BRANDON FLOWERS #24

Position	Cornerback
Height	5-9
Weight	187
Years Experience	2
Birthdate	2/18/1986
Hometown	Delray Beach, FL
College	Virginia Tech
Current status	Active
Games Started	13
Games Played	14

Pro Career

Second-year cornerback seeks to build on a solid rookie season … Former second-round pick was the club’s Opening Day starter at right cornerback and opened 13 contests at that position … Made an immediate impact and continued to improve as the season progressed … A solid tackler who held his own covering some of the league’s best receivers … Registered his first two pro interceptions off QB Brett Favre at the N.Y. Jets (10/26/08), including a 91-yard TD, the fifth-longest INT return in franchise history … Has seen action in 14 contests (13 starts), recording 78 tackles (65 solo) with three for a loss, 10 passes defensed, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries … Has intercepted two passes for 118 yards, including a 91-yard TD.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (7/23/08) ... Originally entered the NFL with the Chiefs as a second-round pick (35th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.

2008

Played in 14 games with 13 starts at right cornerback … Was inactive for two contests … Ranked fourth on the squad with 78 tackles (65 solo), including three for loss … Also had two INTs for 118 yards with a 91-yard TD … Tied for the team lead with 10 passes defensed, while adding one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries … Named All-Rookie by Pro Football Weekly … Was one of four rookies in the NFL to record two or more INTs in a single game … Joined teammate CB Brandon Carr, Washington S Chris Horton, Arizona CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Tampa Bay CB Aqib Talib as the only five rookies with four or more takeaways … Made his first NFL start at New England (9/7), collecting six tackles … Posted seven tackles, two passes defensed and returned a WR Brandon Marshall fumble 32 yards vs. Denver (9/28) ... Registered his first two INTs off QB Brett Favre at the N.Y. Jets (10/26). Tallied 118 return yards, including a 91-yard TD, the fifth-longest in Chiefs history and the longest since CB Kevin Ross had a 99-yard INT return at San Diego (9/6/92). His 118 INT yards were the second-highest single-game total in team history. It was the first two-INT performance by a member of the Chiefs since S Jarrad Page did it at Oakland (12/23/06) ... Recorded five tackles before leaving the game in the third quarter with an injury vs. Tampa Bay (11/2) ... Was inactive at San Diego (11/9) and vs. New Orleans (11/16) ... Returned to the starting lineup vs. Buffalo (11/23) ... Recovered a RB Justin Fargas fumble at Oakland (11/30) ... Totaled nine tackles at Denver (12/7) ... Amassed a career-high 10 solo tackles and forced a WR Vincent Jackson fumble vs. San Diego (12/14).

College Bio

Saw action in 41 contests at Virginia Tech (28 starts) ... Tallied 158 tackles (99 solo) including 17.0 tackles for a loss … Intercepted 10 passes for 172 yards with two TDs … Recorded 3.5 sacks (-28.0 yards), 32 passes defensed, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble … Started 14 games as a junior in 2007, recording 86 tackles (56 solo) and five INTs with a TD … Totaled 51 tackles (29 solo), with 3.5 sacks (-28.0 yards), with three INTs and 18 passes defensed as a sophomore in 2006 … Was named first-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association while earning first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors … Saw action in 13 contests (one start) as a redshirt freshman in 2005 … Posted 20 tackles (13 solo) with four passes defensed and an INT … Named first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America by the AP … Competed in one game, notching a tackle and an interception return TD before being granted a medical redshirt in 2004 … Entered the draft with a year of eligibility remaining … Majored in Sociology at Virginia Tech.

Personal Bio

• A prep standout at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach, Florida where he led the team to a Class 5A regional title as a senior.

• Intercepted five passes and notched 3.0 sacks, to earn first-team all-area and all-conference honors as a senior.

• Spent one season at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia notching three interceptions.

• Full name: Brandon Lavar Flowers.

• Single.