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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 5-11<br />
Weight: 205<br />
College: Notre Dame<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Buford, Georgia<br />
2nd NFL Season<br />
2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 22<br />
Acquired: FA, 2007<br />
2007 GP/GS: 4/2<br />
Career GP/GS: 4/2<br />
Teams: <strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />
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DARIUS WALKER<br />
RUNNING BACK<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Signed by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong><br />
as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2007…<br />
Released by <strong>Texans</strong> on September 1, 2007…<br />
Signed by <strong>Texans</strong> to practice squad on<br />
September 3, 2007…Signed by <strong>Texans</strong> to active<br />
roster on November 21, 2007.<br />
PRO: Stout runner that looks to continue from<br />
a successful end of the 2007 season…has the<br />
ability to burst through open holes and find room<br />
in a downhill offense…finished his rookie season<br />
with 264 rushing yards…spent most of his rookie<br />
season on the practice squad.<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 4/2): Finished second on the <strong>Texans</strong><br />
with 264 rushing yards…appeared in four games<br />
and started two towards the end of the season…<br />
spent bulk of the season on the <strong>Texans</strong> practice<br />
squad…saw first NFL action at RB vs. Tampa Bay<br />
(12/9)…recorded the best NFL debut by a <strong>Texans</strong><br />
rookie running back finishing with 16 carries for<br />
46 yards and six receptions for 35 yards…started<br />
his first NFL game against Denver (12/13)…<br />
finished with a team-leading 13 carries for 66<br />
yards…started at Indianapolis (12/23)…had a<br />
career-high 19 carries for 66 yards…caught six<br />
passes for 44 yards, with a long of nine yards…<br />
rushed 10 times for 86 yards against Jacksonville<br />
(12/30) and his first career touchdown…recorded<br />
the longest carry of his career, 41 yards, during<br />
the scoring drive in which he scored on a oneyard<br />
run early in the fourth quarter.<br />
COLLEGE: Appeared in 36 games over his<br />
career, starting 27 games for the Irish…owns<br />
school record for most receptions in a season<br />
by a running back (56 in 2006) and most career<br />
receptions by a running back (109)…ranks<br />
fourth all-time at Notre Dame in rushing yards<br />
(3,249), third in all-time carries (693) and third in<br />
average yards per game over a career (90.3)…<br />
eclipsed 100 yards rushing 15 times in collegiate<br />
career…tallied 26 touchdowns—23 rushing and<br />
three receiving…led Irish in rushing in all three<br />
seasons, becoming just the sixth player in school<br />
history to lead Notre Dame for three straight<br />
years…marketing major.<br />
PERSONAL: Named the Gatorade Player of<br />
the Year in Georgia…selected as the Georgia<br />
prep player of the year for 2003 by the Atlanta<br />
Journal-Constitution…career totals included<br />
5,675 rushing yards and 91 touchdowns at Buford<br />
(Ga.) High School…scored 46 touchdowns as<br />
a senior, breaking Herschel Walker’s Georgia<br />
single-season record of 42…father, Jimmy,<br />
played on the defensive line at Arkansas…born<br />
Darius A’Dunte Walker in Atlanta, Ga..<br />
Featured on<br />
Wednesdays<br />
With Walker on<br />
<strong>Houston</strong><strong>Texans</strong>.com,<br />
interviewing players<br />
and coaches off<br />
the field during the<br />
2007 season<br />
veterans<br />
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