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Height: 6-3
Weight: 223
College: Miami (FL)
Hometown: Miami, Florida
6th NFL season
6th with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 28
Acquired: D1, 2003 (Third overall)
2007 GP/GS: 9/9
Career GP/GS: 70/70
Teams: Houston, 2003-07
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ANDRE JOHNSON
WIDE RECEIVER
TRANSACTIONS: Selected after his junior season
by Houston Texans in the first round (3rd overall)
in the 2003 NFL draft…Signed by Texans on July
22, 2003.
HONORS: Played in the 2005 and 2007 (starter) Pro
Bowls, 2006 AFC Offensive Player of the Week (4),
2006 NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year, 2003
NFL Rookie of the Week (4 and 10), 2006 and 2004
Touchdown Club Player of the Year. 2006 Team
MVP.
PRO: Consistently one of the league’s best
receivers...totaled 371 receptions for 4,801
yards in five seasons…has led the Texans in
receptions in four seasons…has 17 career
100-yard games…totaled over 850 receiving
yards in 2007 in nine games…led the league in
receptions with a career-high 103 in 2006…was
the first Texans offensive player to make the trip
to Honolulu in only his second season (2004)…
led all AFC rookies in receptions and receiving
yards in 2003…finalist for NFL Rookie of the Year
Award after snagging two NFL Rookie of the
Week honors.
2007 (Houston 9/9): Saw action in nine games,
missing seven games with a knee injury…
amassed 60 receptions for 851 yards and eight
touchdowns…recorded a career-long 77-yard
touchdown catch in the season opener vs.
Kansas City (9/9)…registered seven receptions
for 120 yards and two touchdowns at Carolina
(9/16)…inactive the next seven games with a
knee injury…returned to action and recorded
six receptions for 120 yards, including a 73-yard
touchdown catch vs. New Orleans (11/18)…
registered three receptions for 37 yards at
Cleveland (11/25)…recorded his fourth 100-yard
game of the season with nine receptions for
116 yards and a 28-yard touchdown catch at
Tennessee (12/2)…finished with nine receptions
for 82 yards and a touchdown vs. Tampa Bay
(12/9)…caught his seventh touchdown catch of
the season, along with six receptions for 86 yards
vs. Denver (12/13)…caught seven receptions for
74 yards and his eighth touchdown of the season
at Indianapolis (12/23)…recorded six receptions
for 74 yards in the season finale vs. Jacksonville
(12/30).
2006 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games…
set a career-high with a league-leading 103
receptions…was the only receiver in the NFL to
snag 100 receptions…his 1,147 receiving yards
were the most of his career…tied for the team
lead with five TD catches…tied a career high with
four 100-yard receiving games…had a careerhigh
two games with over 10 receptions…his
65 catches in the first eight games of the season
ranked third-most in NFL history…caught six
passes for 101 yards vs. Philadelphia (9/10)…had
season-highs with 11 receptions for 152 yards
and his 53-yard reception in the first quarter set
up Houston’s first score vs. Washington (9/24)…
earned AFC Player of the Week honors with a
nine catch, 101-yard performance vs. Miami
(10/1)…finished the first half of the season with a
nine-catch performance for 83 yards at the New
York Giants (11/5)…surpassed his career high in
catches for a season when he caught 10 passes
for 95 yards and a score at the New York Jets
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