Undrafted sleeper: New York Jets FB Dimitri Flowers
The New York Jets might have a gem in undrafted free agent sleeper Dimitri Flowers, a fullback from Oklahoma who can be an offensive weapon…
Dimitri Flowers spent the majority of his time at Oklahoma developing chemistry with number one overall pick Baker Mayfield, whom he helped win a Heisman Trophy and lead to a whole lot of victories.
Now, Flowers will have the chance to develop a rapport with another one of the best quarterbacks in the 2018 NFL Draft class, USC Trojans star Sam Darnold.
Darnold was the third overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, just two picks behind Flowers’ OU teammate Mayfield.
I’m sure if Mayfield could give anyone from his Oklahoma offense over the past three years a recommendation, it would be the guy who became known as the team’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’.
That term gets over-used when it comes to the NFL Draft and prospects coming out of college, but it may be the most appropriate way to describe Flowers.
The New York Jets are getting one of the toughest offensive position players in this year’s draft class, and the fact that he doesn’t have a solidified position doesn’t scare me off at all.
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This guy should have been drafted by some team.
Flowers is a very good lead blocker as a fullback in non-traditional offensive formations. At 6-foot-2, 248 pounds, Flowers is built more like a small defensive end than a player you would move all around the offensive formation, but he’s as tough as they come.
Flowers was so dependable, the Sooners were able to use him as both a lead blocker, a lead tailback, or a featured receiver in the passing game.
In many of his highlights, you’ll note that he is wide open on a lot of play-action plays. That’s because Flowers was such an effective blocker, he could help the Sooners’ offense sell the running game as well as anyone, and then he could just creep out of the backfield and get to the open field to make a wide variety of wide open receptions.
But Flowers didn’t just excel when he was wide open.
He was trusted to make plays in the red zone, in tight, contested situations. He is capable of making the same type of impact at the next level, and the Jets got themselves a steal.