Player Dossier

2019-2021

Florida State

Cortez Andrews

LB • 6'1" • 244 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cortez Andrews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Maryland • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8853

Our Lady of Good Counsel · Olney, MD

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Cortez Andrews, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Maryland. Cortez Andrews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
TFL
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Cortez Andrews quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · LB
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Maryland
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Our Lady of Good Counsel · Missouri
High school pipeline
Our Lady of Good Counsel · 51 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 53 · Sophomore
2021 Tackles rank
6 tackles · LB 859th (top 69%) · ACC 341st (top 53%) · National 3,143rd (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland3620--055.8
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland23-0--038.1
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida State36-0-1021.2

Related Context

Cortez Andrews played LB for Maryland and Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cortez Andrews recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Maryland.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Maryland paired 2 primary output with 15 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

1.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Massachusetts: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Massachusetts

Result
Sat 10/23vs MassachusettsW 59-331001
Sat 9/18@ Wake ForestL 14-3511000
Sun 9/5vs Notre DameL 38-4122000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMaryland2155.1
2020 Regular SeasonMaryland06.31-2
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida State111.71.51

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan

Week 10 · L 7-38 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Auburn

Week 1

1

Havoc Plays

61.3 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Howard

Week 1 · W 79-0

1

Havoc Plays

48.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Massachusetts

Week 8 · W 59-3

1

Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Vanderbilt

Week 1

0

Havoc Plays

12.5 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Maryland

2 primary output · 15 efficiency · 5.1 usage

55.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Maryland

38.1

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Florida State

21.2

1 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games