Terrence J. Andrysiak (born 1965) is a former

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for St. Frances Cabrini High School and the

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. He is currently a financial executive for

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in Flint, Michigan and coaches 7th & 8th grade football for St. John Evangelist,

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. In high school, Andrysiak played baseball, basketball, and track and field, but he particularly excelled in football. During his senior season in 1983, he completed 95 of 153 passes for 1,859 yards, 21 touchdowns, and only three interceptions. He was named an Adidas Scholastic Prep All-American and a

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Top 100 Football Recruit. As a sophomore at Notre Dame, Andrysiak won his first game as a starting

while filling in for an injured

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—a 37-14 victory over

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. At the beginning of his senior year, Andrysiak was given the starting job by

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over future

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player Kent Graham, and would win his first three starts, including a 26-7 victory at ninth-ranked

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and a 31-8 victory over seventeenth-ranked (and eventual Rose Bowl champions)

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. His eleven-yard touchdown pass to Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown at Michigan is regarded as one of the most spectacular receptions ever made by the wide receiver. However, Andrysiak's season was truncated by a

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in a loss to

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. He returned to start the final game of the season, a 35-10 loss to

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in the

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. After graduation, he played for four years in the CFL with the

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and the

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. Andrysiak was inducted into Detroit's

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Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Allen Park Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He returned to his high school as the head football coach for three seasons and qualified for the state playoffs in 1995, his final year. He also coached one year at

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, in

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, in 1996.

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