A two-sport student-athlete at TCNJ, Stephen Andrews has excelled for the Lions’ football team and the track squad. An All-American in track in the spring of 2003 and the winter of 2004, Andrews is looking to parlay the success he experienced last year into a banner senior season with the gridiron program.
As a rookie, he earned NJAC All-conference Second Team honors on kickoff returns, while also garnering two selections as the NJAC Defensive Rookie of the Week in 2001. A ten-game performer that season, he added 27 tackles, including 15 solo stops with a pair of interceptions. He added 55 return yards on the two pickoffs and had a team-high seven pass breakups.
Andrews added 22 kick returns for 451 yards and had a long off 66 yards as well. All told on his rookie season, he had 506 all-purpose yards and averaged 50.6 yards per game.
In 2002, Andrews had three kickoff returns for 102 yards, a 34.0 yards per return average and had a 62 yard return over the course of the season. Defensively, he did not miss a beat as he played in every game and finished with 34 tackles. He is the team’s third leading returning tackler from 2002 as he also had four pass break-ups, and a fumble recovery, which he brought back 40 yards.
As a junior, Andrews saw action on all sides of the ball, but primarily as a defensive back. His great speed provided a spark for the Lions on special teams as well as on offense in 2003 with three scores. He added 20 carries last year for 135 yards with two touchdowns as part of the Lions’ rushing game, while also handling 11 kick returns as well. He finished the season with a 58.5 yards per game in all-purpose yards and hauling in one selection as the NJAC and ECAC Offensive Player of the Week following the Lions’ 21-14 conference win over SUNY Cortland. In the contest, he rushed five times for 49 yards and had two touchdowns including a 13-yard scamper into the end zone in the third quarter which proved to be the game-wining score. He also registered the first touchdown of the day for TCNJ with a career long 33-yard scoring run.
               On special teams, Andrews finished the season ranked No. 8 in Division III with his 29.3 yards per return on kickoffs after returning 11 kicks 322 yards with one score. Defensively, he netted 13 tackles with three interceptions and a pass break up. He earned NJAC All-Star Second Team honors on defense at corner back.
               In track, Andrews picked up a third place finish in 6.37 seconds at the 2004 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in the 55 meter dash, adding to his resume that included an eighth place finish at the 2003 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships as a member of the Lions’ 4 x 100 relay team.
               He enters this football season having amassed 1,076 all-purpose yards with five career interceptions and 12 pass deflections through 27 games with 74 tackles.
               A physical education major at TCNJ, Andrews’ is a former two-sport star at Kearny High School. The Group IV State Champion in the 55 meters, he was also a captain of the football team. His twin brother, Mike, is a soccer player at Kean University. While at Kearny High, the two both captured state championships—Stephen in track and Mike in soccer.
Year By Year Statistics
                                                                               INT-                       Fumbles Kick      All-Purpose
Year       G            UT         AT         Tckls     Yds.       PD          (Yds.)    Rtn-Yds.               Yds.
2001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2-55Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1-0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 22-451Â Â Â Â 506 (50.6 p/game)
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 27Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 34Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0-0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1-40Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3-102Â Â Â Â Â Â 102 (11.3 p/game)
2003Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3-11Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1-0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11-322Â Â Â Â 468 (58.5 p/game)
Totals    27          49          25          74          5-66       12          3-40       36-875  1,076 (39.85 p/game)        Â
