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through training camp with Miami in 2007 but was<br />

released prior to the regular season.<br />

COLLEGE: Was a four-year letterman (2002-05)<br />

at Notre Dame, during which time he started 35<br />

of the 45 games that he played…started the final<br />

34 games of his career at right guard, including all<br />

12 as both a junior and a senior…as a senior in<br />

2005, was the winner of the Guardian Insurance<br />

Guardian of the Year Award, given annually to<br />

Notre Dame’s top offensive lineman…majored<br />

in marketing.<br />

PERSONAL: Attended Barrington (Ill.) High School<br />

where he was a Parade All-America selection<br />

and was rated as the top offensive lineman in the<br />

Midwest as a senior…served as team captain<br />

his senior year…father, Mark, played football at<br />

the University of Missouri and then the Detroit<br />

Lions in 1985…brother, Tony, played football at<br />

Arizona State while another brother, Joey, played<br />

football at Arizona Western…born Dan Whitney<br />

Stevenson in Chicago, Ill.<br />

Favorite sports<br />

movie is<br />

The Program<br />

Height: 6-2<br />

Weight: 303<br />

College: Texas<br />

<strong>Home</strong>town: Lone Tree, Colorado<br />

2nd NFL season<br />

2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />

Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 24<br />

Acquired: D6, 2007 (183rd overall)<br />

2007 GP/GS: 3/0<br />

Career GP/GS: 3/0<br />

Teams: <strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />

veterans<br />

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KASEY STUDDARD<br />

GUARD<br />

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong><br />

in sixth round (183rd overall) of 2007 NFL draft…<br />

Signed by <strong>Texans</strong> on July 23, 2007.<br />

PRO: Aggressive offensive lineman with a<br />

low center of gravity that is ideal at his guard<br />

position…uses leverage to his advantage…<br />

appeared in three games as a rookie…saw his<br />

first action on the offensive line at Tennessee<br />

(12/2) when he filled in for G Fred Weary.<br />

2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 3/0): Played in three games as a<br />

rookie…made his NFL debut at Atlanta (9/30)<br />

when he played on kick protection…played<br />

at right guard when starter Fred Weary went<br />

down with a broken leg at Tennessee (12/2)…<br />

saw action against Tampa Bay (12/9) on special<br />

teams and was in a rotation at right guard with<br />

Mike Brisiel.<br />

COLLEGE: Started the team’s last 38 games at<br />

the left guard position…three-time All-Big 12<br />

selection and earned first-team all-conference<br />

honors as a senior…team captain as a senior…<br />

helped Texas win the national championship<br />

as a junior in 2005…helped the Longhorns<br />

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