Senior linebacker for South Florida. 2021: 40 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′1″ · 238 lb · St. Johns, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 linebacker for South Florida. 2021: 40 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAndrew Mims
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Andrew Mims has played for two head coaches in four seasons at South Florida. The receipt: 14 tackles against NC State — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Florida, 120 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Jeff Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Florida | 40 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 38 | 24 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 31 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 120 | 67 | 8.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 38–17
vs Florida A&M
1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With A. Stokes — 36 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG · T. McClain — 163 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.3 · 51 rush yds (14 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ NC State | 14 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-42vs Florida | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-35@ BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-41@ SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Tulsa | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-54vs Houston | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-45vs Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jontavious Ferguson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jontavious on
Differs from Jontavious on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ernest Hausmann's senior season at Michigan (2023).
Matches Ernest on
Player DNA