Bowie, MD - Ramono Flowers is young man among even younger men on the Bowie State University football team. The 26-year old redshirt junior tailback has had an inspiring journey to his place in the Bulldogs’ backfield.
“When I think of Ramono, I think of perseverance,” Bowie State coach Damon Wilson said. “He’s a guy who has persevered a lot to get where he is.”
After graduating from Largo High School in 2003, Flowers accepted a full scholarship to play at Central Michigan University. By the end of his redshirt freshman season for the Chippewas under coach Brian Kelly (now the coach at Notre Dame) and running backs coach Butch Jones (now the coach at Cincinnati), Flowers had some tough decisions to make.
“I had a child on the way, so I wanted to come home and work,” Flowers said. His son, Ramono Flowers Jr. is now 6.
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