Former Razorback and current New England Patriot Trey Flowers is easily enjoying the best season in his playing career. In his first full year with the Pats — second year with the team, he not only won a Super Bowl but also provided one of the most crucial plays in New England’s comeback. Flowers sacked Matt Ryan to take the Falcons out of field goal range as they tried to go up two possessions late in the fourth quarter.

This offseason got even sweeter on Friday when he came back to his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, to watch his jersey retirement at Columbia High School.

One of the best parts of the modern wall-to-wall coverage of sports is the ability to follow players throughout their entire careers. As WHNT’s Taylor Tannebaum notes, Flowers has grown quite a bit since his time at Columbia:

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