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Flowers does not make Oregon trip
By Eric Guimaraes

WR Hakeem Flowers (6-3 189) of Wade Hampton was scheduled to visit Oregon this past weekend but did not make the trip. "I had to go to the Carolina Panthers game this Sunday to be recognized for the 'USA versus The World' game," said Flowers. "I'm going to go in January, I think." Flowers says his only other visit will be to UCLA. He received visits from Michigan, Michigan State, and NC State last week but says he will not visit those schools. "I have already visited Michigan," he said, "but I don't think I'll go to Michigan State of NC State for visits." Flowers said he does not have a favorite.

Good to hear that Flowers is still planning on visiting. It might actually be better if he visits while school is in session.

A very impressive offer list for a 3*** recruit.

Georgia Tech
LSU
Michigan
Oregon
UCLA
Auburn
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
Cincinnati
Florida State
Miami (FL)
Missouri
Nebraska
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tennessee

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Flowers does not make Oregon trip
By Eric Guimaraes

WR Hakeem Flowers (6-3 189) of Wade Hampton was scheduled to visit Oregon this past weekend but did not make the trip. "I had to go to the Carolina Panthers game this Sunday to be recognized for the 'USA versus The World' game," said Flowers. "I'm going to go in January, I think." Flowers says his only other visit will be to UCLA. He received visits from Michigan, Michigan State, and NC State last week but says he will not visit those schools. "I have already visited Michigan," he said, "but I don't think I'll go to Michigan State of NC State for visits." Flowers said he does not have a favorite.

Good to hear that Flowers is still planning on visiting. It might actually be better if he visits while school is in session.

We hadn't heard a lot about him so this is good that Oregon is going to be in his top 3.

karlhungis wrote:A very impressive offer list for a 3*** recruit.

Georgia Tech
LSU
Michigan
Oregon
UCLA
Auburn
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
Cincinnati
Florida State
Miami (FL)
Missouri
Nebraska
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tennessee

Shows how innacurate recruiting sites can be. I think I would trust the coaches evaluation's on who's good. When you've got offers from Fl St, ND, Oak St, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Miami, on and on. I would say yeah, he's a definitely worthy of more than a 3 star.

Bigducker wrote:

karlhungis wrote:A very impressive offer list for a 3*** recruit.

Georgia Tech
LSU
Michigan
Oregon
UCLA
Auburn
Baylor
Boston College
Brigham Young
Cincinnati
Florida State
Miami (FL)
Missouri
Nebraska
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tennessee

Shows how innacurate recruiting sites can be. I think I would trust the coaches evaluation's on who's good. When you've got offers from Fl St, ND, Oak St, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Miami, on and on. I would say yeah, he's a definitely worthy of more than a 3 star.

He must not have gone to enough of the summer camps and combines to get rated highly enough in their rankings. With Oregon more than likely being in his top 3, I would say he'd be a steal.

He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

UOducksTK1 wrote:He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

The film I saw kinda reminded me of Tuinei.

Pass! Not another Tuinei lol

UOducksTK1 wrote:He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

I can think of a number of all-time great WRs who fit that description. We get so caught up in numbers that things like route-running ability, blocking and hands can get overlooked.

Duck07 wrote:

UOducksTK1 wrote:He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

I can think of a number of all-time great WRs who fit that description. We get so caught up in numbers that things like route-running ability, blocking and hands can get overlooked.

I can think of two guys who fit that description perfectly: Keenan Howry and Tony Hartley, and both of them more than hold their own in the Oregon Football record books.

UOducksTK1 wrote:He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

Agree, Flowers is one of my favorite recruits. The reason why recruiting sites aren't ranking him as a 4 star player is because he isn't a burner. I question whether he even runs a 4.5. That being said, he has tremendous hands and runs great routes. Imo, he's one of the best receivers in the country.

There are prospects out there with higher ceilings, but Flowers seems like the type of kid who is almost a sure thing to be a solid contributor.

I read recently that some believe that Georgia Tech recently dropped out of the running for Flowers, as they already have four WR commits.

Michigan has long been considered the favorite to land Flowers. I'm hoping that the instability with the coaching situation at UM, coupled with a great visit to Oregon, changes his mind. On the other hand, Michigan doesn't have any WR commits in this year's class, though I think they have a great shot at Devin Lucien too. If Michigan lands Tanner McEvoy, Flowers may not be as much of a priority for them.

UCLA hasn't taken any receivers yet in this class, but they are fairly deep at the position. Not sure why Flowers would want to play in that horrendous offense. The academics and weather are a plus. I'm sure Slick Rick is selling Flowers on the chance to play with Brett Hundley.

LSU fans seem to think that Flowers doesn't have a commitable offer at this point.

Flowers has stated that distance is not a factor and has a preference for playing in warm weather (which would definitely help UCLA's case).

For Oregon, Scott Frost has already done an in home visit with him. The coaching staff apparently visited him a second time at his school in early December. I'd gather that he is one of Oregon's top targets. In early/mid Dec. Flowers stated that he would not be opposed to committing on a visit. On the Oregon official:
"I don't know if I will commit or not," said Flowers. "I have to see what's it's like."

ljginger wrote:Pass! Not another Tuinei lol

Are you kidding?

No, I'm serious actually...we don't need to settle for Tuinei types anymore...plus after watching Flowers film, he's definitely faster than LT...nothing against LT, he just shys away from the football on key 3rd downs it seems...he does do a solid job blocking much like what I saw from Flowers on his film!

PDXShogun wrote:

Duck07 wrote:

UOducksTK1 wrote:He has great hands, watch some of his highlights. He isn't very fast, but he's very fluid and WR looks like his natural position.

I have a feeling he'll beast it up wherever he goes to school. Probably my #1 receiver since forever. Don't get me wrong, I love Sumler and Blackmon, I love their speed.. But Flowers is a big kid who blocks well and doesn't drop passes. I want that on my team.

I can think of a number of all-time great WRs who fit that description. We get so caught up in numbers that things like route-running ability, blocking and hands can get overlooked.

I can think of two guys who fit that description perfectly: Keenan Howry and Tony Hartley, and both of them more than hold their own in the Oregon Football record books.

Maehl's senior season was up there too imo. He was really consistent this season.

ljginger wrote:Pass! Not another Tuinei lol

Tuinei drops lots of passes, if you read the reports on Flowers that is his greatest strength. Plus, that offer list speaks for itself. Flowers is getting 5 star offers.