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-52ANDY MINK 6-2, 255, Sr. Defensive Line Ashland, Neb. AshlandGreenwood H.S. Majors: Park and Recreation Management/ HPER
2011: Started all 11 games ... named team’s Doug Miller Defensive MVP after leading team with six sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss ... ranked second overall on team with 75 tackles, a total that led defensive lineman in the Missouri Valley Football Conference... selected as team’s Defensive Player of the Week on four occasions ... credited with 10 tackles in road games at Illinois State and Missouri State ... made nine stops, including 1.5 tackles for loss and sack versus Indiana State ... also forced a fumble in Beef Bowl game versus Indiana State ... notched 1.5 sacks against nationally ranked Northern Iowa ... registered sack and forced fumble along with five tackles in Hobo Day win over Southern Illinois ... named to Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll for academics 2010: Played in all 11 games, making six starts at nose tackle ... shared team lead with three sacks ... named team’s Defensive Player of the Week after recording 11 tackles (two for loss and one sack) in first career start, at Northern Iowa ... credited with seven stops, including 1.5 sacks in win at Southern Illinois ... opened season by making seven tackles at Delaware ... registered at least three tackles in every game ... notched four tackles and blocked a kick in Hobo Day victory over Youngstown State
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS Tackles: 11, at Northern Iowa, 10-2-2010 Tackles for Loss: 2, at Northern Iowa, 10-2-2010 Sacks: 1.5, at Southern Illinois, 10-16-2010, and vs. Northern Iowa, 10-15-2011 Forced Fumbles: 1, three times (last: vs. Southern Illinois, 11-5-2011) Pass Breakups: 1, vs. North Dakota, 11-20-2010 Blocked Kicks: 1, vs. Youngstown State, 10-23-2010 2009: Made appearances in five games, including first three games of season ... notched season-high two tackles at Illinois State ... registered sack in collegiate debut versus Georgia Southern ... credited with tackle in regular season finale at Western Illinois 2008: Redshirted ... named team’s Scout Defense Player of Week prior to game against Illinois State BEFORE SDSU: Dominated on both the gridiron
and wrestling mat for Ashland-Greenwood High School ... a first-team all-district selection on three occasions, he racked up 114 tackles, nine tackles for loss and three sacks his senior season to also earn Huskerlandprep first-team recognition ... selected to play for South Team in 50th Nebraska Shrine Bowl game ... in wrestling, he won backto-back state titles at 215 pounds as a junior and senior, qualifying for the state tournament four times
CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Year 2009 2010 2011 Career
G 5 11 11 27
Solo 2 20 25 47
Ast 2 39 50 91
Total 4 59 75 138
TFL-Yds 1.0-8 4.5-15 8.5-40 14.0-63
lex will attempt to bounce back after missing most of the 2011 season due to injury ... named to Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll for academics each of the past three seasons
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2011: Played in three games before being sidelined for
remainder of season ... selected to MVFC All-Academic Second Team and recipient of Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award 2010: Saw action in nine games, including the final
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seven contests of the season ... earned second-team MVFC All-Academic recognition and also received Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
Sack-Yds 1.0-8 3.0-10 6.0-31 10.0-49
PBU 0 1 0 1
Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
BK 0 1 0 1
FR-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
FF 0 1 2 3
2009: Played off the bench four games, including first
three contests of the season 2008: Redshirted ... honored as team’s Scout Offense Player of the Week leading up to Cal Poly game BEFORE SDSU: Led the offensive line at Ames
High School, gaining unanimous first-team all-conference honors his senior season ... selected to play in the 2008 Iowa Shrine Bowl ... lettered twice in football and also lettered three times in wrestling ... academically, he was selected to the National Honor Society and was a Class 4A academic all-state selection in football
6-3, 295, Sr. Offensive Line Ames, Iowa Ames H.S. Majors: Pre-Medicine/ Pharmacy/ Biology
2012 JACKRABBIT FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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