| Andre Wadsworth |
Full Name: Andre Wadsworth School: Florida Christian High School in Miami, Florida |
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1994 85 DE 6-4 256 Fr-R * Miami 1995 85 NG 6-4 270 So-R * Miami 1996 85 NG 6-4 282 Jr-R * Miami 1997 85 DE 6-4 282 Sr-R * Miami |
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| Awards |
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Year Award
1997 American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
Associated Press - 1st Team All-American
Walter Camp - 1st Team All-American
Football News - 1st Team All-American
The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American
NCAA - Concensus All-American
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| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2004 |
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Andre Wadsworth moved to Miami from St. Croix when he was five years old. He played basketball and started football in the 8th grade. By his senior season, he was named MVP in both sports and honored
as All-Dade County. He did not receive and Division I scholarship offers, so Coach Chuck Amato invited Wadsworth to walk on to the Seminole squad. After a redshirt season, #85 went on to have four successful years wearing the garnet and gold and became on of the greatest pass rushers in FSU and college football history. As a senior in 1997, he was named a first-team All-American by five organizations and was an NCAA Consensus All-American. He was one of the four finalists for the Lombardi Award, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Defensive Player of the year and All-ACC first-team. He was the recipient of the $10,000 Burger King College Football Scholarship in 1997 and led the ACC with 16 sacks. He was also named the CBS SportsLine Defensive Player of the Year, Defensive Lineman of the Year from the Touchdown Club of Columbus, an Outland Trophy finalist and named one of the 30 Greatest ACC Players by College Football News. Andre received his degree in business after his junior season and began his graduate work in Sports Administration while playing his last year at FSU. In the spring of 1998, the Arizona Cardinals selected Andre with the No. 3 pick, making him the highest FSU player to go in the NFL draft. Wadsworth spent three seasons with Arizona and enjoyed a successful, but injury plagued career. He had four knee surgeries in just 15 months between November 1999 and January 2001. He totaled 119 tackles, 65 solo, and 8 quarterback sacks. He made three fumble recoveries and one interception in 36 appearances, 30 of which he started. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Football |
Defensive Statistics Year GP TK Ast Tot Sack Yds TFL Yds QBH Int Yds TD PBU FF FR Yds TD Bk Saf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 11 27 20 47 2.5 . . . . . . 0 1 1 1 0 0 . . 1995 11 39 38 77 2.5 . 7.0 . . . . 0 2 2 2 0 0 . . 1996 9 28 24 52 2.0 10.0 7.0 17.0 . . . 0 . 1 . . 0 . . 1997 11 29 28 57 16.0 91.0 19.0 33.0 . . . 0 1 1 1 0 0 . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 42 123 110 233 23.0 101.0 33.0 50.0 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 |
Bowl Games Played, not included in the above stats Note: Bowl Game stats were not included before the 2002 season 1994 SUGAR BOWL 1995 ORANGE BOWL 1996 SUGAR BOWL 1997 SUGAR BOWL |
| Pro Career |
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Drafted: 1998, 1st Round #3, Arizona Cardinals, DE Debut: September 6, 1998 Year Abbr Team No Pos 1998 Ari Arizona Cardinals 90 DE 1999 Ari Arizona Cardinals 90 DE 2000 Ari Arizona Cardinals 90 DE |
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| Comments |
| Football |
All-Rookie - 1998 |
| Pro Statistics |
| Football |
Defensive Statistics Year Team GP GS TK Ast Tot Sack Yds Stuff Yds Int Yds PD FF FR Bk Saf TD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 Ari 16 15 44 13 57 5.0 34.0 2.0 11.0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1999 Ari 11 7 21 5 26 2.0 13.0 0.0 0.0 1 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 2000 Ari 9 8 10 3 13 1.0 6.0 3.0 4.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Years 36 30 75 21 96 8.0 53.0 5.0 15.5 1 23 6 3 0 0 0 0 |