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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1983 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 239 | 1023 | 4.3 | 23 | 3 |
| 1980 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 265 | 1308 | 4.9 | 33 | 4 |
| 1981 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 289 | 1301 | 4.5 | 29 | 10 |
| 1982 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 139 | 573 | 4.1 | 19 | 5 |
| 1983 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 331 | 1567 | 4.7 | 27 | 7 |
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 52 | 214 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 1315 | 5986 | 4.6 | 33 | 30 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 39 | 309 | 7.9 | 34 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 51 | 456 | 8.9 | 26 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 81 | 735 | 9.1 | 70 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 42 | 503 | 12.0 | 86 | 2 |
| 1983 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 59 | 609 | 10.3 | 40 | 4 |
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 277 | 2647 | 9.6 | 86 | 11 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1979 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 15 |
| 1980 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 |
| 1986 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 0 |
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)
