| Andrew Handy |
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A three-year veteran offensive lineman who has been a two-year starter at offensive guard...Sustained a broken leg in the Louisville game in 2003 and missed the remainder of the season...Was held out most of spring drills in 2004, and the decision was made to redshirt him heading into the 2004 season to allow for additional time to heal...Expected to enter fall camp as the starting left guard...
2004: Redshirted, but worked on the scout team as a veteran offensive lineman...
2003: The only returning starter from the 2002 season in the offensive line...Started every game at offensive guard in 2003...Opened the 2003 campaign playing 52-of-82 snaps in the victory over Tennessee Tech...Did not come out of the Ole Miss and Southern Miss games...Played all 70 plays in the win over Ole Miss and 74-of-74 snaps in the Southern Mississippi contest...Worked 60 plays in the Arkansas State win and had 67 snaps in the UAB contest...Worked 65 offensive snaps in the Mississippi State contest...Was involved in 50 of the team's 72 offensive plays in the road victory over the Houston Cougars...Played 67 of the team's 77 offensive plays in the road win over Tulane in the Superdome...Worked 50 of the 79 offensive snaps in the win over East Carolina...Suffered a broken leg in the Louisville game and missed the remainder of the season...
2002: Co-winner of the Chris Faros Most Improved Player Award in 2002...Was a starter for the Tigers at offensive guard for nine of the 12 games of 2002...Missed three games with an ankle sprain...Opened the season with 50 snaps in the Murray State victory...Played just 12 snaps against Ole Miss before suffering an ankle injury...Returned briefly for the Tulane game but played just six plays...Returned as a starter against Louisville and played 67 snaps...Appeared in 62-of-67 plays against Mississippi State and played a season-high 85-of-85 plays against USF...Closed the season playing all 66 plays against TCU...Finished his sophomore season appearing in 511 of the team's 840 total offensive plays...
2001: Lettered as a true freshman...Saw his first action as a Tiger in the Louisville game...Injured an ankle in camp and missed the first three games of the season...Appeared in the Louisville game and played eight snaps as an offensive guard...Had five plays against Southern Mississippi...Played a season-high 17 snaps in the road victory over Houston...Re-injured his ankle the week following the Houston contest and was not able to return in 2001...Spent the remainder of the fall rehabbing his high ankle sprain...
Prep: Lettered as an offensive and defensive lineman at Palmetto High for Coach Jim Kroll... Selected to play in the Florida All-Star Game on Martin Luther King Day...Also played in the Florida-California Football Classic in Santa Barbara, Calif., in June...Was named first-team All-Dade County in 2000 by the Miami Herald... Was considered by many to be the best offensive lineman in the Miami-Dade County area...Worked as a strong guard during his senior season and helped team to an 8-3 record...Played tackle as a sophomore and junior...Was named Palmetto's MVP Lineman for three consecutive years...Was recruited by Miami (FL), Rutgers and UMass but selected the Tigers...
Personal: Andrew Handy is the son of Valorie Handy...Born November 14, 1982 in Miami, Fla....Majoring in sport and leisure sciences.
HANDY'S STATISTICS
Offensive Line Games/Starts Snaps/Total Snaps
2001 3/0 30/744
2002 10/9 511/840
2003 10/10 595/1000
2004 Redshirted (Injury)
Totals 23/19 1136/2584
