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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-3<br />
Weight: 286<br />
College: Notre Dame<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Saratoga Springs, New York<br />
7th NFL season<br />
3rd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 28<br />
Acquired: UFA (BAL), 2006<br />
2007 GP/GS: 15/13<br />
Career GP/GS: 87/82<br />
Teams: Baltimore, 2002-05; <strong>Houston</strong>, 2006-07<br />
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ANTHONY WEAVER<br />
DEFENSIVE END<br />
veterans<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Baltimore Ravens<br />
in second round (52nd pick overall) of 2002 NFL<br />
draft…Signed by Ravens on July 27, 2002…<br />
Signed by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> on March 12, 2006…<br />
Placed on injured reserve December 27, 2006.<br />
HONORS: 2006 USA Today’s All-Joe Team…2007<br />
Ed Block Courage Award<br />
PRO: Explosive defensive end that has lined<br />
up at tackle in passing situations…known for<br />
his sound fundamentals…has started 82 of 87<br />
career games over six seasons…has 215 career<br />
tackles and 15.5 career sacks for 108 yards.<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 15/13): Started 13 of 15 games...<br />
made a career-high 41 tackles…started against<br />
Kansas City (9/9)... started at Carolina (9/16) and<br />
finished with four stops, three solo…played<br />
against Indianapolis (9/23) and accumulated six<br />
stops (four solo)…played at Atlanta…recorded<br />
four total tackles (three solo)…started against<br />
Miami (10/7), made one tackle…started at<br />
Jacksonville (10/14), made two solo tackles...<br />
served as captain against Tennessee (10/21)…<br />
made two total tackles (one solo)…started at<br />
San Diego (10/28)...recorded two solo tackles…<br />
started at Oakland (11/4)..tallied two solo<br />
tackles…started against New Orleans (11/18)…<br />
registered two solo tackles...started at Cleveland<br />
(11/25)…finished with four tackles (two solo)…<br />
started at Tennessee (12/2) making one assisted<br />
tackle…started in his 80th career game against<br />
Tampa Bay (12/9)…had his best day of the<br />
season with eight tackles (seven solo) in the<br />
<strong>Texans</strong> win on Thursday Night Football against<br />
Denver (12/13)…started at DE at Indianapolis<br />
(12/23), finished with three solo stops…inactive<br />
against Jacksonville with a shoulder injury.<br />
2006 (<strong>Houston</strong> 15/15): Started 15 games in his first<br />
year with the <strong>Texans</strong> and finished the year with<br />
35 tackles, 26 solos, and one sack for a loss of<br />
three yards…recorded seven passes defensed<br />
and recovered a fumble…took on a leadership<br />
role with a young defensive line…started at LDE<br />
in his <strong>Texans</strong> debut against Philadelphia (9/10)<br />
and registered four total tackles and one sack<br />
for three yards…started at Jacksonville (11/12)<br />
and intercepted his second career pass in the<br />
third quarter…returned the interception 21<br />
yards to the Jacksonville 21-yard line.<br />
2005 (Baltimore 10/8): Started eight games<br />
at left defensive end, totaling 46 tackles, two<br />
sacks, and a recovered fumble…posted<br />
career-highs with 10 tackles and two sacks in<br />
an overtime win over the Pittsburgh Steelers<br />
at M&T Bank Stadium (11/20)…recovered a<br />
fumble vs. Minnesota (12/25)…battled through<br />
an assortment of injuries which cost him six<br />
games.<br />
2004 (Baltimore 16/15): Started all but one<br />
game at left defensive end…posted 61 tackles,<br />
including 35 solo, while ranking fourth on the<br />
team with four sacks for minus-23 yards…<br />
grabbed the first interception of his career off<br />
of current <strong>Texans</strong> QB Sage Rosenfels in the<br />
season finale against Miami (1/2/05).<br />
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