Weber State University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Andrew Vollert
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Mateo, CA
Andrew finished his two-year career at Weber State in 2017. He earned All-America honors in each of his two seasons and was a consensus All-American in 2017, helping Weber State to the Big Sky title. He also twice earned Big Sky First Team All-Conference honors and was the 2016 Big Sky Newcomer of the Year. He was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game in January 2018.
Andrew played in all 26 games during his two seasons at Weber State and finished his career with 123 catches for 1,613 yards and 12 touchdowns. He led the Wildcats in receptions and receiving yards in each of his two seasons...He finished his career ranked 17th in career receiving yards and 19th in career receptions.
2017 (Senior)
Served as a team captain and helped lead the Wildcats to the Big Sky Championship, a school-record 11 wins, a top-10 national ranking and two FCS Playoff wins...Was selected as a consensus All-American, earning Second Team All-America honors from the Associated Press, STATS, and the AFCA and earned Third Team All-American honors from HERO Sports....Was also a unanimous selection to the Big Sky All-Conference First Team, and became the 12th player in Weber State history to earn First Team All-Conference honors twice in a career...Led the Wildcats in receiving yards and receptions during the season, playing in all 14 games...Finished the year with 61 receptions for 773 yards and five touchdowns...Had at least two catches in every game with a season-high eight catches for a season-high 112 yards in the home playoff win over Western Illinois...Also had seven catches for 84 yards at Cal...Had touchdown receptions against Montana Western, Western Illinois, Southern Utah and had two against UC Davis...Also threw two touchdown passes, against Sacramento State and Montana...Also earned First Team All-District honors from CoSIDA and Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Communication.
2016 (Junior)
After transferring to Weber State, he played in all 12 games at tight end and earned All-American honors...Was named to the STATS FCS All-America Third Team and the Associated Press All-America Third Team...Was also named Newcomer of the Year in the Big Sky Conference and earned First Team All-Big Sky honors...Became just the fourth player in Weber State history to be named Big Sky Newcomer of the Year...Led the Wildcats in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns during the season, helping Weber State to a 7-5 record, a third place finish in the Big Sky and a trip to the FCS Playoffs...Totaled 62 receptions for 840 yards and seven touchdowns...Finished ninth in the Big Sky in receptions per game at 5.2 and was ninth in receiving yards at 70 per game...Had at least two receptions in all 12 games this season and had at least five catches in nine games...Totaled more than 100 receiving yards twice with a season-high 112 yards on eight receptions against Northern Arizona...Also had 101 receiving yards against Sacramento State...Had a touchdown in each of the final three games of the season...Also had an interception at the end of the game against Southern Utah, to cap WSU’s wild comeback win in Cedar City.
San Francisco City College
Played in eight games at San Francisco City College in 2015...Had 23 receptions for 231 yards and three touchdowns...Had six catches for 56 yards and a touchdown in his first game of the season.
San Jose State
Played in 2013 and 2014 at San Jose State...As a freshman in 2014, played 11 games and started two games for the Spartans...Had 22 receptions for 335 yards and one touchdown during the season for San Jose State...Also played basketball for San Jose State during the 2014-15 season, appearing in three games.
St. Ignatius College Prep
Played high school football at St. Ignatius College Prep, graduating in 2013.
Personal
Was born March 15, 1995, in San Mateo...Parents are Joe and Stacy Vollert...Signed with Weber State in January 2016...Graduated from Weber State in December 2017 with a degree in Communication.
