Antonio Andrews, Titans running back
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No. -- Free agent | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth: | August 17, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Enterprise, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Fort Campbell (KY) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Western Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 535 |
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Rushing average: | 3.7 |
Receptions: | 23 |
Receiving yards: | 185 |
Total return yards: | 160 |
Total touchdowns: | 4 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Antonio Andrews (born August 17, 1992) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. 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.
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.
Andrews joined the Western Kentucky 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.
As a junior in 2012, Andrews became WKU's starting running back. 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. 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.
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. He was also a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award.
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. He finished the season with 1,730 rushing yards on 267 carries. For his career, he had 3,674 rushing yards.