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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-2<br />
Weight: 255<br />
College: West Texas A&M<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Mount Pleasant, Texas<br />
6th NFL Season<br />
1st with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 28<br />
Acquired: UFA (CLE), 2008<br />
2007 GP/GS: 16/0<br />
Career GP/GS: 80/30<br />
Teams: Cleveland, 2003-07<br />
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CHAUN THOMPSON<br />
LINEBACKER<br />
veterans<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cleveland Browns<br />
in second round (52nd pick overall) of 2003 NFL<br />
Draft…Signed by Browns on July 30, 2003…<br />
Signed by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> on March 14, 2008.<br />
PRO: Physical veteran linebacker who joined<br />
the <strong>Texans</strong> as a free agent in the offseason after<br />
spending the first five years of his career in<br />
Cleveland…has played in every game in his pro<br />
career, appearing in 80 contests with 30 starts…<br />
career totals include 241 tackles, including<br />
138 solos, 10.5 sacks, 10 passes defensed, two<br />
forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.<br />
2007 (Cleveland 16/0): Saw action in all 16<br />
games for the fifth consecutive season...<br />
finished the year with 19 tackles, including 10<br />
solos, one sack and two passes defensed…<br />
registered one tackle and a half sack for a<br />
one-yard loss vs. Pittsburgh (9/9)…registered<br />
four tackles, including one solo stop, and one<br />
special teams tackle vs. Cincinnati (9/16)…<br />
recorded four tackles, including two solos, and<br />
two special teams stops at Oakland (9/23)…<br />
made one solo tackle and played on special<br />
teams vs. Baltimore (9/30)…made one solo<br />
tackle and contributed on special teams at New<br />
England (10/7)…saw action at LB and also made<br />
one special teams tackle vs. Miami (10/14)…<br />
made two special teams stops and played at LB<br />
at St. Louis (10/28)…played at LB and made one<br />
special teams tackle vs. Seattle (11/4)…made<br />
one tackle on defense and one on special teams<br />
at Pittsburgh (11/11)…played at LB and made<br />
a season-high three special teams tackles at<br />
Baltimore (11/18)…played on special teams<br />
vs. <strong>Houston</strong> (11/25)…made one pass defensed<br />
and played on special teams at Arizona (12/2)…<br />
made two tackles, including one solo, and a half<br />
sack for a four-yard loss along with one special<br />
teams tackle at the New York Jets (12/9)…made<br />
three tackles, including two solos, one pass<br />
defensed and two special teams tackles vs.<br />
Buffalo (12/16)…made one special teams stop<br />
and played at LB at Cincinnati (12/23)…made<br />
two solo tackles and added one special teams<br />
stop vs. San Francisco (12/30).<br />
2006 (Cleveland 16/2): Appeared in all 16 games,<br />
starting two contests…totaled 36 tackles,<br />
including 19 solo, and two sacks for losses of<br />
13 yards…recorded a career-high 17 tackles vs.<br />
Tampa Bay (12/24)…key contributor on special<br />
teams with 10 tackles…finished with one sack<br />
for a three-yard loss and made one special<br />
teams tackle vs. the New York Jets (10/29)…<br />
started at WLB and led the team with a careerhigh<br />
17 tackles, including seven solos, and made<br />
one special teams tackle vs. Tampa Bay (12/24).<br />
2005 (Cleveland 16/15): Played in all 16 regular<br />
season games, starting the last 15 at ROLB, and<br />
made a career-high 102 tackles and five sacks…<br />
ranked third on the team in tackles and tied<br />
for the team lead in sacks…also added three<br />
passes defensed and two forced fumbles…<br />
totaled six tackles, one sack, a forced fumble<br />
and one pass defensed vs. Cincinnati (9/11) and<br />
made two special teams tackles…started and<br />
recorded five tackles, one sack for a three-yard<br />
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