MJ Flowers

Photo by: CLARUS MULTIMEDIA

Position:
Running Back
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-1
Weight:
193
Hometown:
Cincinnati, OH
High School:
Colerain HS
Prev School:
Eastern Illinois

Prior to UConn: Flowers is a running back coming to Storrs after spending the last three seasons at Eastern Illinois…He will have two years of eligibility remaining…During his three seasons for the Panthers, Flower appeared in 27 total games, rushing for 1837 yards on 402 carries and 15 touchdowns…He averaged 4.7 yards per carry…He also caught 80 passes out of the backfield for 539 yards and three scores…In 2024, Flowers earned All-Big South/OVC first team honors after starting all 12 games and rushing for 865 yards during the season with seven touchdowns and a 4.1 yards per carry average...He added 45 receptions for 347 yards and three touchdowns… had three 100-yard rushing games with a season high 194 yards on 27 carries with one touchdown against Western Illinois…He set the school record for single game receptions by a running back with 11 against Southeast Missouri…He finished fourth in the conference in rushing and third in all-purpose yards…As a freshman in 2023, played in all 11 games starting the final eight games…He finished as the runner-up for the Jerry Rice FCS Freshman of the Year Award...He was named Big South/OVC Football Offensive Freshman of the Year...Named first team Freshman All-America by Stats Perform, Phil Steele and Football Central/SI... He was named first team All-Big South/OVC Football at running back...On the year, he rushed for a team best 854 yards which was second nationally among FCS freshmen...Had 1,046 all-purpose yards which was second nationally among FCS freshmen…Redshirted in 2022…Played his high school football at Colerain HS and was named a first team All-Greater Miami Conference selection and to the Southwest District Division I second team.