William Andrews

William L. Andrews
Born: December 25, 1955
Thomasville, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 206
College: Auburn
High School: Thomasville (GA)
Career: 1979-1986
Drafted: 1979 in Round 3, #79 overall by the Atlanta Falcons

William Andrews played from 1979 to 1986 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons. Andrews ran for 5,986 yards in his career on 1,315 attempts, scoring 30 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 277 passes for 2,647 yards and 11 receiving touchdowns..

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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Sacked Yds Lost Rating
1982NFL Atlanta Falcons00000120.0
1983NFL Atlanta Falcons100.000.000.000.00039.6
Totals100.000.000.000.012

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons23910234.323 3
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons26513084.933 4
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons28913014.529 10
1982NFL Atlanta Falcons1395734.119 5
1983NFL Atlanta Falcons33115674.727 7
1986NFL Atlanta Falcons522144.113 1
Totals131559864.633 30

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons393097.934 2
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons514568.926 1
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons817359.170 2
1982NFL Atlanta Falcons4250312.086 2
1983NFL Atlanta Falcons5960910.340 4
1986NFL Atlanta Falcons5357.014 0
Totals27726479.686 11

Kick Returns:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1986NFL Atlanta Falcons47117.822 0
Totals47117.822 0

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons3200030
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons4100030
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons10200072
1982NFL Atlanta Falcons5200042
1983NFL Atlanta Falcons7400066
1986NFL Atlanta Falcons1000006
Totals301100000000000246


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1979NFLAtlanta Falcons1515
1980NFLAtlanta Falcons1616
1981NFLAtlanta Falcons1616
1982NFLAtlanta Falcons99
1983NFLAtlanta Falcons1616
1986NFLAtlanta Falcons150

Honors

1980 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1981 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1983 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1983 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)


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