College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Zay Flowers. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Coffman | Missouri | 2009 | 0.842 | unknown | Chase Coffman | — | — | — |
| Tevin Reese | Baylor | 2014 | 0.723 | unknown | Tevin Reese | — | — | — |
| B.J. Cunningham | Michigan State | 2012 | 0.632 | unknown | B.J. Cunningham | — | — | — |
| Bryan Edwards | South Carolina | 2020 | 0.625 | bust | Bryan Edwards | 150 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Jakeem Grant | Texas Tech | 2016 | 0.619 | unknown | Jakeem Grant | 304 | 6.3 | 6 |
| Carlos Francis | Texas Tech | 2004 | 0.610 | unknown | Carlos Francis | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Wes Welker | Texas Tech | 2004 | 0.600 | elite | Wes Welker | 2216 | 19.8 | 12 |
| Jarius Wright | Arkansas | 2012 | 0.556 | unknown | Jarius Wright | 580 | 7.8 | 8 |
| Eric Decker | Minnesota | 2010 | 0.545 | starter | Eric Decker | 1337 | 17.1 | 8 |
| Jared Abbrederis | Wisconsin | 2014 | 0.538 | bust | Jared Abbrederis | 29 | 1.8 | 3 |
| James Washington | Oklahoma State | 2018 | 0.519 | unknown | James Washington | 342 | 6.5 | 5 |
| Sterling Shepard | Oklahoma | 2016 | 0.509 | starter | Sterling Shepard | 1112 | 13.6 | 10 |
| Steve Ishmael | Syracuse | 2018 | 0.504 | unknown | Steve Ishmael | — | — | — |
| Steve Smith | USC | 2007 | 0.483 | starter | Steve Smith | 581 | 12.6 | 6 |
| Xavier Restrepo | Miami | 2025 | 0.480 | unknown | Xavier Restrepo | 7 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan Jr. | Nebraska | 2019 | 0.474 | bust | Stanley Morgan | 8 | 0.3 | 5 |
| Emanuel Hall | Missouri | 2019 | 0.469 | unknown | Emanuel Hall | — | — | — |
| Dom Williams | Washington State | 2016 | 0.461 | unknown | Dom Williams | — | — | — |
| Cobi Hamilton | Arkansas | 2013 | 0.447 | unknown | Cobi Hamilton | 54 | 2.8 | 2 |
| Quan Cosby | Texas | 2009 | 0.446 | bust | Quan Cosby | 13 | 0.3 | 4 |
| A.J. Jenkins | Illinois | 2012 | 0.445 | bust | A.J. Jenkins | 40 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Tai Felton | Maryland | 2025 | 0.444 | unknown | Tai Felton | 6 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Josh Huff | Oregon | 2014 | 0.440 | bust | Josh Huff | 140 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | Virginia | 2019 | 0.434 | unknown | Olamide Zaccheaus | 511 | 6.7 | 7 |
| JJ Arcega-Whiteside | Stanford | 2019 | 0.432 | bust | J.J. Arcega-Whiteside | 53 | 2.5 | 3 |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.