Former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Brandon Flowers will reportedly retire on Tuesday after an impressive nine-year career in the NFL.
After an impressive nine-year NFL career, highlighted by six strong years with the Kansas City Chiefs, cornerback Brandon Flowers has decided to end his NFL career and will reportedly announce his retirement on Tuesday, per Steve Wyche.
Just spoke to former Chiefs and Chargers CB Brandon Flowers. He told me that he will officially retire Tuesday @nflnetwork
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) August 8, 2017
The retirement announcement from Flowers comes at an interesting time because he’d recently taken a visit to the New England Patriots. He also has the experience that should draw some interest in a pass happy league, but perhaps Flowers had certain parameters he was only willing to play under. His former teammate, Branden Albert, also called it a career in the last week, retiring from the NFL after being traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
After a All-American career and ACC championship with Virginia Tech, the Chiefs selected Flowers in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft, the same class that brought Brandon Carr, Branden Albert, Jamaal Charles and more to Kansas City. Flowers spent the next six seasons with the Chiefs, starting 13 games his rookie season and locking down the top cornerback spot in the secondary until he was let go and went to play for the San Diego Chargers after the 2013 season.
Flowers started 87 games in his six-year Chiefs career and finished with 17 interceptions, three of which he returned for a touchdown. He also broke up 92 passes, forced 4 fumbles, had 2 sacks and totaled 377 tackles. After starting another 30 games for the San Diego Chargers, Flowers ends his NFL career with 21 total interceptions.
Flowers was named to his only Pro Bowl during his final season with the Chiefs in 2013. He was also named to the NFL All-Rookie team in 2008. Flowers is No. 20 on the Kansas City Chiefs all-time interception list.