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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-3<br />
Weight: 265<br />
College: Washington<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Auburn, Washington<br />
6th NFL season<br />
6th with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 31<br />
Acquired: FA, 2003<br />
2007 GP/GS: 16/0<br />
Career GP/GS: 80/0<br />
Teams: <strong>Houston</strong>, 2003-07<br />
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BRYAN PITTMAN<br />
LONG SNAPPER<br />
veterans<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Signed as an undrafted free<br />
agent by Cleveland Browns on April 9, 2003…<br />
Released by Browns on May 19, 2003…Resigned<br />
by Browns on July 25, 2003…Released by<br />
Browns on August 27, 2003…Signed by <strong>Houston</strong><br />
<strong>Texans</strong> to the practice squad on September<br />
1, 2003…Signed to <strong>Texans</strong> active roster on<br />
September 7, 2003.<br />
PRO: Consistent snapper with a strong work<br />
ethic and solid technique…made all 131 snaps<br />
on special teams in 2004, 137 snaps in 2005 and<br />
128 in 2006…had a streak of 598 consecutive<br />
successful snaps broken in 2007…played<br />
semi-pro ball with the Puget Sound Jets in the<br />
Northwest Football League for three seasons.<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Played in all 16 games for<br />
the fifth season in a row…made all snaps for the<br />
<strong>Texans</strong> for the fifth consecutive season…played<br />
in the 80th game of his career in the season<br />
finale against Jacksonville…finished the season<br />
with three special teams tackles…had his first<br />
errant snap of his career at San Diego (10/28)…<br />
snapped a streak of 598 successful snaps on both<br />
field goals and punts…made one special teams<br />
tackle on the afternoon…appeared in his 75th<br />
career game at Cleveland (11/25)…made one<br />
special teams tackle…named team captain at<br />
Tennessee (12/2).<br />
2006 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Played in all 16 games<br />
making all 128 snaps…made two special teams<br />
tackles…played in his 50th career game at<br />
Indianapolis (9/17) and made eight snaps…made<br />
seven punt snaps on punts and one fake punt at<br />
New England (12/17).<br />
2005 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Played in all 16 games,<br />
making all 137 snaps for the <strong>Texans</strong>…finished<br />
the season with three tackles, a career high…<br />
snapped six punts (including one converted fake<br />
punt), one FG, one field goal attempt, and one<br />
extra point at Seattle (10/16).<br />
2004 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Played in all 16 games,<br />
handling primary snapping duties for second<br />
consecutive season…conducted 34 PAT snaps,<br />
24 FG snaps (including one fake FG), and 73 punt<br />
snaps…added two special teams tackles…<br />
snapped on three FGs and four punts at Kansas<br />
City (9/26), including Kris Brown’s 49-yard gamewinning<br />
FG with two seconds remaining…part of<br />
fake field goal in the fourth quarter of 20-3 win<br />
against Jacksonville (10/31)…snapped to holder<br />
Chad Stanley on fourth-and-two as Stanley faked<br />
a toss to Brown and picked up five yards and a<br />
first down.<br />
2003 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Played in all 16 games as the<br />
<strong>Texans</strong>’ primary long snapper…finished with 27<br />
PAT snaps, 22 FG snaps, 97 punt snaps, one fakepunt<br />
snap, one fake FG snap, and one two-point<br />
conversion snap…added three special teams<br />
tackles and one fumble recovery…made NFL<br />
debut at Miami (9/7), the same day he was signed<br />
to the active roster…tallied a team-record seven<br />
FG snaps in 21-20 win…helped execute a fake FG<br />
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