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Height: 6-1
Weight: 305
College: Delta State
Hometown: Moultrie, Georgia
5th NFL Season
3rd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 29
Acquired: FA, 2006
2007 GP/GS: 16/3
Career GP/GS: 35/12
Teams: Jacksonville, 2004-05; Houston, 2006-07
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ANTHONY MADDOX
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
TRANSACTIONS: Selected in the fourth round
by Jacksonville Jaguars (118th overall) of 2004
NFL draft…Released by Jaguars on September
2, 2006…Signed by Houston Texans to the
practice squad on September 5, 2006…Signed
to Texans active roster on October 10, 2006…
Re-signed by Texans on April 2, 2008.
PRO: A quick, off-the-ball defensive tackle along
an improving defensive line…played in all 16
regular season games during the 2007 for first
time in his career…recorded 57 career tackles
along with 5.0 sacks…scored his first career
touchdown on a fumble recovery in 2006.
2007 (Houston 16/3): Saw action in 16 games with
three starts…recorded 16 total tackles, along
with two sacks for 14 yards…also registered
his first career pass defensed…recorded one
solo stop in the season opener vs. Kansas City
(9/9)…registered his first sack of the season
downing QB Jake Delhomme for a six-yard loss
and two solo stops at Carolina (9/16)…did not
register a stop vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…recorded
two solo stops at Atlanta (9/30)…did not make a
tackle vs. Miami (10/7)…finished with one solo
stop, including his second sack of the season
vs. QB David Garrard for an eight-yard loss at
Jacksonville (10/14)…recorded two solo tackles
vs. Tennessee (10/21)…did not register a tackle
at San Diego (10/28)…recorded a season-high
three solo tackles at Oakland (11/4)…did not
make a tackle vs. New Orleans (11/18) and
at Cleveland (11/25)…recorded one stop and
his first career pass defensed at Tennessee
(12/2)…did not make a tackle vs. Tampa Bay
(12/9)…finished with two tackles, one solo, vs.
Denver (12/13)…registered two solo tackles at
Indianapolis (12/23)…did not make a tackle vs.
Jacksonville (12/30).
2006 (Houston 12/9): Played in 12 games,
starting nine…started on the Texans practice
squad before getting activated after Week
5…saw his first action of the season at DT in
Dallas (10/15) registering one tackle…made
four tackles in his first NFL start vs. his former
team vs. Jacksonville (10/22)…made three solo
tackles at Tennessee (10/29)…registered four
tackles at New York Giants (11/5)…made six
tackles and his first sack of the season for a
nine-yard loss on his return trip to New York to
face the Jets (11/26)…made a pair of tackles vs.
Tennessee (12/10)…registered four tackles vs.
Indianapolis (12/24)…had the best game in his
three-year career helping the Texans win their
final game of the season vs. Cleveland (12/31)…
set a career high with nine tackles and five
solo stops…sacked QB Charlie Frye in the third
quarter, stripped the ball, picked up the pigskin
and raced 47 yards with an escort of teammates
to extend Houston’s lead to 14-3.
2005 (Jacksonville 5/0): Saw action in five games
before injuring left ankle at Houston (12/24) and
was placed on injured reserve…collected four
tackles and one sack on the season…recorded
two solo tackles including a sack of QB Peyton
Manning vs. Indianapolis (12/11).
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