- Erik Flowers
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1978|3|1
Birthplace=San Antonio, TX
College=Arizona State
Position=Defensive end Linebacker
Height_ft=6
Height_in=4
Weight_lbs=267
DraftedYear=2000
DraftedRound=1 / Pick 26
years=2000-2001
2002
2003-2004
teams=Buffalo Bills Houston Texans St. Louis Rams
DatabaseFootball=FLOWEERI01Erik Mathews Flowers (born
March 1 ,1978 in San Antonio,Texas ) is a former professionalAmerican football defensive end atArizona State University and was selected in the first round of the2000 NFL Draft by theBuffalo Bills . After an unimpressive rookie season, he earned the starting job in 2001, but was benched after 5 games, and was released during training camp the next year, being claimed off waivers by theHouston Texans . After being cut by the Texans onSeptember 3 ,2003 , Flowers joined theSt. Louis Rams three months later and playedlinebacker with them for the next two seasons. OnJuly 22 ,2005 , he was signed by theAtlanta Falcons only to be released by them onAugust 31 of that year.On
March 6 ,2006 , Flowers signed with theToronto Argonauts of theCanadian Football League as defensive end. Unfortunately, Flowers suffered a back injury which prevented him from even reporting to the Argos' training camp which began in late May. [http://kffl.com/player/172/nfl]
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