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Te XAN S
started against Miami (10/7) and finished with
five receptions for 67 yards…served as game
captain…started at Jacksonville (10/14), had a
career day with 12 receptions for 160 yards…
matched his yardage total from the 2006 season
in the game…caught a long pass of 46 yards, a
career high...his 160 receiving yards rank second
in team history, behind WR Andre Johnson (170
vs. Minnesota 10/10/04)...his 12 receptions ties
Johnson’s Texans record for receptions in a
game…his first career 100-yard game…started
at WR against Tennessee (10/21) and made
six receptions for 97 yards, second highest
receiving total of the season, and his first
receiving touchdown as a Texan…his six-yard
touchdown from QB Sage Rosenfels in the fourth
quarter to bring the Texans within 10 late in the
game…started at San Diego (10/28)...finished
with seven catches for 77 yards…started at
WR at Oakland...caught three passes for 33
yards…topped 1,000 career receiving yards
mark…made his 10th consecutive game this
season against New Orleans (11/18)...previous
high in starts with two in 2005 with Cincinnati…
registered three catches for 31 yards…started
at Cleveland…made six receptions for 65
yards and a touchdown…made one reception
at Tennessee (12/2) for nine yards, the 100th
catch of his career…started against Tampa
Bay (12/9)…had five receptions for 47 yards and
an eight-yard score in the second quarter…
started at WR against Denver (12/13)…finished
with three catches for 32 yards…started at
Indianapolis (12/23)...had four receptions for 69
yards and his fifth touchdown of the season on
the opening drive…started against Jacksonville
(12/30), did not make a catch.
2006 (Houston 16/2): Played in all 16 games,
starting two, in his first season as a Texan…
saw the majority of his action on special
teams and played sparingly as reserve wide
receiver…caught 17 passes for 160 yards with a
long reception of 15 yards…made his first start
of the season at WR against Miami (10/1) and
caught a season-high three passes for 25 yards,
with a long gain of 10 yards…played in his 50th
career game at WR at Tennessee (10/29)…
caught two passes for 22 yards, including a 13-
yard reception on the Texans touchdown drive
in the fourth quarter at New York Jets (11/26).
2005 (Cincinnati 16/2): Played in all 16 games for
the second consecutive year…started the first
two games of his career…made 19 receptions
for 211 receiving yards and one touchdown…
contributed 17 special teams tackles…
caught four passes for 47 yards and a 20-yard
touchdown to open the season at Cleveland
(9/11)…had a season-high 65 receiving yards
on four catches and a long catch of 21 yards in a
victory at Tennessee (10/16).
2004 (Cincinnati 16/0): Played in all 16 games
for the first time in his career with no starts…
caught eight balls for 67 yards…finished fifth on
the team with 14 special teams tackles…caught
two passes for 23 yards, including a long of 18
yards in his first two catch game of his career at
Washington (11/14).
2003 (Cincinnati 11/0): Played in 11 games with
no starts…joined the Bengals after being
released by the New York Giants at the end of
training camp…spent the first five games on
the practice squad…caught three passes for
18 yards…made NFL debut and had one special
teams tackle vs. Baltimore (10/19)…first career
reception of nine yards at San Diego (11/23).
COLLEGE: Left Eastern Michigan with school
records for receptions with 211, receiving yards
with 2,838, and touchdown catches with 20…
made at least one catch in each of his last 34
games…earned first-team All-MAC honors as
a senior with 93 receptions for 1,368 receiving
yards, which were both school single-season
records.
PERSONAL: Married to Caroline…attended
Libertyville (Ill.) High School, where he lettered
three times in football and was named first-team
all-state as a senior…general business major at
Eastern Michigan…hometown is Vernon Hills,
Ill., located just outside of Chicago…born Kevin
Patrick Walter.
Worked at a
golf course in
high school
veterans
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