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Height: 6-7
Weight: 291
College: North Carolina State
Hometown: Richlands, North Carolina
3rd NFL season
3rd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 23
Acquired: 1st Round (1st Overall)
2007 GP/GS: 16/16
Career GP/GS: 32/32
Teams: Houston, 2006-07
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MARIO WILLIAMS
DEFENSIVE END
veterans
TRANSACTIONS: Selected after junior season
by Houston Texans in first round (first pick
overall) of 2006 NFL draft…Signed by Texans on
April 28, 2006.
HONORS: Associated Press NFL Player of the
Week (Week 1, 2007)…AFC Defensive Player
of the Week (Week 1, 2007)…AFC Defensive
Player of the Week (Week 15, 2007)…2007 NFL
Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year…2007
Second Team Associated Press All-Pro.
PRO: The prototype for NFL defensive ends…has
a rare combination of size, speed, athleticism
and strength…boasts a 41-inch vertical jump
despite weighing nearly 300 pounds…started
every game in his two-year career, joins LB
DeMeco Ryans as the only pair of Texans
defenders to start in that time span…holds the
Texans all-time lead in sacks in only his second
NFL season with 18.5…has 106 total tackles (78
solo)…has scored one career touchdown…
established the Texans single-season sack
record with 14 in 2007…named second team
AP All-Pro team…was named 2008 Pro Bowl
alternate.
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games
at defensive end…earned Associated Press
All-Pro second team honors…selected as
an alternate to the Pro Bowl…finished with
a franchise-record 14 sacks…made 59 total
tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery
and scored his first career touchdown…named
AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors in
Week 1 and Week 15…established a Texans
single-game sack record with 3.5 against
Denver (12/13)...established a Texans record
by recording a sack in six straight games…
on a Texans defense that recorded a sack in
every game in 2007…started against Kansas
City (9/9) and opened the season with two
sacks…had a fumble recovery he returned
for a 38-yard touchdown…honored by the
Associated Press as the NFL Player of the
Week for his performance…also honored as
the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week
1…started at Carolina (9/16) and finished with
one solo tackle and his first pass defensed…
started against Indianapolis (9/23), made two
tackles (one solo)... started at Atlanta (9/30) and
recorded three solo tackles…started against
Miami (10/7)…made three total tackles (one
solo) and one sack…started at Jacksonville
(10/14)...served as the team captains…made
two solo tackles…started against Tennessee
(10/21)…finished with four solo tackles…
started at San Diego (10/28)…registered two
total tackles (one solo) and one sack…downed
former NC State teammate QB Philip Rivers for
a two-yard loss…started his 25th career game
at Oakland (11/4) and made one solo tackle…
started against New Orleans (11/18)…finished
with six total stops (three solo)…sacked Saints
QB Drew Brees for a 10-yard loss in the second
quarter…began a streak that would see him
register a sack in six straight games…forced
a fumble on the sack, his first of the season...
started at Cleveland (11/25) and made four solo
tackles and one sack…forced a fumble with
his sack, his second of the season…served as
game captain…started at Tennessee (12/2)...
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