Tyson Flowers
Tyson Flowers
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Bloomgren and Brent Pry. The receipt: 8 tackles against Miami — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 48 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Rice | 33 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Rice | 23 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 104 | 64 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 23–21
at NC State
4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Virginia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Virginia Tech
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +0 net (27 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #30
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nigel Williams’s 2024 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Braden Turner's junior season at Northwestern (2025).
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