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Height: 6-3
Weight: 268
College: Florida State
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
2nd NFL season
1st with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 27
Acquired: FA, 2007
2007 GP/GS: 1/0
Career GP/GS: 1/0
Teams: Green Bay, 2003; Buffalo, 2007
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ERIC POWELL
DEFENSIVE END
TRANSACTIONS: Signed as undrafted free agent
by Green Bay Packers on May 2, 2003…Spent
the 2004 and 2005 spring seasons in NFL Europe...
Signed by Detroit Lions to practice squad on
December 17, 2005…Signed by Buffalo Bills
on January 9, 2006…Released by the Bills on
September 11, 2007…Signed by Houston Texans
on January 3, 2008.
PRO: Talented young defensive end with NFL and
NFL Europe experience…good special teams
addition.
2007 (Buffalo 1/0): Saw limited game action vs.
Denver (9/9).
2006 (Buffalo 0/0): Spent the season with the
Buffalo Bills…inactive all 16 regular season
games.
2005 Saw action on the Buffalo Bills practice
squad in the month of December…played in NFL
Europe with the Cologne Centurions.
2004 Spent the spring season in NFL Europe with
the Cologne Centurions.
2003 Signed as an undrafted free agent by the
Green Bay Packers.
COLLEGE: Played three seasons at Florida State
and two at Southwest Mississippi Community
College…finished with 105 career tackles and 12
sacks with the Seminoles…registered 34 tackles
as a senior in 14 games…ranked number one
defensive end by ESPN The Magazine in junior
college.
PERSONAL: Attended Jones High School in
Orlando…earned second team all-state honors…
played baseball and track…lists playing video
games and gadgets as his hobbies…has a son,
Zaylen and daughter, Layla.
Spent the spring of 2005
in NFL Europe with the
Cologne Centurions
veterans
N F L S tat i s t i c s - p o w e l l
TACKLES INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES
Year Team GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg TD PD FF FR TD
2007 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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