Zay Flowers

Former wide receiver at Boston College. 2022: 78 catches, 1,077 receiving yards, 12 TD.

WR · Boston College · Sr. · #4

5′10″ · 172 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 88 · #12 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBaltimore — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 23, #22 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Boston College. 2022: 78 catches, 1,077 receiving yards, 12 TD.

Drafted round 1 by the Baltimore in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 3,056 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #22 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202011 games

All-ACCfirst

202112 games

All-ACCthird

202212 games

All-ACCfirst

2023

Drafted by Baltimoreround 1, pick 22

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boston College

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #22

Baltimore · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020–2022

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 4th NFL season

#22Rd 1 · Pick 23

BaltimoreEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

88All-Conference level #12 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#81 / 636 · 87th pct

12.2%

EPA / target#143 / 636 · 78th pct

0.92

Yards / catch#228 / 636 · 64th pct

13.2

Explosive rate#237 / 636 · 63rd pct

15.6%

Catch rate#263 / 636 · 59th pct

81.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#5 / 550 · 99th pct

Receptions#15 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#20 / 550 · 96th pct

1077

Long catch#94 / 550 · 82nd pct

Rush yards#52 / 275 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#219 / 550 · 59th pct

13.8

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

90th → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 63rd percentile

Catch rate

73rd → 59th percentile

TD rate

72nd → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

94th → 64th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.5	101	14.5	1.5
Road6g	5.5	78.3	15.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.0	92.7	14.8	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	86.8	14.9	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #12 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Boston College	78	1,077	13.8	12	--
2021	Boston College	44	746	17.0	5	--
2020	Boston College	56	892	15.9	9	--
2019	Boston College	22	341	15.5	3	--
Career		200	3,056	15.3	29	--

Season	Team
2022	Boston College	12	40	--	43	--
2021	Boston College	7	69	--	--	--
2020	Boston College	11	41	--	--	--
2019	Boston College	27	195	--	--	--
Career		57	345	--	43	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 34–33

vs Louisville

22 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.

With P. Jurkovec — 304 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.0 · -15 rush yds (8 car) · J. Gill — 4 rec · 97 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Wake Forest · 2&21 · Q2 · EPA +6.83Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 61 yds for a TD, (Liam Connor PAT BLOCKED)
Week 5 · Louisville · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +5.74Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 69 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 5 · Louisville · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +5.19Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 57 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 11 · NC State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.09Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 35 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 12 · Notre Dame · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.99Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 39 yds to the NDame 25 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wake Forest · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.87Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 23 yds to the WFrst 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Rutgers · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 26 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.61Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 49 yds to the VTech 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Duke · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 18 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 1 · Rutgers · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 31 yds to the Rutgr 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-22vs Rutgers	10	117	11.7	2	31	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 10-27@ Virginia Tech	4	79	19.8	0	49
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Maine	8	89	11.1	1	51
Wk 4	L 14-44@ Florida State	7	45	6.4	0	11
Wk 5	W 34-33vs Louisville	5	151	30.2	2	69	Season-high 151 yds
Wk 6	L 3-31vs Clemson	8	75	9.4	0	35
Wk 8	L 15-43@ Wake Forest	10	135	13.5	1	61	135-yard receiving day
Wk 9	L 3-13@ UConn	2	35	17.5	0	25
Wk 10	L 31-38vs Duke	6	65	10.8	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 21-20@ NC State	7	130	18.6	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 0-44@ Notre Dame	3	46	15.3	0	39
Wk 13	L 23-32vs Syracuse	8	110	13.8	2	33	2 TD catches
Total		78	1077	14.8	12	69

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Zay Flowers

202011 games

202112 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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