Quinton Andrews
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| Quinton Andrews | |
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| College | West Virginia University |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Sport | Football |
| Position | Safety |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Career | 2006 – present |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Born | June 23, 1987 Opa Locka, Florida |
| High school | Monsignor Edward Pace High |
| Awards | |
| third-team All-Freshman 2006 third-team All-American (SportingNews) second-team all-Big East 2007 |
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Quinton Andrews (born June 23rd, 1987 in Opa Locka, Florida) is an American football sophomore safety for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
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[edit] Early Life
Quinton Andrews is one of the four children of Laurena Andrews and Kelvin Daye. Andrews was part of the state championship basketball team his sophomore year and lettered in track also. Andrews' Monsignor Edward Pace High Spartans won state title his junior year and he was honored to the Dade-Broward all-star game. During Andrews' senior year, he recorded 85 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and also caught 26 passes for 637 yards and 8 touchdowns. He was honored to the first-team all-state and all-Dade teams as a senior.
[edit] College Career
[edit] 2006 season
Quinton Andrews enrolled at West Virginia University in 2006. Andrews played great in practice, being nicknamed WVU's "Hit Man", for being such a hard-hitter in practice. With Mike Lorello and Jahmile Addae graduated, only Eric Wicks was the certain starting safety.
Andrews was named starter for the Friends of Coal Bowl against Marshall, and since that game he started every game for the rest of the year. Andrews had a team-best five interceptions, returned for 67 yards, and 72 tackles. Andrews' had an interception against Marshall, Eastern Washington, Cincinnati, South Florida, and Georgia Tech in the Toyota Gator Bowl. The interception in the Gator Bowl was on a goal-line situation and was key in the Mountaineers comback. Andrews also had 7 tackles against Maryland, 10 tackles and a fumble recovery against Louisville, and 9 tackles against USF. Quinton Andrews was named to the third-team Freshman All-American team, along with fellow Mountaineer Greg Isdaner, and named a third-team All-American by Sporting News.
[edit] 2007 season
Andrews missed the 2007 Blue-Gold Spring Game due to off-field issues reported by head coach Rich Rodriguez. Andrews was then selected as a preseason second-team all-Big East selection by Lindy's. On June 2, 2007, Andrews was arrested in West Virginia for obstructing an officer. Head coach Rich Rodriguez said he had no comments until he talked to Andrews. [1] Andrews had to sit out the season opener Western Michigan, but returned for the second game of the season against Marshall to record two tackles, a sack, and a pass break-up. In the 21-13 loss at South Florida, Andrews recorded a season-high nine tackles and a pass deflection. Andrews missed the Mississippi State and Rutgers games with a knee injury. Andrews returned for the Louisville victory with four tackles and a pass deflection. The next week against #22 Cincinnati, Andrews recorded 5 tackles and 3 pass deflections. Andrews finished the regular season in the Pittsburgh loss with 5 tackles. In the season finale, the 48-28 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, Andrews recorded 7 tackles and an interception of Sam Bradford in the endzone.
Andrews finished the season with 51 tackles, seven pass break-ups and one interception. His tackles was the fifth-best on the team while his pass break-ups led the team.
[edit] 2008 season
During the spring of Andrews' junior season, he was tested out as a kick returner by head coach Bill Stewart.[2]
