Bill Belichick Introduces Patriots Legend David Andrews to UNC CFB Team in Video

Bill Belichick recently introduced former New England Patriots center David Andrews as someone his UNC football players can aspire to emulate.

"It didn't happen in one day. It didn't happen in one year," Belichick told his players about Andrews' path from undrafted player to two-time Super Bowl champion.

Belichick continued: "It was day, after day, after day, after week, after week, after month, after month, after year, after year, stacking those together."

Belichick, who signed a five-year deal with UNC in January, is preparing to coach his first college football season this September.

When speaking with Belichick's team, Andrews told players to take advantage of their opportunities, including speaking with UNC donors and working with experienced coaches.

Andrews continued: "Understand that everything you're doing... squatting, running, I could have gotten into the Super Bowl with the Falcons, where we were in so much better shape.

"I could tell you a lot of stories about things that we did, that I didn't know why we were doing them, but it was for a f--king reason."

Andrews also gave his perspective on fighting for roster spots both at the college and NFL levels.

"You might be a second guy on the roster, that first guy gets hurt— I know that we're all buddies, and we're all that, but you should go, you want to take this job. You've got this opportunity," Andrews said.

He continued: "And especially at the NFL, it's cut-throat like that. You've got to take someone's job. You've got to take food off their family's plate to put it on yours. And that's just part of being in the business."

Belichick said when first pitching himself as a college football coach in a December appearance on the Pat McAfee Show that his goal would be to create "a pipeline to the NFL for the players that had the ability to play in the NFL."

"I feel very confident that I have the contacts in the National Football League to pave the way for those players that would have the ability to have the opportunity to compete in the National Football League," Belichick said at the time.

In addition to allowing Belichick to hire a coaching staff full of NFL experience, those connections apparently mean connecting the Tar Heels with former players like Andrews.