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Te XAN S
Height: 6-0
Weight: 220
College: Nebraska
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
11th NFL season
2nd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 31
Acquired: UFA (GB), 2007
2007 GP/GS: 6/5
Career GP/GS: 132/96
Teams: Seattle, 1998-98; Green Bay, 2000-06,
Houston 2007
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AHMAN GREEN
RUNNING BACK
veterans
TRANSACTIONS: Selected after junior season
by Seattle Seahawks in third round (76th overall)
of 1998 NFL draft…Signed by Seahawks on
July 18, 1998…Traded by Seahawks with fifthround
pick (WR/KR Joey Jamison) in 2000 draft
to Green Bay Packers for CB Fred Vinson and
sixth-round pick (DT Tim Watson) in 2000 draft
on April 14, 2000…Re-signed by Packers on
July 24, 2001…Placed on injured reserve with a
knee injury on October 25, 2005…Granted free
agency on March 2, 2007…Signed by Houston
Texans on March 5, 2007…Placed on injured
reserve on Dec. 7, 2007.
HONORS: Played in the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Pro
Bowls, named to 2003 Pro Bowl but sat out due
to injury, 2004 NFC Offensive Player of the Week
(7), 2003 NFC Offensive Player of the Week (4,
12, 17), 2003 NFL Air & Ground Award (Week 4,
5, 9, 17), 2001 NFC Offensive Player of the Week
(1 and 8), 2001 All Madden Team, 2001 2nd Team
Associated Press All-Pro.
PRO: Veteran running back with several rushing
milestones…limited to only six games in 2007…
finished with 70 carries for 260 yards and two
touchdowns…rushed for 8,751 career rushing
yards on 1,941 carries in 132 games…has also
rushed for 56 touchdowns…four-time Pro Bowl
selection…holds the Green Bay Packers record
with six 1,000-yard seasons…is Green Bay’s alltime
leader in total yards from scrimmage with
10,870 yards (8,162 rushing, 2,708 receiving)…
ranks second on the Green Bay all-time rushing
list with 8,162 yards as a Packer, only 45 yards
behind Hall of Famer Jim Taylor’s total of 8,207.
2007 (Houston 6/5): Played in only six games
with five starts before being placed on injured
reserve with a knee injury…inactive for games
at Atlanta (9/30), against Miami (10/7), at San
Diego (10/28), against New Orleans (11/18), at
Cleveland (11/25) and at Tennessee (12/2)…
started the season with 16 carries for 73 yards
and four receptions for 23 yards against Kansas
City (9/9)…recorded his first touchdown of the
season on a 13-yard run, while also contributing
71 rushing yards at Carolina (9/16)…rushed
four times for five yards before leaving the
game with injury against Indianapolis (9/23)…
returned to action after missing two games
with injury and rushed 16 times for 44 yards at
Jacksonville (10/14)…finished with 11 carries
for 39 yards and five receptions for 32 yards
against Tennessee (10/21)…played in his final
game at Oakland (11/4) and rushed eight times
for 28 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown
run, and caught a career-high pass of 53 yards.
2006 (Green Bay 14/14): Started 14 games and was
inactive for two others…missed consecutive
contests (Weeks 4-5) with a hamstring pull,
then returned after the bye week…with a sixth
1,000-yard season, took sole possession of the
franchise’s career record…led the team with
1,059 yards on 266 carries (4.0 avg.) with five
touchdowns and five of the Packers’ seven 100-
yard rushing performances…finished second
on the club with 46 receptions for 373 yards and
one touchdown…started the season opener
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