Zay Flowers

#4 · WR · Sr. · Boston College5′10″ · 172 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Zay Flowers: WR · Boston College · #4.

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Zay Flowers

WR · Boston College · Sr · #4

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. The four seasons at Boston College span two head coaches: Steve Addazio and Jeff Hafley. All-ACC in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 151 receiving yards and 22 rushing yards against Louisville — Week 5, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Boston College in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
First-ever bowl game to Puerto Rico announcedAtlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Evan Dickens out for seasonSports Illustrated Oct 22
BC earns first win of season247Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Boston College	78	1,077	13.8	12	69
2021	Boston College	44	746	17.0	5	49
2020	Boston College	56	892	15.9	9	77
2019	Boston College	22	341	15.5	3	58
Career		200	3,056	15.3	29	77

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 5 Clemson	8	75	9.4	0	35
Wk 8	L 15-43@ No. 13 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@ No. 17 NC State	7	130	18.6	2	35	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 0-44@ No. 18 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	13.8	12	69

Signature game

Week 5 · 2022

W 34-33

vs Louisville

5 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD · 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 · J. Gill — 4 rec · 97 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 21 · Q2 · EPA +6.83Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 61 yds for a TD, (Liam Connor PAT BLOCKED)
Week 5 · Louisville · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +5.74Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 69 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 5 · Louisville · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +5.19Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 57 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 11 · NC State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +4.09Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 35 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 12 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.99Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 39 yds to the NDame 25 for a
Week 8 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.87Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 23 yds to the WFrst 37 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Rutgers · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.83Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 26 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.61Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 49 yds to the VTech 37 for a
Week 10 · Duke · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Emmett Morehead pass complete to Zay Flowers for 18 yds for a TD, (Connor Lytton KICK)
Week 1 · Rutgers · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.23Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Zay Flowers for 31 yds to the Rutgr 48 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 88 (#12 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

88All-Conference level #12 of 488 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Jeff Hafley

Pass share

55.1%

439 pass / 358 run

Plays / game

66.4

12 games

Team sack rate

9.4%

466 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

88 · #12 of 488 WRs · 2022

Zay Flowers

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Boston College in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Boston College, drafted

2020 11 games

2021 12 games

2022 12 games

2023