Flowers earns spot on 2013 CFPA Watch List - Morgan State University Athletics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- College Football Performance Awards, the largest awards organization in D-I college football, recently announced its watch list for the 2013 CFPA Kickoff Returner of the Year Award, and Chris Flowers earned a spot of the list. Flowers joins teammates Joe Rankin and Christopher Robinson.

The preliminary watch list highlights 34 returning performers, vying for the top national kick return specialist award in the Football Championship Subdivision.

"Congratulations to Chris Flowers on earning a spot on the 2013 CFPA Watch List," said CFPA Executive Director Brad Smith. "Morgan State has produced a number of outstanding kick returners. As a senior in 2013, Flowers will be one of the nation's top kick return specialists to watch."

Flowers started in all 11 games and completed the 2012 season with 16 catches for 198 yards (12.4 avg) and a touchdown. He was also a true special teams asset as he ranked No. 8 in the FCS in kickoff returns by averaging 27.8 yards per return.

His most memorable play from last season was in Week 5 during the Bears Homecoming contest against Savannah State. Against the Tigers, the Haines City (Fla.) product, scored on a sensational 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. His career-high return gave the Bears a 7-6 lead in the first quarter and MSU would go on to outscore Savannah State by a margin of 38-0.

All CFPA recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. All players are eligible for awards at their respective positions; players are not preemptively eliminated from consideration.

More than 130 CFPA recipients have signed professional contracts, and twenty-one have been first-round NFL Draft selections.

The CFPA Kickoff Returner Award dates back to 2008 with Alabama's Javier Arenas earning the inaugural award. Other CFPA recipients performing as NFL return specialists include: Tavon Austin (West Virginia), Giovani Bernard (North Carolina), C.J. Spiller (Clemson), Jayron Hosley (Virginia Tech), Dexter McCluster (Ole Miss), Dez Bryant (Oklahoma State), Golden Tate (Notre Dame), LaMichael James (Oregon), Laron Scott (Georgia Southern), Damian Williams (USC), Taiwan Jones (Eastern Washington), Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma), Eric Page (Toledo), Cliff Harris (Oregon), Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State), Asa Jackson (Cal Poly), Tyrann Mathieu (LSU), Joe Adams (Arkansas), Fozzy Whittaker (Texas), Jerodis Williams (Furman), Miguel Maysonet (Stony Brook), and Reggie Dunn (Utah).

Last season, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel earned the 2012 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy, while Harvard quarterback Colton Chapple earned the 2012 CFPA FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy. Multiple award presentations were broadcast live nationally on ESPN, CBS, Fox Sports, Big Ten Network, Pac 12 Network, as well as internationally on BYUtv.

The full list of 2013 recipients, including the 2013 CFPA FCS Awards, will be announced on January 8, 2014.

For more information, visit the Official CFPA Website (http://www.collegefootballperformance.com). Follow CFPA on Twitter @CFPerformance.

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