Darren Andrews

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Darren Andrews
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Arizona Wildcats
PositionGraduate assistant/Wide receivers coach
Personal information
Born (1995-08-05) August 5, 1995 (age 30)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop Amat Memorial
(La Puente, California)
College UCLA
NFL draft 2018: undrafted
Career history
Playing
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Coaching
  • Arizona (2021–present)
    Graduate assistant/ wide receivers coach
Awards and highlights
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Darren Andrews (born August 5, 1995) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and signed with the New England Patriots after going undrafted in the 2018 NFL draft.

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Early life

Andrews attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School where he was a three star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was number 111 wide receiver in the nation and number 20 ranked receiver in the west according to Scout.com. Andrews also ran track in high school. He was named Track Athlete of the Year in San Gabriel Valley. [1]

College career

Andrews hauled in 162 passes for 1,977 yards and 15 touchdowns and rushed seven times for 76 yards and one touchdown in 41 games played with the UCLA Bruins, Andrews also had four kick returns for 81 yards, and five punt returns for 34 yards. [2]

Professional career

New England Patriots

Andrews signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent on May 11, 2018. [3] He was waived and put on reserve/non-football injury list on May 14, 2018 after clearing waivers. [4] Andrews won Super Bowl LIII when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3. [5] He was released on March 4, 2019.

Calgary Stampeders

On September 30, 2019, Andrews was added to the Calgary Stampeders practice roster. [6] He was released on October 26, 2019. [7]

References

  1. "Darren Andrews - Football". UCLA. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. "UCLABruins.com | UCLA Athletics". uclabruins.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  3. "Patriots' Darren Andrews: Signs with Patriots as undrafted free agent". CBSSports.com. May 11, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  4. "Report: Patriots stash WR Darren Andrews on non-football injury list". USAToday.com. May 16, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  5. Shpigel, Ben (February 4, 2019). "Patriots Win in Lowest-Scoring Super Bowl Ever". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  6. "Stampeders expand practice roster to include five players". CalgaryHerald.com. Calgary Herald. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  7. "Four Released from Practice Roster". OurSportsCentral.com. October 26, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2020.