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Height: 5/10
Weight: 185
College: Rutgers
Hometown: Oakland Park, Florida
1st Season
2nd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 23
Acquired: FA, 2007
2007 GP/GS: 0/0
Career GP/GS: 0/0
Teams: Houston, 2007
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DERRICK ROBERSON
CORNERBACK
veterans
TRANSACTIONS: Signed by the Houston Texans
as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2007…
Released by Texans on August 28, 2007…Signed
to Texans practice squad on November 14, 2007.
PRO: Young corner able to utilize his compact
size to make the 2008 Texans.
2007 (Houston 0/0): Was on the Texans practice
squad for the 2007 season.
COLLEGE: Played in 40 games with 19 starts
for Rutgers…played in nine games, starting
eight, as a senior…returned an interception for
a touchdown vs. Illinois…part of the Rutgers
team that won the inaugural Texas Bowl at
Reliant Stadium…started the final 10 games of
the season as a junior and recorded 33 tackles,
a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…played
in all 11 games as a sophomore, starting each
of the final eight at cornerback…recorded 38
tackles (28 solo, 10 assisted) and 3.0 tackles-forloss…played
in 10 of 12 games as one of 10 true
freshmen to see playing time in 2003…was in
on 14 tackles (10 solo, four assisted) on special
teams and as a backup cornerback.
PERSONAL: Two-sport star at Northeast (Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla.) High School…one of South
Florida’s top track and field athletes in the 100
meters and long jump…started at cornerback
in the Nike All-star Game, which pitted Broward
County vs. Dade County, and the Broward County
All-Star Game…allowed just one reception as a
senior.
Earned his degree
from Rutgers
University this
offseason
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Tidbit
Turk’s Team Records
Texans P Matt Turk had the best season by a punter in Texans history in 2007.
In his first year as a Texan, Turk set team records for highest gross punting
average (41.7 yards) and net punting average (37.9 yards). He also limited his
opponents to their fewest total punt return yards in Texans history (151 yards).
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