University of Connecticut Athletics
2025 Football Roster
MJ Flowers
- Position:
- Running Back
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 193
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, OH
- High School:
- Colerain HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern Illinois
Prior to UConn:ย Flowers is a running back coming to Storrs after spending the last three seasons at Eastern IllinoisโฆHe will have two years of eligibility remainingโฆDuring his three seasons for the Panthers, Flower appeared in 27 total games, rushing for 1837 yards on 402 carries and 15 touchdownsโฆHe averaged 4.7 yards per carryโฆHe also caught 80 passes out of the backfield for 539 yards and three scoresโฆIn 2024, Flowers earned All-Big South/OVC first team honors after starting all 12 games and rushing for 865 yards during the season with seven touchdowns and a 4.1 yards per carry average...He added 45 receptions for 347 yards and three touchdownsโฆ had three 100-yard rushing games with a season high 194 yards on 27 carries with one touchdown against Western IllinoisโฆHe set the school record for single game receptions by a running back with 11 against Southeast MissouriโฆHe finished fourth in the conference in rushing and third in all-purpose yardsโฆAs a freshman in 2023, played in all 11 games starting the final eight gamesโฆHe finished as the runner-up for the Jerry Rice FCS Freshman of the Year Award...He was named Big South/OVC Football Offensive Freshman of the Year...Named first team Freshman All-America by Stats Perform, Phil Steele and Football Central/SI... He was named first team All-Big South/OVC Football at running back...On the year, he rushed for a team best 854 yards which was second nationally among FCS freshmen...Had 1,046 all-purpose yards which was second nationally among FCS freshmenโฆRedshirted in 2022โฆPlayed his high school football at Colerain HS and was named a first team All-Greater Miami Conference selection and to the Southwest District Division I second team.
