TULANE: Begins his first playing season.

2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not play; received a red-shirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterman at Duluth High where he saw time as an offensive and defensive lineman for coach Richard Gillespie... over final two prep seasons, posted a combined 150 pancake blocks and graded out better than 92 percent each year... as a senior, named first-team all-Gwinnett County (coaches poll), first-team all-Region 7-5A and Gwinnett Daily Post all-County... rated the No. 27 offensive guard in the country by ESPN.com Recruiting Insider... also lettered in track and field... off the field, was a member of the honor roll and the National Society of High School Scholars... named Who's Who Among American High School Students.

PERSONAL: Undecided on a major... born Andrew McKay Higgins on March 23, 1989, in New Orleans, La.... one of four children of Mark and Misty Higgins... his father played college baseball at the University of New Orleans and played professionally for the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers.