Andrew John Economos (born June 24, 1982) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

long snapper In American football, the long snapper (or deep snapper) is a center on special teams whose duty is to snap the football over a longer distance, typically around 15 yards during punts, and 7–8 yards during field goals and extra point att ...

. He played college football at

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and was signed as an

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by the

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in 2005. Economos was also a member of the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The cl ...

High school career

Economos graduated from Atlanta's Marist High School and was a letterman in football, basketball, hockey and baseball. In basketball, he led his team to the 2000 Georgia State Championship as a senior.

College career

Economos was a long snapper at

and named to the 2003-2004 ACC Academic Honor Roll. At Tech, he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Professional career

On April 24, 2005 signed as an

with the

after he wasn't drafted in the

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. He was released in 2006 after spending time on the practice squad. On June 13, 2008, Economos signed a 5-year, $4 million contract to remain with the Buccaneers, who he has been a

since 2006. He snapped for Tampa Bay all of 2007.

References

External links

Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
1982 births Living people Players of American football from Atlanta American football long snappers Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Jacksonville Jaguars players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Marist School (Georgia) alumni {{offensive-lineman-1980s-stub