Cornerback, Virginia Tech, 2004–⁠07

Brandon Flowers

Lettered 2005–⁠07 (school media guide)

Born: Feb 18, 1986

Brandon Flowers played cornerback at Virginia Tech (2004–⁠07). The Kansas City Chiefs took Flowers in round 2, No. 35 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2007; Second-team All-ACC
Drafted: No. 35; Round 2, 2008 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2004 and 2007

All-America: AFCA 2007; AP second team 2007; AP third team 2006; Walter Camp second team 2007

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2004	Virginia Tech	1
2005	Virginia Tech	1
2006	Virginia Tech	3
2007	Virginia Tech	5
Career		10

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2005	11	13	7	20	1.5	0	1	4	0	0
2006	13	30	21	51	7.5	3.5	3	18	1	2
2007	14	56	30	86	8	0	5	9	0	2
On file		99	58	157	17	3.5	9	31	1	4

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2007 Virginia Tech 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 22	vs.William & Mary	W 44–⁠3	1
Oct 25	vs.Boston College	L 10–⁠14	1
Nov 1	atGeorgia Tech	W 27–⁠3	1
Nov 10	vs.Florida State	W 40–⁠21	1
Nov 24	atVirginia	W 33–⁠21	1

2006 Virginia Tech 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 2	vs.Northeastern	W 38–⁠0	1
Nov 4	atMiami	W 17–⁠10	2

2005 Virginia Tech 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Louisville	W 35–⁠24	1

2004 Virginia Tech 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 11	vs.Western Michigan	W 63–⁠0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2008	Combine or pro day 2008
Height	5′9¾″
Weight	189 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	8⅝″
40-yard dash	4.55 s
10-yard split		1.52 s
Vertical jump	30″
Broad jump	9′9″
Bench press	14 reps
3-cone drill		6.72 s
20-yard shuttle		4.08 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 119 games with a stat; latest team: San Diego Chargers.

Pro Bowl: 2013

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2008	Kansas City Chiefs	14	55	0	2
2009	Kansas City Chiefs	15	61	0	5
2010	Kansas City Chiefs	15	60	0	2
2011	Kansas City Chiefs	16	58	0	4
2012	Kansas City Chiefs	15	47	1	3
2013	Kansas City Chiefs	13	67	1	1
2014	San Diego Chargers	14	45	0	3
2015	San Diego Chargers	11	31	1	0
2016	San Diego Chargers	6	28	0	1
NFL career		119	452	3	21

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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