Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down the Lions' newest free-agent additions, and debate what else they need, March 14, 2019 in Allen Park. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Trey Flowers was in the eighth grade when a doctor told him he’d never play football again.
Flowers was a do-everything star in junior high at the time, so much bigger and stronger than everyone else that as a youth he had to borrow a helmet from nearby Alabama A&M because it was the only one big enough to fit his head.
He played defensive line and as a fullback, and when one opponent was having an especially tough time bringing him down, players from the team started diving at his legs.