Antonio Andrews
| No. 26 Tennessee Titans | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 17, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Enterprise, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Fort Campbell (KY) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Western Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Antonio Andrews (born August 17, 1992) is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the WKU Hilltoppers. In 2009, he was named Kentucky Mr. Football while playing for Fort Campbell High School. In 2012, he led the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 3,161 all-purpose yards, which was the second-highest single season total in history.
High school
Andrews played football for Fort Campbell High School. In his last two seasons, he went 29-0 as the starting quarterback and helped lead the team to two class 2A state championships. He was named Kentucky Mr. Football in 2009, his senior season. For his high school career, he threw for 3,365 yards and 50 touchdowns, and he rushed for 3,368 yards and 56 touchdowns.[1]
College career
Andrews joined the WKU Hilltoppers in 2010 and played in nine games. He had 174 rushing yards and 429 all-purpose yards. In 2011, Andrews played in eight games. He had 505 kick return yards and 590 all-purpose yards. He had a career-best 75-yard kick return against Navy.[1]
As a junior in 2012, Andrews became WKU's starting running back.[2] He led the Sun Belt Conference in rushing yards (1,728), punt return yards (234), and kickoff return yards (767). He scored 15 total touchdowns.[3] Andrews also led the FBS in all-purpose yards per game, and his 3,161 all-purpose yards for the season was the second-highest total in FBS history, behind only Barry Sanders in 1988. Andrews had over 300 all-purpose yards in the last four games of the regular season.[2]
Andrews made the 2012 All-Sun Belt Conference Offense First Team, and he had been named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week three times that season.[4][5][6][7] He was also a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award.[8]
For his senior season, Andrews was named to the 2013 CFPA Running Back Trophy Watch List as one of the nation's top 36 running backs.[9] He finished the season with 1,730 rushing yards on 267 carries. For his career, he had 3,674 rushing yards.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft, the Tennessee Titans agreed to a contract with Andrews. On August 29, 2014 he was released by the Titans.[10] However, he was re-signed to the Titans' 10-man practice squad just two days later. He was activated on October 21, 2014.[11]
Andrews made his NFL debut on November 23, 2014 against the Philadelphia Eagles.
On September 27, 2015 Andrews scored his first career touchdown following a 12 carry, 49 yard performance against the Colts.[12]
Antonio Andrews became the starting running back for the Tennessee Titans on November 4, 2015 a day after head coach Ken Whisenhunt was fired during mid-season.[13]
On December 13, 2015 Andrews threw his first career passing touchdown to Marcus Mariota for 41 yards.[14]
References
- 1 2 "Antonio Andrews". wkusports.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- 1 2 "Andrews, Smith Finish 2012 As National Stat Leaders". wkusports.com. January 8, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Antonio Andrews Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ "WKU Among the 2012 Sun Belt and NCAA Leaders". wkusports.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013. Archived June 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Week Three Sun Belt Conference Football Players of the Week". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013. Archived September 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Week Four Sun Belt Conference Football Players of the Week". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Week Thirteen Sun Belt Conference Football Players of the Week". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Himmelsbach, Adam. "Paul Hornung Award". courier-journal.com. January 11, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061013aaa.html
- ↑ "The unlikely journey of Tennessee Titans running back Antonio Andrews". isportsweb. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ Gantt, Darin. "Titans to promote running back Antonio Andrews". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ "Antonio Andrews 8-yard TD run". www.titansonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Antonio Andrews Emerges as Top Option Running Ball". www.titansonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Titans' Antonio Andrews: Throws touchdown pass against Jets - CBSSports.com". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2015-12-20.