Andrew Economos
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Position: | Long snapper | ||||||||
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Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | June 24, 1982||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Atlanta (GA) Marist | ||||||||
College: | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Andrew John Economos (born June 24, 1982) is a former American football long snapper. He played college football at Georgia Tech and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2005. Economos was also a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Early life
[edit]Economos graduated from Atlanta's Marist High School and was a letterman in football, basketball, hockey and baseball. In basketball, he led his team to the 2000 Georgia State Championship as a senior.
College career
[edit]Economos was a long snapper at Georgia Tech and named to the 2003-2004 ACC Academic Honor Roll. At Tech, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Professional career
[edit]On April 24, 2005, signed as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars after he wasn't drafted in the 2005 NFL draft. He was released in 2006 after spending time on the practice squad.
On June 13, 2008, Economos signed a 5-year, $4 million contract to remain with the Buccaneers, who he has been a long snapper since 2006. He snapped for Tampa Bay all of 2007.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio Archived December 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Atlanta
- American football long snappers
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Marist School (Georgia) alumni
- American people of Greek descent
- Sportspeople of Greek descent
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1980s birth stubs