Andre Tippett played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American in 1981.
41 Facts About Andre Tippett
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Andre Tippett was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Andre Tippett is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
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Andre Tippett attended Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey.
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Andre Tippett first attended college and played football at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls in 1978.
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Andre Tippett is married to Rhonda Tippett with three daughters, Janea Tippett, Asia Barnes, and Madison, and one son, Coby.
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Andre Tippett is Jewish; a former Baptist, he converted to Judaism.
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Andre Tippett currently lives in Sharon, Massachusetts, and is a Pop Warner football coach.
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Andre Tippett holds a seventh degree blackbelt in Uechi-ryu karate, and is certified under the Okinawa Karate-do Association based in Okinawa, Japan.
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Andre Tippett currently serves as the executive director of Community Affairs for the New England Patriots.
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Andre Tippett was an All-American defensive end and a three-year letterman at the University of Iowa.
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Andre Tippett was a two-time All-Big Ten selection.
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Andre Tippett was part of a defense that allowed only 129 points, the lowest total since 1965 and 9th-best in school history and allowed only 86.9 rushing yards a game, which still stands as the school record.
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Andre Tippett was a two-time first-team all-Big Ten, and a team captain in 1981.
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Andre Tippett holds the Iowa record for tackles for lost yardage in a season.
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Andre Tippett played in the Hula Bowl and the Japan Bowl in 1982, after his senior year at Iowa.
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Andre Tippett was voted a DE on Iowa's all-time football team in 1989 as is a member of the University of Iowa's Varsity Hall of Fame.
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Andre Tippett was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round of the 1982 NFL Draft.
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Andre Tippett is a member of the NFL's 1980s all-decade team and was selected to five Pro Bowls in his career, earning the nod in five straight seasons from 1984 to 1988.
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From 1984 to 1985, Andre Tippett recorded the highest two-season sack total by a linebacker in NFL history, totaling 35.0 sacks during the two seasons.
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Andre Tippett holds the Patriots' franchise record with 100.0 career sacks.
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Andre Tippett owns the top three single-season sack performances in Patriots history.
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Andre Tippett ranked seventh on the all-time sacks list, and third among linebackers, at the time of his retirement following the 1993 season.
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Over his career, Andre Tippett recorded 100 sacks in 151 games, an average of 0.662 sacks per game.
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Andre Tippett led the team in sacks six times and finished second on the team four times.
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Andre Tippett recorded 30 multiple-sack games in his career and sacked a total of 41 different quarterbacks.
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Andre Tippett recovered 18 opponents' fumbles during his career, tying him for first on the Patriots' all-time list.
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Andre Tippett was named the AFC's Linebacker of the Year by the NFL Players Association for three straight seasons from 1985 to 1987.
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Andre Tippett was voted to the Associated Press All-NFL First-team on two occasions and Second-team on two other occasions.
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Andre Tippett was named to the NFL Films All-Pro team in 1984.
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Andre Tippett was voted the Newspaper Enterprise Association co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1985.
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Andre Tippett twice earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
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Andre Tippett had 1.5 sacks in his final game on January 2,1994, against the Miami Dolphins.
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Andre Tippett spent his entire 11-year career with the Patriots and was a member of three playoff teams, including the 1985 AFC Champions.
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Andre Tippett was selected to the Patriots' 35th Anniversary Team in 1994 and was selected to the Patriots Team of the Century in 2000.
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Andre Tippett was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Andre Tippett was inducted into the University of Iowa Hall of Fame on September 7,2007.
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Andre Tippett was named as one of 17 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 and 2008.
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Andre Tippett was not selected for enshrinement, but he was among the top 10 finalists.
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Andre Tippett was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in April 2009.
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On November 13,2021, Andre Tippett was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.