Tyson Flowers

2025: Started all 12 games, making 49 tackles (26 solo) ... registered two pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. 2024 at Rice: Played in 10 games making 38 tackles (26 solo) ... tallied 3.0 TFLs, two inteceptions, two breakups and a forced fumble ... was named All-AAC Honorable Mention by College Football Network. 2023 at Rice: Saw action in 11 games, including the first two starts of his career… Finished the season with 25 tackles, including a career-high eight vs. SMU in his first career start… Also broke up a career-best three passes vs. the Mustangs… … Credited with a hurry on one of his seven pass rushes and with his first career sack in the First Responders Bowl … Stripped the ball from a USF runner at the one-yard line to force a touchback and Rice scored on an 80-yard pass from JT Daniels to Dean Connors on the next play… Played 317 snaps on defense and had an 83.1 coverage grade from PFF. 2022 at Rice: Saw action in three games while preserving his redshirt in his first year with the Owls… Made his debut on special teams vs. UAB ... also saw special teams action vs. UTEP and saw his first defensive action at WKU… Totaled 26 snaps (20 special teams, six on defense). High School: Two-way standout for coach Jeromy Flowers (his father) at Southwest Christian in Fort Worth, leading the Eagles to the semifinals of the TAPPS DII State Championship as both a junior and senior… Played quarterback and safety as a senior, earning All-State honors for his work on defense... Returned three of his six interceptions for touchdowns … President’s Honor Roll… Academic All-State in both football and basketball. Personal: Full name is Tyson Flowers ... Born on February 13 at Arlington, Texas ... Son of Jeromy Flowers and Christy Smith… one brother, three sisters .… Father played 43 games and had seven interceptions in four seasons at Arkansas (1996-99) … Mother earned All-America honors in basketball at Arkansas and played in the WNBA and is a former head coach at Incarnate Word.