career.