Arizona-Iowa notebook: Flowers ready to step in at safety
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Marquis Flowers hopes to be turning some heads if he sees extended time against Iowa/Photo by Brad Allis, WildcatSportsReport.com
Arizona Wildcats sophomore safety Adam Hall, recovering from a shoulder injury, seems probable to play against Iowa this weekend. Marquis Flowers will be ready, just in case.
As co-defensive coordinator Greg Brown said, “This is why we recruited Marquis Flowers.”
Flowers was the high school headliner in coach Mike Stoops’ class of 2010, and he has made good on that promise by playing right away as a reserve in the first two games.
“The first two games definitely taught me the game speed of college and how it is,” Flowers said. “It definitely taught me the physicality, what you need to do. It’s been a little rough, but I’m getting used to it and I like it.”
Stoops loves Flowers’ potential, but the coaches would be much more comfortable with Hall (6-foot4, 212 pounds) starting in the team’s nickel package Iowa. Stoops said that Hall’s playing status could be a game-time decision.
