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American football player (born 1973)
American football player
Lethon Flowers
No. 41
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1973年01月14日) January 14, 1973 (age 52)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Spring Valley
(Columbia, South Carolina)
College:Georgia Tech
NFL draft:1995 / round: 5 / pick: 151
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:403
Interceptions:4
Sacks:12.0
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Lethon 'Lee' Flowers (born January 14, 1973) is an American former professional football safety who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers most of his eight years in the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2002. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1995 NFL draft.[1] He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.[2]

Life and career

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Flowers was born in 1973.[3] At age 14, he spent three months in intensive care after a ruptured appendix, and came close to dying.[4]

He played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket for the 1991 season.[5] He played cornerback in college at Georgia Tech.[4]

Steelers

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In 1995, he was a fifth-round pick for the NFL draft, joining the Pittsburgh Steelers.[4] In October 1996, he was one of 35 NFL players handed fines from a game involving the Steelers and Houston Oilers, after a series of fights broke out on the field.[6]

In 1996, for the Steelers, he had 30 special teams tackles that season. In 1997, he was special teams captain for the Steelers, although he missed six weeks due to a sprained knee.[3] He signed to a one-year contract in June 1998 with the Steelers.[7] He played as a starter for the Steelers in 1998, and "finished as the Steelers' second-leading tackler with 117 total stops, including 94 solo tackles." The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed Flowers to a multi-year contract in February 1999. The deal for four years was reportedly worth 10ドル million.[3]

During his eight year NFL career with the Steelers, he spent his first three years largely playing on special teams, moving into the starting lineup in 1998.[8] In the 2002 season with the Steelers, he played 16 games and registered 58 tackles. He was not resigned.[9]

Broncos

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Flowers was signed by the Denver Broncos in June 2003.[9]

In June 2003, it was announced he'd been suspended without pay for the first four games of the regular season, for violating the NFL's steroid policy. He had a one year deal with the club, and could still participate in training camp and preseason games.[10] The Broncos issued a statement that they knew Flowers would be suspended before they signed him.[11] Flowers said he tested positive for the over-the-counter stimulant ephedra, stemming from a vitamin he'd taken in December without knowing its content. Ephedra had been banned by the NFL since 2001, after the death of Korey Stringer. Flowers said he appealed the suspension in June, but lost a hearing.[12]

The 2003 season with the Broncos was his last in the NFL.[13]

NFL career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
1995 PIT 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 PIT 16 0 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PIT 10 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 PIT 16 16 101 78 23 1.0 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 0
1999 PIT 15 15 79 64 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2000 PIT 14 14 85 61 24 1.0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
2001 PIT 15 15 61 48 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PIT 16 15 73 52 21 4.0 2 31 0 25 0 1 3 0
112 75 403 307 96 12.0 4 33 0 25 8 7 3 0

Playoffs

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Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD
1995 PIT 3 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 PIT 2 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PIT 2 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PIT 2 2 13 7 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PIT 2 2 21 15 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 4 38 26 12 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Grdnic, Dale (2013). Tales from the Pittsburgh Steelers Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Steelers Stories Ever Told. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 1997. ISBN 9781613216279 . Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Steelers Extend Flowers' Deal, CBS News, February 16, 1999{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ a b c 2 Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports Illustrated
  5. ^ GEORGIA TECH EDGES VIRGINIA, Washington Post, September 19, 1991{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  6. ^ NFL deals out 145,000ドル in fines, UPI, October 3, 1996{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  7. ^ Transactions, Hartford Courant, June 10, 1998{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  8. ^ Former Steelers safety joins Broncos, ESPN, June 2, 2003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  9. ^ a b Broncos sign safety Flowers, QB Kanell, Desert News, June 3, 2003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  10. ^ SS Lee Flowers: Suspended for four games, 247 Sports, July 26, 2003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  11. ^ Broncos’ Flowers suspended, Chicago Tribune, July 27, 2003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  12. ^ Flowers suspended without pay, ESPN, July 26, 2003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  13. ^ Lee Flowers urges current Steelers to stay in Pittsburgh, Behind the Steel Curtain, July 19, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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