Andre Tippett
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 27, 1959 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Newark (NJ) Barringer | ||||||||
| College: | Iowa | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1982 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41 | ||||||||
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| Sacks: | 100.0 |
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| Interceptions: | 1 |
| Games: | 151 |
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Andre Bernard Tippett (born December 27, 1959) is a former American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons for 1982 to 1993. He played college football for the University of Iowa, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American in 1981. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, Tippett played professionally for the New England Patriots for his entire pro career. Currently, he is the Patriots' executive director of community affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
Tippett was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey. He first attended college and played football at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls in 1978.
He is married to Rhonda Tippett (née Kenney) with three daughters, Janea Tippett, Asia Barnes and Madison, and one son, Coby. Andre Tippett is a former Baptist, and a convert to Judaism. He currently lives in Sharon, Massachusetts, and is a Pop Warner football coach.
Tippett has also studied martial arts for over three decades. He holds a fourth degree blackbelt in Uechi-ryu karate, and is certified under the under the Okinawa Karate-do Association based in Okinawa, Japan.
He currently serves as the Executive Director of Community Affairs for the New England Patriots.
Tippett was an All-American defensive end and a three-year letterman at the University of Iowa. He was also a two-time All-Big Ten selection (1980 and 1981). In 1981 he helped lead the Hawkeyes to their first winning season, their first Big Ten title, and first Rose Bowl in two decades. He was part of a defense that allowed only 129 points, the lowest total since 1965 and 9th best in school history and allowed only 86.9 rushing yards a game, which still stands as the school record. The 1981 Iowa defense allowed 253 total yards a game, the fewest since 1959, making it the 4th best defense in school history in terms of total yards. Against Northwestern on October 3, 1981, the Hawkeye defense allowed 78 total yards which stands as 6th best in defensive performances in team history.
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