FSU Football: Website Calls Nate Andrews Most Likely to be Future Coach
By Jason Parker
FSU football has plenty of natural leaders on this year’s team – but ESPN thinks that one veteran has all the makings to be a future sideline leader.
When FSU football takes the field for their opener against Alabama, the team will have a mixture of both youngsters and veterans that rivals any team in the country. Players like Deondre Francois, Derwin James, Josh Sweat and more have taken on leadership roles that hopefully will lead the Seminoles to a fourth national title in school history.
One of those players who has proven to be a bonafide leader has to be defensive back Nate Andrews. The redshirt senior is back after getting that extra season thanks to playing in just four games last year, injuring himself in the Miami game and sitting out the rest of the year. Over his four years in Tallahassee, Andrews has been a dependable member of the Seminoles’ secondary.
It’s that dependably and his versatility that has Andrews being ranked by ESPN.com as the member of this year’s FSU football team who is most likely to be a “future coach”:
"As a true freshman, he was a revelation, picking off a team-high four passes as Florida State won a national title. In the years since, he has dealt with ups and downs on the field, but Andrews has distinguished himself as a true student of the game, playing every position in the secondary and stepping up as a leader in the locker room."
Andrews’ injury during the 2016 season – along with that of fellow secondary teammate Derwin James – was a major reason why the defense had plenty of issues during the first two months last year. With both healthy and looking close to normal form, the Seminoles could be deadly in that section of the defense in the coming year.
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One of the positives during the Jimbo Fisher era for FSU football is that the head coach has not been afraid to play athletes early on in their college career. Andrews was one of those who got plenty of time on the field during his first year in Tallahassee, and that has paid off in a big way ever since.