{"id":895691,"date":"2026-05-19T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895691\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:18:22","slug":"ravens-pro-bowler-zay-flowers-graduates-from-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895691\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Pro Bowler Zay Flowers graduates from college"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLIVE FROM THE UNDER ARMOR PERFORMANCE CENTER. YOU KNOW YOU\u2019RE A BIG DEAL. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST DAY OF WORK AND YOUR VERY FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE. YOU WALK IN AND THAT\u2019S WHAT GREETS YOU. 30 FOOT WALL. WELCOME SIGN FOR NEW RAVEN ZAY FLOWERS. THIS YEAR\u2019S FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK OUT OF BOSTON COLLEGE. HE\u2019S AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG MAN. HE HAS OBVIOUS CONFIDENCE. HE HAS BIG PLAYMAKER ABILITY. AND THE RAVENS HOPE THAT HE IS A MAGICAL CONNECTION IN THE YEARS TO COME WITH LAMAR JACKSON AS THIS OFFENSE STARTS TO REALLY SPREAD OUT IN TERMS OF ITS POTENTIAL RAVENS DID NOT HESITATE TO SELECT ZAY FLOWERS. THEY HAD HIM AS THEIR TOP RECEIVER ON THE DRAFT BOARD. IT\u2019S NOT TALL. LISTED AT 510. THAT MIGHT BE A STRETCH, BUT HE\u2019S CLEARLY STRONG AND EXPLOSIVE. LIKE LAMAR JACKSON, ZAY FLOWERS GREW UP IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND HE FEELS THAT GIVES HIM A CONNECTION THAT WILL BE ELECTRIC WITH LAMAR IN THE NFL. BECAUSE I KNOW LAMAR, HE WANT TO MAKE A BIG PLAY EVERY PLAY. AND I THINK THE SAME WAY I\u2019M TRYING TO GO MAKE A BIG PLAY EVERY TIME I TOUCH THE BALL. SO I THINK IT\u2019S GOING TO BE EXPLOSIVE. I KNOW LAMAR IS GOING TO BE EXCITED WHEN HE GETS HERE AND THEN WHEN HE SEES THIS GUY AND ODELL WALKS IN THE ROOM, YOU ALREADY GOT NELSON HERE AND JAMES IS ALREADY WORKING AND DEV\u2019S ALREADY WORKING. IT\u2019S JUST GOING TO BE IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. THE RAVENS DO NOT HAVE A PICK IN THE SECOND ROUND OF TONIGHT\u2019S DRAFT. TONIGHT\u2019S ROUNDS, TWO AND THREE. AND THE RAVENS WILL ONLY HAVE A PICK IN ROUND THREE. THAT\u2019S BECAUSE THEY TRADED THEIR SECOND ROUND PICK LAST YEAR TO PICK UP ROQUAN SMITH. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE REST OF THE PICKS THE RAVENS HAVE IN THIS DRAFT, THEY ONLY HAVE FOUR REMAINING PICKS. ONE PICK EACH IN ROUNDS, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX. THIS WILL BE IF THEY DON\u2019T TRADE AND ACQUIRE ANY, THIS WILL BE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowler Zay Flowers graduates from Boston College<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 1:57 PM EDT May 19, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBaltimore Ravens Pro Bowler Zay Flowers became the first in his family to graduate college.Flowers, 25, attended Boston College from 2019-2022 as the program’s all-time leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns.Archive video above: Ravens introduce first-round pick, wide receiver Zay Flowers (2023)He was just a few credits shy of earning his communications degree in 2023 when he was drafted 22nd overall. He since returned, completed his coursework and walked at Monday’s commencement, posing thereafter with family who wore custom “Congrats Zay Flowers” shirts.Embodying the mantra “No shortcuts. No limits,” Flowers was raised by his father, a truck driver, after losing his mother young.Congratulations, Zay!!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowler Zay Flowers became the first in his family to graduate college.<\/p>\n

Flowers, 25, attended Boston College from 2019-2022 as the program’s all-time leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Archive video above: Ravens introduce first-round pick, wide receiver Zay Flowers (2023)<\/p>\n

He was just a few credits shy of earning his communications degree in 2023 when he was drafted 22nd overall<\/a>. He since returned, completed his coursework and walked at Monday’s commencement, posing thereafter with family who wore custom “Congrats Zay Flowers” shirts.<\/p>\n

Embodying the mantra “No shortcuts. No limits,” Flowers was raised by his father, a truck driver, after losing his mother young.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Zay!!<\/p>\n

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