# Andrew Whitworth
**Andrew Whitworth** (born 1981 in [Monroe, Louisiana](https://www.edgepedia.org/monroe-louisiana)) is a former [American football](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-football) offensive tackle who played 16 NFL seasons, spending 11 years with the [Cincinnati Bengals](https://www.edgepedia.org/cincinnati-bengals) (2006–2016) and five with the Los Angeles Rams (2017–2021), and won Super Bowl LVI with the Rams at age 40.[1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) • [2](https://floridagators.com/documents/download/2024/11/19/Week_13_Release__2024_.pdf) He earned four Pro Bowl selections and two first-team All-Pro honors, received the 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, and retired in March 2022 after the Super Bowl victory.[3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Position, size | Offensive tackle, 6 ft 7 in, 330 lb, wearing No. 77[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) |
| Draft | Second round of the 2006 NFL Draft, 55th overall, by the Cincinnati Bengals[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) |
| Career totals | 239 games played, 235 starts over 16 seasons (Bengals 2006–16, Rams 2017–21)[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) • [2](https://floridagators.com/documents/download/2024/11/19/Week_13_Release__2024_.pdf) |
| Honors | Four Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pro (2015, 2017), one second-team All-Pro (2014)[3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals) • [1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) |
| Signature metric | PFF career grade of 93.4, third among offensive tackles in the PFF era behind Jonathan Ogden and Joe Thomas; 245 pressures allowed on 6,789 career pass-blocking snaps, a 3.8% rate[5](https://www.pff.com/news/pro-justice-is-served-as-whitworth-is-set-to-make-his-first-super-bowl-appearance) |
| Championships | Super Bowl LVI with the Rams, the oldest offensive lineman to suit up for a Super Bowl at age 40[6](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-from-nfl) |
| Community award | 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year[3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals) |
| Hall of Fame status | Not elected; Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor score of 62.95[7](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitAn20.htm) |
## College career at LSU
Whitworth was a pillar of the LSU offensive line from 2002 to 2005, playing primarily left tackle and never missing a game or a practice due to injury.[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) He started every game as a sophomore in 2003, when LSU won the BCS national championship with a 13–1 record, and closed his career with 52 starts, at that time the second-most in [NCAA Division I](https://www.edgepedia.org/ncaa-division-i) history.[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) He earned first-team All-SEC honors as both a junior and a senior, including a consensus selection as a senior, and was credited with no sacks allowed as a senior and only one as a junior.[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) He was also named a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete.[2](https://floridagators.com/documents/download/2024/11/19/Week_13_Release__2024_.pdf)
## Cincinnati Bengals (2006–2016)
The Bengals selected Whitworth 55th overall in 2006, believing the 6-foot-7 lineman could play left tackle, and he became a starter as a rookie.[8](https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-06-draft-one-for-the-ages-and-how-it-went-down) • [1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) He signed contract extensions with the team in 2008, 2011, and 2015, and became a foundational left tackle over 11 seasons.[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) • [3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals)
His individual recognition came late. He earned his first [Pro Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-bowl) at age 31 in 2012, a first-team All-Pro selection and a second Pro Bowl in 2015, and a third Pro Bowl in 2016, his last season in [Cincinnati](https://www.edgepedia.org/cincinnati).[1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) The 2014 season stands out in the team's record: he protected quarterback [Andy Dalton](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-dalton) 613 times and allowed 10 pressures and no sacks, part of a decade in which Pro Football Focus recorded his pressure rate as the lowest among all NFL tackles.[9](https://www.bengals.com/team/ring-of-honor/andrew-whitworth) In 2007 he played 1,041 of the team's 1,047 offensive snaps as the Bengals set a club record for fewest sacks allowed with 17.[10](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/bengals/eus1xrs10p5menmticti.pdf)
## Los Angeles Rams (2017–2021)
Whitworth signed with the Rams as a free agent on March 9, 2017, part of a transformational offseason for the franchise.[4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) • [3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals) In his first Los Angeles season, at age 36, he was again named first-team All-Pro and to the PFWA All-NFL Team, and earned his fourth Pro Bowl.[1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) • [4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) He started 71 of 81 regular-season games with the Rams and was selected as a team captain.[6](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-from-nfl) • [11](https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/LAR.pdf) In 2019 he became one of 12 players in NFL history to start and win against all 32 NFL teams, a Week 8 win over the Bengals completing the set; the last team he beat was Cincinnati, where he had spent his first 11 seasons.[11](https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/LAR.pdf) • [4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) • [18](https://lasportshall.com/?inductees=andrew-whitworth) • [19](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-12th-starter-in-league-history-to-defeat-all-32-teams)
