Rice DB Andrew Sendejo

[Electric Slide]

Did anyone else catch the Rice vs. Southern Miss. game last night? DB Andrew Sandejo was playing I think the the free safety postion. He had a pretty steller game, some good tackles, two picks returned for 31 yards total, and had a nice pass breakup where he showed some major hops (it was originally called a catch, but was overturned after review). Also he does have a hispanic sounding last name, but you can tell he is white. Any other thoughts on this guy? This is from the Rice Owls website:

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</td><td valign="top">Class:
Sophomore</font>
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</td><td valign="top">Hometown:
Canyon Lake</font>
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</td><td valign="top">High School:
Smithson Valley</font>
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</td><td valign="top">Height / Weight:
6-1 / 213</font>
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</td><td valign="top">Position:
DB</font>
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</td><td valign="top">Experience:
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Rice -- Solid and steady performer from his first game as an Owl who put in stellar work in the spring as well as in the weightroom.


2007:Second on the team with 26 tackles... Credited with
a career-best nine tackles at Texas... Picked off his first career
interception against Texas Tech and returned it for 27 yards....also
credited with a pair of pass breakups... Credited with six tackles (one
for a loss of four yards) and a forced a fumble against Nicholls...
Second to Brian Raines among current Owls with four career forced
fumbles.



2006: A starter from the first whistle of the season who went on
to earn honorable mention freshman all-America recognition from The
Sporting News and C-USA all-freshman honors from the media... Finished
fifth on the team with 49 total tackles from the Spur position... Tied
for fourth on the squad with seven tackles for loss... Second on the
team by forcing three fumbles... Made 10 starts on the season and
played in 11 games... Missed the UAB game with an injury... Credited
with a season-high two tackles for loss against SMU... Forced one
fumble and recovered a second to set up a touchdown for the Owls
against Tulsa... Opened the season with a 13-yard sack of Kevin Kolb of
Houston and closed it with a seven-yard sack of Justin Willis of SMU.


High School -- 2006 graduate of Smithson Valley High in
Spring Branch, northeast of San Antonio... Two-time all-San Antonio
area selection for coach Larry Hill... Helped the Rangers to a 13-2
record and the Class 5A semifinals as a senior... Comal County
defensive player of the year... Twice an honorable mention all-state
pick, and a two-time all-District 26-5A honoree... Had 75 tackles,
including three for losses, four interceptions, eight pass deflections,
one force and one fumble recovery as a senior... Also lettered in
soccer and track for the Rangers... Twice a second-team all-district
selection and academic all-district pick in soccer, helping Smithson
Valley to the district and bi-district championships... Regional
finalist and academic all-district in track... Carried a 95.0 grade
verage... Selected Rice over Tulane, Army, North Texas, Northwestern
and New Mexico.


Personal -- Full Name: Andrew Victor Sendejo
(sin-DAY-ho)... Born: Sept. 9, 1987, at San Antonio. Parents: Gary
Sendejo, San Antonio, and Brenda Sendejo, Canyon Lake (one sister).

 

[SteveB]

I saw the game last night and he did have a heck of a game. Andrew is a great young player that I have followed since high school (I think I started a thread about him in the high school forum a couple of years ago). He has all of the skills to be a big time safety.

One thing about Spanish surnames that you have to keep in mind is that in states like Texas, there are many Mexican/Spanish immigrants that have been here for many generations, since the days of the Spanish and Mexican colonies (they were called Texicans during the Texas Revolution). Unlike recent Mexican immigrants, they integrated with the American, German, French, and Bohemian colonists in the 1800's. Other than their surname, there is really nothing that distinguishes them from any other white ethnic group.

 

[backrow]

i would say not even their surname, since obviously Spanish people are white.

and yeah, i remember Andrew from last season, he got some honors from SI. i looked him up on a hunch and he turned out to be white.

he's got good speed, good size and i'd like to think a bright future ahead of him!