Andrews Named SEC Football Legend

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Former Arkansas offensive lineman Shawn Andrews has been named to the 2016 Southeastern Conference Football Legends class, the league office announced Tuesday.

The 2016 Football Legends Class includes 14 former stars who excelled on the gridiron and helped write the rich history of the sport at their respective institutions. This year’s class includes a Heisman Trophy winner, All-Americans, All-SEC selections and Academic All-Americans as well as NCAA and SEC record holders. The group represents teams that won National and SEC Championships and are represented in state, school and college football halls of fame.

A two-time consensus All-American, Andrews was a finalist for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award in 2003 as a junior with the Razorbacks. He was also named the SEC’s 2003 Offensive Player of the Year by College Football News and won the Jacobs Trophy, awarded annually to the best blocker in the SEC, in both 2002 and 2003. Andrews helped Arkansas lead the SEC and rank fifth in the nation in rushing (241.9 yards per game) in 2002 and became the first sophomore in Arkansas history to earn first-team All-America honors.

A native of Camden, Arkansas, Andrews was a first-round selection (16th overall pick) in the 2004 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and played 10 years in the NFL. He helped lead the Eagles to the NFC title in 2004 and was named to the Pro Bowl three times.

The class will be honored at the 2016 SEC Football “Weekend of Champions” Dec. 2-3 in Atlanta. The annual SEC Legends Dinner presented by AT&T will be held Dec. 2 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta and the group will also be recognized prior to the SEC Football Championship Game, which will be held at the Georgia Dome on Saturday, Dec. 3.

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