A knee injury against the Seahawks in 2020 limited him to nine games that season, but he returned to start 15 games in 2021.[12](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/11/17/andrew-whitworth-on-longevity-career-threatening-injury-hall-of-fame-daily-cover) • [4](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/) In the 2021 regular season he allowed just five sacks and 17 total pressures, and [Pro Football Focus](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-football-focus) graded him 86.1 overall, fifth among 85 qualified offensive tackles.[13](https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lvi-s-rams-bengals-matchup-a-love-story-of-andrew-whitworth-s-acclaim) • [14](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/andrew-whitworth/3000) The Rams reached [Super Bowl LVI](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-bowl-lvi), where Whitworth at age 40 became the oldest offensive lineman to suit up for a [Super Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-bowl), facing the Bengals, the team that had drafted him; Los Angeles won, and he announced his retirement shortly afterward.[6](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-from-nfl) • [3](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals)
## Playing style and pass protection record
Whitworth's game rested on technique, footwork, and preparation rather than raw athleticism, and he played at a Pro Bowl level at both tackle and guard, allowing the Bengals to move him inside midseason without significant cost to the line.[15](https://www.pff.com/news/the-pff-101-no-9-andrew-whitworth) His pass protection numbers are the core of his statistical case. Across 6,789 career pass-blocking snaps at left tackle he allowed 245 quarterback pressures, a rate of 3.8%, the best among tackles in the PFF era, and his career overall grade of 93.4 ranks third among offensive tackles in that era behind [Jonathan Ogden](https://www.edgepedia.org/jonathan-ogden) and [Joe Thomas](https://www.edgepedia.org/joe-thomas-offensive-tackle).[5](https://www.pff.com/news/pro-justice-is-served-as-whitworth-is-set-to-make-his-first-super-bowl-appearance) A longer-term PFF analysis put his pressure rate at 3.7%, slightly better than the recently retired Joe Thomas at 3.9%.[12](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/11/17/andrew-whitworth-on-longevity-career-threatening-injury-hall-of-fame-daily-cover)
## Legacy and Hall of Fame case
Whitworth left the game with 239 games played and 235 starts, and his Approximate Value of 142 ranked 94th all-time at the time of his retirement.[1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth) He has not been elected to the [Pro Football Hall of Fame](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-football-hall-of-fame); his Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor score of 62.95 places him among tackles near the Hall of Fame threshold but below recent inductees.[7](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitAn20.htm) He became eligible for election in 2027.[1](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth)
Off the field, the Bengals inducted him into their [Ring of Honor](https://www.edgepedia.org/ring-of-honor), Louisiana's legislature commended him for the Super Bowl win and the Man of the Year award, and he moved into broadcasting as an analyst for Prime Video's Thursday Night Football.[9](https://www.bengals.com/team/ring-of-honor/andrew-whitworth) • [16](https://legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272089) • [17](https://www.nfl.com/news/would-andrew-whitworth-consider-unretiring-to-join-bengals-i-ll-never-say-never)
## References
1. [Andrew Whitworth, Not in Hall of Fame](https://www.notinhalloffame.com/football/15135-62-andrew-whitworth)
2. [Florida Gators Week 13 Release (LSU section), floridagators.com](https://floridagators.com/documents/download/2024/11/19/Week_13_Release__2024_.pdf)
3. [Andrew Whitworth announces retirement after 16 seasons with Rams, Bengals, NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-16-seasons-with-rams-bengals)
4. [Andrew Whitworth player page, TheRams.com](https://www.therams.com/team/players-roster/andrew-whitworth/)
5. [Justice is served as Whitworth is set to make his first Super Bowl appearance, Pro Football Focus](https://www.pff.com/news/pro-justice-is-served-as-whitworth-is-set-to-make-his-first-super-bowl-appearance)
6. [Rams offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth announces retirement from NFL, TheRams.com](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-announces-retirement-from-nfl)
7. [Andrew Whitworth, Pro-Football-Reference.com](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitAn20.htm)
8. [Bengals '06 draft: One for the ages, Bengals.com](https://www.bengals.com/news/bengals-06-draft-one-for-the-ages-and-how-it-went-down)
9. [Andrew Whitworth, Bengals Ring of Honor, Bengals.com](https://www.bengals.com/team/ring-of-honor/andrew-whitworth)
10. [Bengals media guide, WHITWORTH, ANDREW — OT #77](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/bengals/eus1xrs10p5menmticti.pdf)
11. [2021 Los Angeles Rams media guide, NFL.com](https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2021/LAR.pdf)
12. [The Tao of Whit: O-line Life and the Injury Aftermath, Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/11/17/andrew-whitworth-on-longevity-career-threatening-injury-hall-of-fame-daily-cover)
13. [Super Bowl LVI's Rams-Bengals matchup a love story of Andrew Whitworth's acclaimed career, NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lvi-s-rams-bengals-matchup-a-love-story-of-andrew-whitworth-s-acclaim)
14. [Andrew Whitworth, NFL and PFF stats, Pro Football Focus](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/andrew-whitworth/3000)
15. [The PFF 101, No. 9: Andrew Whitworth, Pro Football Focus](https://www.pff.com/news/the-pff-101-no-9-andrew-whitworth)
16. [Louisiana House Concurrent Resolution commending Andrew Whitworth, Louisiana Legislature](https://legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1272089)
17. [Would Andrew Whitworth consider unretiring to join Bengals? NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/news/would-andrew-whitworth-consider-unretiring-to-join-bengals-i-ll-never-say-never)
18. [Andrew Whitworth, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame](https://lasportshall.com/?inductees=andrew-whitworth)
19. [Andrew Whitworth becomes 12th starter in league history to defeat all 32 teams](https://www.therams.com/news/andrew-whitworth-12th-starter-in-league-history-to-defeat-all-32-teams)
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