Football

Career: Finished his Tusculum career as the program's all-time leader in punt attempts (246), punting yards (9587) and punts inside the 20 (82). His career average of 39.0 yards per punt is the seventh-best average by a Pioneer.

2022: All-South Atlantic Conference Mountain Division first team... Finished fifth in the league in punting, averaging 41.0 yards (27th in NCAA II) on his 58 punts... 24 punts inside the 20 were second in the league and led the SAC with 20 fair catches... 13 punts over 50 yards including a career-long 70-yarder at Mars Hill (Nov. 5), which is the seventh-longest in school history... CSC Academic All-America first team... CSC Academic All-District first team... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA) Academic Achievement Award... National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society... AFCA Good Works Team national nominee.

2021: Played in all 11 games, averaging 40.1 yards per punt (3rd in SAC / 28th in NCAA II)... Of his 48 punts, 20 resulted in fair catches, which were the most in the SAC... 18 punts inside the 20-yard line (2nd in SAC)... Seven punts at Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 9) for a 42.7 average including two inside the 20... Season-long punt of 55 yards vs Limestone (Sep. 18)... Four punts inside the 20 at Mars Hill (Nov. 6)... Averaged 48.5 yards per punt on his two kicks vs Carson-Newman including a 53-yarder... Three punts inside the 20 at Catawba (Oct. 30)... CSC Academic All-America second team... CSC Academic All-District first team... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA) Academic Achievement Award... SAC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient.

2020: Played in five games where he averaged 39.0 yards per punt (5th in SAC) on his 26 punts which included a SAC-leading nine punts inside the 20-yardline... Posted a career-long punt of 60 yards in SAC Championship game at Lenoir-Rhyne (Apr. 10), which was the second-longest punt of any SAC kicker in the 2021 spring campaign... CSC Academic All-America second team... CSC Academic All-District first team... Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2019: Played in all 11 games as Tusculum's starting punter... Averaged 36.4 yards per punt on his 60 punt attempts... 14 punts inside the opposition's 20-yard line... Three punts over 50 yards including a season-long 58 yarder in season-finale at Carson-Newman (Nov. 16)... 51-yarder vs Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 12) and a 50-yarder vs Wingate (Oct. 5)...Three punts inside the 20-yardline vs Wingate... 10 punt attempts vs Lenoir-Rhyne... CSC Academic All-District first team...Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2 ADA) Academic Achievement Award.

2018: Posted 54 punt attempts totaling 2089 yards for a 38.7 punting average... Eight punts covering 50-plus yards including a season-long 53-yarder at Shorter (Sep. 8)... 17 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line... 22 of his punts resulted into fair catches... Tied TU single-game records with 11 punts for 458 yards at Lenoir-Rhyne (Sep. 29)... His 10 punts against Newberry were tied for fourth in school history, while his 369 punting yards in the same game were eighth in the TU record book.

High School: Graduated from White County HS in Sparta, Tenn... Coached by Jerry Lowery (football)... Lettered in football and soccer... All-Region, All-Conference and All-Mid-State punter... Three-time Special Teams Player of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017)... Averaged 42.8 yards per punt in 2017 (school record).

Personal: Full name is Andrew Preston Cantrell... Born Oct. 5, 1999 in Murfreesboro, Tenn... Son of Edd and DeLisa Cantrell... Brothers - Hunter (27) and Luke (26)... Hunter was an All-Region punter at Tusculum from (2014-2017) and holds the school record for most punts (241) and punting yards (9504) and was fourth in punting average (39.44)... Graduated from Tusculum in 2022 with his Bachelors of Science degree... Majored in chemistry... Working on MBA... Future plans: Obtain a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry and work in a national laboratory... SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Dean's List... Charles Oliver Gray Honors List... Hobbies include hunting, photography and watching sports... Community Service: Crumley House Rehabilitation Center where he volunteered a total of 30 hours over 7 weeks where he would have conversations with the patients to help them with speech and taught them how to read. On Thursdays we would have a board game day, where we would play and interact with the patients. In spring of 2020, he volunteered 30 hours over 7 weeks at the Greeneville Humane Society. This work included exercising the animals, cleaning up after them, and doing landscape around the facility. He has been a volunteer leader at Greene YoungLife for the past three years where he spend 15 hours a week mentoring to high school students and leading them to Jesus. This entails a weekly club, bible study and going to high school sporting events; Favorite book: The Bible; Favorite class at Tusculum: Organic Chemistry; Favorite midnight snack: Oreos; Favorite movie: "Step Brothers"; Favorite musical artists: Lecrae, Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Casting Crowns; Favorite song: "Talkin Tennessee"; Andrew can't imagine a week without: Electricity; Favorite athlete: Logan Cooke; Most thrilling moment in sports: Playing quarterback in two games during his senior year; Advice to kids: "Put God first and watch him work in your life!"; Favorite sports team: Tennessee Volunteers; Andrew can't imagine a week without: Food and water; Favorite athlete: Logan Cooke; Favorite color: Black; Favorite food: Mom's Fried Chicken; Favorite sport other than football: Soccer; Person Andrew most admires: His grandfather; Most famous person Andrew has ever met: Greg Olsen; Toughest opponent Andrew has ever played against: Alontae Taylor; What people don't know about Andrew: He's a very good cook; When he was a kid, Andrew tried to be like: His grandfather.