Andre Townsend

{{Short description|American football player (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Andre Townsend

| number = 61

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|8}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 265

| high_school = Aberdeen (Mississippi)

| college = Ole Miss

| draftyear = 1984

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 46

| pastteams =

• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1984|1990}})
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1992}})*{{cite book |title=Packers, 1992 Media Guide |page=89 |url=https://dn720004.ca.archive.org/0/items/packers-1992-media-guide-green-bay-c/Packers%2C%201992%20Media%20Guide%20%28Green%20Bay%29%20%28C%29.pdf}}

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American (1983)
• 2× Second-team All-SEC (1982, 1983)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 22.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 6

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = TownAn20

}}

Andre Townsend (born October 8, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for seven seasons with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).

Townsend was born in Chicago, Illinois. After a standout high school career for the Aberdeen, Mississippi High School Bulldogs,{{cite web| url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TownAn20.htm |title=Andre Townsend Stats |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=May 29, 2024}} he played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels{{cite web| url=https://www.nfl.com/players/andre-townsend/ |title=Andre Townsend Stats |website=NFL.com |access-date=May 29, 2024}} As a senior, he was honored by Football News as a third-team All-American.{{cite news |title=All-America |date=November 30, 1983 |newspaper=The Sioux City Journal |page=C2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72113120/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Townsend was selected by the Broncos in the second round of the 1984 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He spent his entire career with the Broncos, and started in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXII. He accumulated 22 career sacks and 6 fumble recoveries.{{Cite web |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playert/town01000.html |title=Andre Townsend Stats |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=May 29, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515090308/https://www.profootballarchives.com/playert/town01000.html |archive-date=May 15, 2021}}