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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-2<br />
Weight: 207<br />
College: Lane College<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: New Orleans, Louisiana<br />
2nd NFL season<br />
2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 24<br />
Acquired: D3, 2007 (73rd overall)<br />
2007 GP/GS: 14/2<br />
Career GP/GS: 14/2<br />
Teams: <strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />
12<br />
JACOBY JONES<br />
WIDE RECEIVER<br />
veterans<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong><br />
in third round (73rd overall) of 2007 NFL draft…<br />
Signed by <strong>Texans</strong> on July 24, 2007.<br />
PRO: Explosive, up and coming return man<br />
and receiver…recorded 15 receptions for 149<br />
yards his first NFL season…also returned 30<br />
punts for 286 yards, including a long of 74 yards<br />
vs. Indianapolis…missed two games due to a<br />
shoulder injury.<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 14/2): Saw action in 14 games,<br />
missing two with injury…made two starts…in<br />
his first career game recorded two receptions<br />
for 33 yards with one punt return vs. Kansas<br />
City (9/9)…returned two punts for 32 yards at<br />
Carolina (9/16)…returned his season-long punt<br />
of 74 yards, along with three receptions for 26<br />
yards vs. Indianapolis (9/23)...inactive due to<br />
shoulder injury at Atlanta (9/30) and vs. Miami<br />
(10/7)…saw action at Jacksonville (10/14)…<br />
started his first NFL game and returned one<br />
punt and two kickoffs for 41 yards vs. Tennessee<br />
(10/21)…started second game of the season and<br />
caught a career-high five passes for 51 yards at<br />
San Diego (10/28)…saw action on special teams<br />
and returned two punts for 22 yards at Oakland<br />
(11/4)…returned three punts, with a long of 17<br />
yards, vs. New Orleans (11/18)…caught one<br />
pass for 14 yards at Cleveland (1/25)…saw<br />
action as punt returner at Tennessee (12/2)…<br />
returned two punts for four yards vs. Tampa Bay<br />
(12/9)…saw action as punt returner vs. Denver<br />
(12/13)…returned one punt for 12 yards at<br />
Indianapolis (12/23)…finished the season with<br />
one reception for 14 yards and four punt returns<br />
for 50 yards vs. Jacksonville (12/30).<br />
COLLEGE: The only player in Lane College<br />
history to score via a reception, rushing<br />
attempt, punt return and kickoff return in<br />
the same season (2006)…became the first<br />
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference<br />
player to earn All-SIAC honors at three positions<br />
(receiver, punt returner, kickoff returner) in the<br />
same season (2006)…holds the school career<br />
record with 1,937 yards and four touchdowns on<br />
kickoff returns…also holds the school season<br />
record with 931 yards on kickoff returns in<br />
2005…became the first player in Lane annals to<br />
catch 200 passes in a career.<br />
PERSONAL: Attended Marion Abramson High<br />
School in New Orleans…played football for<br />
the first time as a junior for the Commodores…<br />
competed two seasons on the gridiron and was<br />
an all-area selection in basketball…also an<br />
all-area sprinter in track, competing in the 100-<br />
and 200-meter dashes…worked as a tutor for<br />
Upward Bound, a nationwide program dedicated<br />
to preparing students from low-income families<br />
for college.<br />
Sprouted from 5’7” to<br />
his current height<br />
of 6’2” after his first<br />
year in college.<br />
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