Andy Taylor

Andrew "Andy" Taylor is a graduate of Tree Hill High School and one of the main characters throughout the series. Smooth talking, confident, and gifted at basketball, Andy has all of his father's traits and his mother quirks. He is shown to be apart of popular crowd as he is on the Tree Hill Ravens basketball team, but in reality, he does not like the extra curricular activities they involve themselves in. As time went on, it is revealed that he finds the team as being a stepping stone to his dream of NBA superstardom.

He eventually forms a relationship with Kelsey Evans after a budding friendship in Season 1. Their relationship helps him grow as a person and reveal dark secrets about himself. His quest for a basketball career is halted after a serious head injury causing him to lose some of his memory.

After his injury, he began using supplements to feed his pain about not playing the sport he loved and became addicted to them.

Andy is best friends with Matthew Baker, Logan Evans, Jackson Scott, Milo Adams, the late Andre Fields, former enemy Keith Scott, and his wife Kelsey Evans. He is close friends with Chuck Scolnik, Jeremy Jagielski, Octavia Hargrove, Haley Baker, Lucas McFadden, and Elijah Fields. He is friends with Jamie Scott, Lily Scott, Elliot McFadden, He is rivals with Davis Baker,  He is enemies with Jasper Cunningham, Toby Callaway, Peter Crisp, Chad Baxter, and Dylan Harris.

Trivia

 * Counting only The Next Generation, Andy is one of 15 characters to appear in 200 episodes or more.
 * The others are Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, Logan Evans, Jamie Scott, Kelsey Evans, Elliot McFadden, Haley Baker, Katie Keller, Elizabeth Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Jackson Scott, Matthew Baker, Lydia Scott, and Amber Swift.
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 * He has dreams to become an NBA superstar, mirroring his father's goals.
 * Despite wanting to be like his father, he is more close to Lucas Scott as he is his coach.
 * Andy is one of 10 characters to appear as a main character every season in the series.
 * The others are Kelsey Evans, Andre Fields, Elliot McFadden, Brooke Keller, Logan Evans, Jackson Scott, Haley Baker, Sawyer Scott, and Lydia Scott.
 * He is the only character to be apart of every main storyline within the first season.
 * He was apart of Logan and Sawyer getting together.
 * He was on the Tree Hill Ravens, therefore putting him in the crosshairs with The Outsiders.
 * He was involved in Octavia and Lily's plan to cause chaos with the Evans family.
 * He and Kelsey began to get closer, leading to her bipolar disorder discovery.
 * He pushed Haley Baker to be confident and less with herself, which leads her to fall for Elliot.
 * He wears the number 13, as it his lucky number.
 * Ironically, he appears in 13 episodes in Season 1, his most storyline heavy season.
 * He is one of 12 character to appear in every season of the series.
 * The others are Kelsey Evans, Andre Fields, Lydia Scott, Logan Evans, Jackson Scott, Haley Baker, Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, Keith Scott, Elliot McFadden, and Calvin Richards.
 * He is the male character with the fifth amount of episodes appearance in the series. The characters that surpass him are Jackson Scott, Logan Evans, Elliot McFadden, and Andre Fields in that order. He is followed closely by Jamie Scott, Keith Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Calvin Richards, and Jeremy Jagielski.
 * Andy is the first character who first discovered Kelsey's bipolar disorder other than her parents.
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 * He had a small rivalry with his brother Nathan Smith.
 * Andy is one of the characters to not go by their full name. The others are:
 * Nina (Natalie)
 * Jamie (James)
 * Maddie (Madison)
 * Jimmy (James)
 * Katie (Katherine)
 * Chuck (Charles)
 * Chris (Christopher)
 * RJ (Ronald Jones)
 * Jenny (Jennifer)
 * Ben (Benjamin)
 * Casey (Cassandra)
 * Andy has a good luck charm: a chain inscribed from his father.
 * He has driven a green dodge charger since his sophomore year.
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 * His godfather's are Mouth McFadden and Lucas Scott.
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 * He is one of 6 characters to have a career in the music industry as he become a rapper then a music producer. The others are:
 * Victoria Crawford, who become a famous singer before giving it up to produce music.
 * Sawyer Scott, who become a famous country singer who goes all the way.
 * Jeremy Jagielski, who becomes a rapper but gets caught up in a drug scandal and is sent to prison.
 * Melissa Adams, who becomes a singer then has her vocal chords damaged from an accident.
 * Kelsey Evans, who helps produce the music for his clients.
 * He and Kelsey lose their virginities to each other in Modern Love.
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 * Andy is considered a lead male protagonist in the Legacies series.
 * The others are Gabe West, Scout Nixon, Tyler Summers, and Elliot McFadden.
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 * The others are Gabe West, Scout Nixon, Tyler Summers, and Elliot McFadden.
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