At the University of Alabama, Andrews earned second-team All-America honors as a wide receiver and defensive back.
Andrews was also on two Alabama national championship teams (1961 and 1964) and played in three New Year's Day bowl games.
Andrews coached two Jim Thorpe Award winners and had an All-American cornerback for eight straight years, from 1987 to 1994.
Andrews retired, along with Bobby Bowden, at the end of the 2009 season and coached his final game in Florida State's victory over West Virginia on January 1, 2010, in the Gator Bowl.
On August 3, 2018, he was hired as special assistant to Willie Taggart, the head football coach at Florida State University.