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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-5<br />
Weight: 243<br />
College: Wisconsin-Whitewater<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Greenfield, Wisconsin<br />
14th NFL Season<br />
2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 40<br />
Acquired: FA, 2007<br />
2007 GP/GS: 16/0<br />
Career GP/GS: 187/0<br />
Teams: Washington, 1995-99; Miami, 2000-01;<br />
New York Jets, 2002; Miami, 2003-04; St. Louis, 2006;<br />
<strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />
1<br />
MATT TURK<br />
PUNTER<br />
veterans<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Signed as undrafted free<br />
agent by Green Bay Packers on July 13, 1993…<br />
Released by Packers on August 4, 1993…<br />
Signed by Los Angeles Rams in April 1994…<br />
Released by Rams on August 22,1994…Signed<br />
by Washington Redskins on April 5, 1005…<br />
Traded by Redskins to Miami Dolphins for<br />
seventh round pick (traded to San Francisco) in<br />
2001 draft on March 9, 2000…Signed by New<br />
York Jets on April 23, 2002…Released by Jets<br />
on March 7, 2003…Signed by Miami Dolphins<br />
on September 29, 2003…Re-signed by Dolphins<br />
on March 23, 2004…Placed on injured reserve<br />
with groin injury of September 10, 2005…<br />
Released by Dolphins on October 12, 2005…<br />
Signed by St. Louis Rams on April 4, 2006…<br />
Signed by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> on July 24, 2007.<br />
HONORS: Played in Pro Bowl (1996-98 seasons),<br />
Sporting News NFL All-Pro (1997), 2000 NFL<br />
Special Teams Player of the Week (17), 2001<br />
AFC Special Teams Player of the Week (6), 1998<br />
NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (8).<br />
PRO: Veteran punter with strong leg…good<br />
hang-time…exceptional directional punting<br />
skills…set the <strong>Texans</strong> record in punt yard<br />
average (41.7) and net average (37.9).<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/0): Contributed a solid season<br />
punting, finishing with 55 punts for 2,296 yards.<br />
He registered 24 punts inside the 20 and<br />
finished with three touchbacks…recorded<br />
his long punt of 59 yards in the opening game<br />
against Kansas City…finished with a 41.7 punt<br />
yard average and a net average of 37.9, both<br />
new <strong>Texans</strong> punt records…punted five times<br />
at Carolina (9-16) finishing with 196 punt yards<br />
(39.2 avg.), landing 3 punts inside the 20…long<br />
punt of the day was 47 yards and his net for<br />
the day was 35.6 yards…punted twice for 105<br />
yards in his 175th career game at Atlanta (9-<br />
30)…recorded a 52.5-yard average and a net of<br />
43.5 yards….landed one punt inside the 20, and<br />
punted his second-longest punt of the season<br />
of 57 yards…punted four times for 178 yards<br />
at Indianapolis (12-23)... landing a seasonhigh<br />
four punts inside the Colts’ 10-yard line…<br />
recorded his 300th career punt inside the 20.<br />
2006 (St. Louis 16/0): Saw action in all 16<br />
games…averaged 43.5 yards per punt on 72<br />
attempts, and his net average was 38.3 yards<br />
per punt…net average ranked seventh in the<br />
league, and he had 26 punts downed inside the<br />
20 versus just five touchbacks.<br />
2005 Suffered groin injury during training<br />
camp…placed on reserve/injured list 9/10…<br />
released 10/11/05.<br />
2004 (Miami 16/0): Played in all 16 games…<br />
tied for AFC lead with 29 punts inside 20-yard<br />
line…11 games with at least one 50-yard punt,<br />
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