Shawn Cornelius Andrews was born on December 25,1982 and is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants of the National Football League.
26 Facts About Shawn Andrews
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Shawn Andrews played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks, and was a two-time consensus All-American.
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Shawn Andrews was inducted to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Shawn Andrews was born on Christmas Day in 1982 to his mother Linda Andrews.
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Shawn Andrews was raised, along with his two brothers Stacy and Derrick, in the city of Camden, Arkansas.
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Shawn Andrews attended Camden Fairview High School, where he was successful as an offensive lineman for the football team.
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Shawn Andrews participated for the high school track team in shot put and discus.
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Shawn Andrews received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he played for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 2001 to 2003.
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Shawn Andrews started as a freshman in 2001 and was named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America team.
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Shawn Andrews was a two-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, received the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the conference's best blocker two times, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 2002 and a unanimous first-team All-American in 2003.
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Shawn Andrews won the Jim Parker Trophy as the nation's best offensive lineman in 2003, and was a finalist for the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy.
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Shawn Andrews decided to forgo his senior season at Arkansas and enter the NFL Draft, saying that he did not want to see his mother struggle with financial problems anymore.
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Shawn Andrews responded with a strong preseason although his season was short-lived.
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Shawn Andrews broke his leg in the opening game of the season against the New York Giants and missed the remainder of the Eagles' NFC Championship season.
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Shawn Andrews played well enough to be named an alternate for the NFC Pro Bowl team.
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Shawn Andrews came into the 2006 season as one of the Eagles' top offensive linemen and it showed as the Eagles awarded him a seven-year contract extension that would have kept him with the team through 2015.
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Shawn Andrews was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2007.
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Shawn Andrews mysteriously departed the Eagles at the end of June 2008.
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Shawn Andrews cited unexplained "personal issues" in various text messages with reporters.
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Shawn Andrews started in the first two games of the season, but he left in the second game with a back injury.
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Shawn Andrews had surgery in the 2009 offseason, but he re-injured his back at the start of training camp, which caused him to miss the entire preseason and the first week of the 2009 season before he was placed on the injured reserve list on September 15,2009.
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On March 17,2010, Shawn Andrews was released by the Eagles.
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On June 2,2010, Shawn Andrews was selected in the third round of the 2010 UFL Draft by the Omaha Nighthawks.
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Shawn Andrews signed a six-year contract worth up to $32.6 million with the New York Giants on August 20,2010, though only $1.5 million for the first season.
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Shawn Andrews subsequently retired from football, moved back to Arkansas, and has expressed hopes of becoming a stand-up comic.
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Shawn Andrews is the younger brother of former NFL offensive lineman Stacy Shawn Andrews.