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Richmond
Flowers
1967
Wingback
Montgomery, Ala.
The versatile Richmond
Flowers was one of the most exciting athletes to come to Tennessee, and
left with the same title.
He garnered All-America
honors his junior season of 1967 as wingback for the Vols. He only carried
the ball 10 times for 24 yards, but led Tennessee with 41 receptions for
585 yards and four touchdowns.
Flowers, a world-class hurdler, missed the 1968 Olympics following a hamstring
injury. Later that fall, he returned to the Vols and moved to tailback.
His junior year was also his best at returning kicks with 173 total yards.
Flowers finished with a career average of 21.6 yards on kickoff returns.
A stellar track star,
Flowers won one NCAA title and six SEC championships.
| CAREER
RUSHING STATISTICS |
| Class/Year |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
| Sophomore
1966 |
19 |
82 |
4.3 |
0 |
| Junior
1967 |
10 |
24 |
2.4 |
0 |
| Senior
1968 |
111 |
375 |
3.38 |
7 |
| Totals |
140 |
481 |
3.44 |
7 |
| CAREER
RECEIVING STATISTICS |
| Class/Year |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
| Sophomore
1966 |
35 |
407 |
11.6 |
5 |
| Junior
1967 |
41 |
585 |
14.3 |
4 |
| Senior
1968 |
25 |
180 |
7.2 |
0 |
| Totals |
101 |
1,172 |
11.6 |
9 |
| CAREER
KICKOFF RETURN STATISTICS |
| Class/Year |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
| Sophomore
1966 |
7 |
151 |
21.6 |
0 |
| Junior
1967 |
8 |
173 |
21.6 |
0 |
| Senior
1968 |
4 |
87 |
21.8 |
0 |
| Totals |
19 |
411 |
21.6 |
0 |
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