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Te XAN S<br />

Height: 6-4<br />

Weight: 298<br />

College: Virginia Tech<br />

<strong>Home</strong>town: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina<br />

2nd NFL season<br />

2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />

Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 25<br />

Acquired: D5b, 2007 (163rd overall)<br />

2007 GP/GS: 0/0<br />

Career GP/GS: 0/0<br />

Teams: <strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />

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BRANDON FRYE<br />

OFFENSIVE TACKLE<br />

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> in<br />

the fifth round (163rd overall) of 2007 NFL draft…<br />

Signed by <strong>Texans</strong> on July 26, 2007.<br />

PRO: Young linemen looking to contribute during<br />

his sophomore campaign…hopes to compete for<br />

a starting spot this season.<br />

2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 0/0): Spent the first eight games<br />

of the season on the practice squad...promoted<br />

to the active roster for the final eight games and<br />

remained inactive.<br />

COLLEGE: Played in 24 games with 12 starts at<br />

left tackle for Virginia Tech…started 11 games<br />

for the Hokies, helping an offense that generated<br />

3,837 yards…appeared in nine games his junior<br />

year and four as a sophomore...converted from<br />

defensive end as a freshman.<br />

PERSONAL: Attended Myrtle Beach (S.C.) High<br />

School…picked to Class AAA all-state team,<br />

earned all-region honors and was named to<br />

the WPDE all-zone team for the Seahawks…<br />

as a defensive end, Frye posted 74 tackles, 14<br />

quarterback sacks and 18 stops for loss in 2000…<br />

father played football and basketball at Clemson<br />

and went on to play with the NFL’s Kansas City<br />

Chiefs (1979-82)…born Brandon Lee Frye.<br />

Played with 2008<br />

draft picks<br />

Xavier Adibi and<br />

Duane Brown at<br />

Virginia Tech<br />

veterans<br />

Tex ans<br />

Tidbit<br />

Not many in the Third<br />

The <strong>Texans</strong> used their first pick in the third round (79th overall) on<br />

CB Antwaun Molden from Eastern Kentucky. Molden is the first<br />

defensive player drafted by the team in the third round since 2003,<br />

when the <strong>Texans</strong> drafted LB Antwan Peek with the 67th overall<br />

pick. The pick breaks a string of six straight offensive players taken<br />

in the third round by <strong>Houston</strong>.<br />

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