Leading the ACC in each vital receiving class by spectacular margins tends to draw quite a lot of consideration, particularly from opposing defensive backfields.
Boston College senior cut up finish Zay Flowers leads all ACC cross catchers in receiving yards (481), receiving yards per sport (96.20) and receptions (34). He’s tied with Wake Forest’s Jahmal Banks with 5 touchdowns.
Flowers has colluded with quarterback Phil Jurkovec to submit these astonishing numbers regardless of the type of double protection he flummoxed in final Saturday’s 34-33 victory over the Louisville Cardinals.
Flowers would be the lead merchandise on Clemson coach Dabo Swinney’s gamers to look at record when the Eagles (2-3,1-2) host the No. 5 ranked Tigers on Saturday evening (7:30) at Alumni Stadium.
“I think it’s been a combination of the coaching and the player,” stated BC head coach Jeff Hafley, who constructed his teaching portfolio as a defensive backfield specialist. “We are transferring him round, he isn’t enjoying one place and we’re discovering methods of getting him the ball.
“Schematically we are moving him, we are being creative with him and then let’s give him most of the credit. It’s his execution, it’s how hard he’s worked in practice and he’s making more contested catches than he had a year ago. I think that it what the next level (NFL) is going to look at the most.”
Flowers is poised to obliterate the receptions information at BC, most of which had been set by All-ACC large receiver Alex Amidon within the final decade.
Flowers made inroads on Amidon’s marks together with the catch of the 12 months towards Louisville. Flowers fought off two defenders to make a 57-yard landing catch on a submit run. He later made a 69-yard catch and run for a landing and completed the day with 151 receiving yards, his seventh profession 100-plus sport.
Flowers moved into second place on the all-time receiving yards record with 2,460 and touchdowns with 22. Flowers anticipates he might want to make high quality contested catches towards a stable Clemson secondary.
“Coach (Darrell) Wyatt works with the whole group on contested catches, he preaches contested catches,” stated Flowers. “He preaches that we catch every thing that’s thrown to us that’s catchable.
“I feel that coach (John) McNulty puts me and everybody in the best positions to be successful.”
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