2013 Football Roster
Andrew Gaines
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Prev School:
- Blinn College
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Career After serving in a reserve role during the 2012 season, moved in a position as a starter n 2013 ... Concluded playing career by starting 25 straight games at cornerback - 12 as a junior and all 13 games senior year … Three-year letterman played in all 37 games of his career after transferring to Memphis from Blinn College … Concluded playing career with 114 total tackles including 89 solo stops … Broke up 13 passes, had four interceptions and recovered a fumble during playing career.
Honors (Academic/Athletic) Earned Tiger 3.0 list recognition for the Spring 2013 semester.
2014 (Senior) Starter on Memphis squad which finished the year ranked 11th nationally in scoring defense (19.5 ppg) and third in red zone defense, allowing opponents to convert on just 68.8 percent of drives inside the 20 … Recorded 40 tackles as a senior including 33 solo hits during senior campaign … Final year also included three interceptions and six pass breakups … Had four tackles in each of four different games which was a season high until season's end … First four-tackle game came at then, No. 11 UCLA … Also had four tackles in American Athletic Conference victories over Cincinnati, Temple and Tulane … Memphis would earn its first conference title since 1971 … Set up a third-quarter score at SMU with a seven-yard interception return to the Mustang 35 … Also had interceptions in back-to-back games at Temple and Tulane … Trailing 10-0 early in the second quarter, helped keep Temple from extending its lead with an interception at the Memphis 11 yard-line … In addition to four solo tackles and interception, had two pass breakups in victory at Temple which made the Tigers bowl eligible for the first time since 2008 … Closed out career with a season-high, seven-tackle effort in double-overtime victory over BYU at the Miami Beach Bowl … Set the tone of the game when he recovered a fumble at the BYU 35 to stop the Cougars' first offensive series and set up a Memphis touchdown for an early 7-0 Tiger lead … Broke up a pass to end regulation play against BYU … With the bowl victory, Memphis recorded just the school's second, 10-win season … The 2014 season marked Memphis' first, 10-win season since 1938 … Memphis closed out the year with a seven-game winning streak …
2013 (Junior) Ranked third on the team and led Memphis defensive backs in tackles with 64 total stops during the season ... Ranked second on the team with seven pass breakups ... Also had an assist on a quarterback sack during the year ... In his first career start, finished with six total tackles against Duke ... Had five tackles including a sack for a six-yard loss the second week of the season against Middle Tennessee ... Also broke up two passes against the Raiders ... In American Athletic Conference opener, had six tackles including five solo stops, and had a pass breakup against UCF ... Equaled career high with two pass breakups at Houston ... Had seven tackles in back-to-back games against SMU and Cincinnati ... Eight tackles in road game at Louisville was one stop shy of a team high in the game ... In season finale at UConn, had a team-high 12 tackles, establishing a career high for stops.
2012 (Sophomore) In first season playing for the Tigers finished with 10 total tackles (nine solo tackles) while playing in all 12 games ... Registered a career-high five solo tackles against Arkansas State the second week of the season ... Arkansas State game marked the first of two multiple-tackle games ... Registered two tackles in the Tigers' "Battle for the Bones" victory at UAB ... Also registered first career interception to end UAB's final drive in a 46-9 Memphis victory.
2011 (Freshman - Blinn) Transferred to the University from Blinn College in Texas.
Westfield High School Played cornerback and safety at Westfield High School for coach Corby Meekins ... Was an All-District 13-5A selection and named a team captain senior year ... Played in the North vs South Blue Chip all-star game ... Also plaed basketball freshman year of high school.
Personal Son of Angela Gaines ... Born Oct. 25, 1992 in Houston ... Graduates May, 2015 with a bachelor's degree in Sports & Leisure Management.
