2021 Season Countdown: #33 Andrew Vastardis

2021 Season Countdown: #33 Andrew Vastardis


August 3, 2021
Andrew Vastardis (image via MGoBlue)

Name: Andrew Vastardis
Height:
6’3″
Weight:
296 lbs.
High school:
Ashburn (VA) Stone Bridge
Position:
Center
Class:
Sixth year senior
Jersey number:
#68
Last year:
I ranked Vastardis #48 and said he would be a backup center (LINK).
TTB Rating:
N/A

I pegged Vastardis as a backup going into the 2020 season, and I was proven wrong immediately when he started the first four games of the year. To top it off, he was voted a captain. Unfortunately for him, he tried playing through injury but eventually missed the final two games of the year. In the meantime, his performance was decent but nothing special. Vastardis is a hard-nosed player and respected by his teammates, but he’s neither big nor quick.

I’m not confident in this ranking, since it basically projects a starter, captain, and sixth year player to be a backup to a sophomore who has never played the position in a game, but word coming out of practice is that Zak Zinter will be the starting center. Of course, Vastardis’s presence already helped chase one guy (Zach Carpenter) off to Indiana, so maybe Zinter will be the next Zach(k) to get his position yoinked by the former walk-on. But either way, Vastardis is a good guy to have as a veteran presence, whether he’s a starter or backup.

Prediction: Backup center

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