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Jersey Number 42
Andrew Nelms
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Pope
- Major:
- Finance
At Florida Atlantic
Redshirt Sophomore (2025)
Redshirt Freshman (2024)
Redshirt Sophomore (2025)
- Joined the Owls in the summer of 2025
- Called into kickoff action three times in the season opener versus Maryland and averaged 64.3 yards and served as the holder for the Owls' lone PAT and a tackle assists
- Booted the ball 10 times for 625 yards, including nine touchbacks
- Provided the team's holds and each kickoff, including five, four of which were TB, , for a total of 322 yards for an average of 64.4 yards per punt versus FIU
- Served as the Owls' primary kicker and worked as the holder
- Called into action six times for kick off duty in the Owls' 27-21 win over Rice, with Rice returning just one for 23 yards
- Recorded nine kickoffs, nine of which were TBs, tallied 533 yards yards in the Owls' 53-33 win over UAB, which managed just just 22 kick return yards
Redshirt Freshman (2024)
- Did not have a kick for the Yellow Jackets
- Began his collegiate career at Georgia Tech, but preserved his first season as a redshirt
- Two-sport athlete at Pope (football and baseball)
- Football Head Coach was Sean O'Sullivan
- Scored 28/36 points on field goals and 103.57 points on kickoffs
- At a Spring Showcase Event in May of 2023 Nelms, scored 11 points on field goals out of a possible 15
- Improved his 65-yard kickoff average from the Kohl's National Scholarship Camp in July of 2022 with his big kickoff in 2023 being 70 yards and 3.94 seconds of hang time
- Average score on kickoff was 110.60 which is near the top of his class
- Born on August 19, 2005
- Son of Andrew and Helene Nelms
- Majoring in finance
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