UNLV REBELS

John Andrews

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Class: Senior Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. High School: Frederick Douglas HS

Last College: Compton CC Height / Weight: 6-0 / 215 Position: LB Birthdate: 11/22/1981 Experience: 1L

2004 PRESEASON SECOND TEAM ALL-MWC

UNLV: A former JC standout who made an immediate impact as a junior en route to being honorable mention All-MWC ... Possesses great instincts and a nose for the football ... Slated to start again at one outside linebacker spot ... Hails from the same JC program as fellow Rebel Alvin Marshall and former Rebel receivers David Relf and Nate Turner ... Ranked the No. 28 ILB in the nation by Phil Steele's preview magazine ... Named preseason Second Team All-MWC by both Athlon and Phil Steele's preview magazines ... Heads into season tied for fifth in MWC history with five fumble recoveries ...

2003: A December signee who had been one of the top junior college linebackers in the nation the previous two years ... Competed in spring practice with UNLV and was impressive enough to be tabbed preseason 2003 third team All-Mountain West Conference by Phil Steele's ... Started all 12 games at OLB ... Finished fifth on team with 74 total tackles ... Tied for league lead with five fumble recoveries ... Forced a fumble and recovered one at New Mexico ... Led squad with eight tackles at UNR, including one for loss ... Earned MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording eight tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against Toledo ... Recovered a fumble and sacked the QB in the win at Wisconsin, and recovered two more fumbles against Hawaii ...

JUNIOR COLLEGE: The 2002 Western State Conference Defensive MVP was a two-year letterman at Compton College ... Named one of the country's top 125 JC players by PrepStar ... A JC Grid-Wire honorable mention All-American as a sophomore who was tabbed 2002 First Team All-America by the JC Athletic Bureau's California CC Football Coaches Association ... Broke school record for tackles with 138 takedowns in 2001 for coach Cornell Ward ... Totaled 24 sacks and 10 fumbles forced in two years with the Tartars ... Originally signed with Central Florida out of high school ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of Frederick Douglas HS in Atlanta where he was an all-state defender for the Astros ... Totaled 135 tackles and nine sacks as a senior en route to all-region and all-state honors ... PERSONAL: John Andrews was born on Nov. 22, 1981, in Atlanta ... The son of Victoria Andrews ... Has two brothers and two sisters ... Majoring in sociology.

ROBINSON SAYS: "John Andrews is one of the quickest linebackers in the country. There was a learning curve last year but he comes back with the savvy to go with the speed. He could be a real force for us this season."

ANDREWS' DEFENSIVE STATS
YEAR	UT	AT	TOT	TFL	SACKS	FR
2003	44	30	74	10-37	3.0-28	5