Zay Flowers Made History During The NFL Draft On Thursday

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – OCTOBER 22: Zay Flowers (4) of the Boston College Eagles runs the ball during a football game between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Boston College Eagles October 22, 2022, at Truist Field in Winston-Salem, NC. (Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The Baltimore Ravens added another offensive weapon to their arsenal on Thursday.

A couple of weeks after they signed Odell Beckham Jr, they drafted Boston College wide receiver Zay Flowers with the No. 22 pick.

Flowers is now the first Boston College wide receiver to ever go in the first round.

By going to Baltimore at No. 22, Zay Flowers is the first Boston College WR ever to go in the first round. Flowers now also is the highest drafted player to play in the @ShrineBowl in over 20 years and the Ravens were well represented at the event this year.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 28, 2023

Flowers should feast in this Ravens offense as new offensive coordinator Todd Monken will bring a heavy dose of passing to it. He finished the 2022 season with 78 receptions for 1,077 yards and 12 touchdowns.

All of those numbers were career highs and they all came on an Eagles team that only went 3-9 this past season.

He’ll now look to set new career highs when he catches passes from Lamar Jackson come September. Jackson agreed to a five-year $260 million extension to stay with the Ravens just before the draft started.