Andrew Nowacki

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Andrew Nowacki
Born:October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10) (age 43)
Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (2005)

Andrew Nowacki (born October 10, 1980) is a former professional

2004 CFL Draft. He played college football for the Murray State Racers
.

College career

Nowacki began his collegiate career at Scottsdale Community College before transferring after two seasons to Murray State University.[1] From 2001 to 2003, Nowacki played in 24 games recording 53 receptions for 608 receiving yards. He led the Racers in receiving as a redshirt senior with 43 catches for 477 yards.[1]

Professional career

Nowacki was selected in the third round (26th overall) by the

CFL Dispersal Draft, Nowacki was possibly going to lose his job as the Eskimos fifth receiver.[9] Despite the Woodcock selection, Nowacki recorded 17 catches for 147 yards in 2006.[3] He was re-signed by Edmonton on January 11, 2007.[10] In the Eskimos first preseason game on June 16, 2007, Nowacki recorded four receptions for a total of 46 yards.[11] After a few injuries to the Eskimos receivers to begin the season, Nowacki began to take a bigger role in the offense.[12] On August 13, 2007, in a game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Nowacki caught his first career touchdown pass.[13] On the following possession for Hamilton their receiver Jason French also a Murray State University graduate, caught a touchdown. The two touchdown catches for Nowacki and French came one minute apart.[14] In the game where quarterback Ricky Ray broke Warren Moon's Eskimos record for most passing yards in Eskimos history, Nowacki caught a five-yard touchdown pass.[15] In 2007, Nowacki had 47 receptions for 465 yards with two touchdowns.[3] In 2008, Nowacki played in every game recording 28 catches for 369 yards with two touchdowns. He started the West Semi-Final and caught three passes for 27 yards.[1]

Personal

He married his girlfriend Erica on February 14, 2009. His sister Renata coaches volleyball at Southeast Missouri State University.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Edmonton Eskimos. Archived from the original
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  2. ^ "Esks pleased with '04 draft". Our Sports Central. April 28, 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  3. ^ a b c d "Andrew Nowacki". Canadian Football League. CFL.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  4. ^ Prince, Gerry (June 16, 2005). "Last chance to impress". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Prince, Gerry (July 7, 2005). "Lefsrud back in the trenches". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Prince, Gerry (July 14, 2005). "The big driver". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Printers debuts on top". The Globe and Mail. August 6, 2005. Retrieved 2009-07-10. [dead link]
  8. ^ Huntington, Jonathan (September 29, 2005). "Wiltshire's streak comes to an end". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ Huntington, Jonathan (April 13, 2006). "Esks call for Collier". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ Huntington, Jonathan (January 11, 2007). "Frenzy free zone". Edmonton Sun. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. The Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original
    on May 9, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  12. ^ Davis, Darrell (July 20, 2007). "Esks May Be Juggling Lineup". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  13. Canwest News Service. The Star Phoenix. Archived from the original
    on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  14. ^ Vanstone, Rob (August 14, 2007). "Austin in running for coach of the year". The Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  15. ^ "Ray eclipses Moon as Eskimos rout Als". CBC Sports. September 15, 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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