Zay Flowers, Boston College Football News: Draft Scout Player News

09/25/21 - WR Zay Flowers, Sr/2023, Boston College

Denis Grosel threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Zay Flowers in overtime, and Brandon Sebastian's interception sealed the victory on Saturday as Boston College recovered after blowing two fourth-quarter leads to beat Missouri 41-34. BC coach Jeff Hafley said he couldn't see Sebastian come down with the ball to end the game. But he figured it out when the fans came streaming onto the field to celebrate the first-ever meeting between the schools, and the Eagles' first 4-0 start since Matt Ryan led them to eight straight wins to start the 2007 season. "The next thing I know I had like 5,000 people on my back," Hafley said. "It was a blur." Travis Levy scored from 5-yards out to give BC a 34-31 lead with 25 seconds to play in the fourth, bouncing off one defender at the 1 and scampering in. But Connor Bazelak led the Tigers (2-2) to the Eagles' 39 and Harrison Mevis barely cleared the crossbar with a 56-yard field goal as time expired in regulation.

BC had the ball first in overtime and advanced to the 9 on a third-down pass to Levy. After Levy was stopped for a loss of 1, Grosel found Flowers open on the left side of the end zone. "He's like a dog with a frisbee," said Grosel, a walk-on who took over as starter when Notre Dame transfer Phil Jurkovec injured his wrist in Week 2. "I throw it up there and he goes up and gets it." Bazelak went for the score on the Tigers' first play, but Sebastian leaped in front of the receiver at the goal line and came down with the ball to end it. "That was the best play I've ever had playing football," said Sebastian, who confessed that he was in the wrong coverage. "I saw the man release and I saw the quarterback and I was thinking, ‘He's going to throw it deep.' I just tried to make a play." Pat Garwo ran for 175 yards and two touchdowns, including a 67-yard score in the first quarter. Grosel threw for 175 yards and two scores; he also ran nine times for 35 yards to help BC convert on 11 of 17 third-down attempts and both times it went for it on fourth. - Boston College/AP College Football

Sr/2023