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Te XAN S<br />
finished with season-high seven tackles (three<br />
solo)….registered 2.5 sacks of elusive QB<br />
Vince Young…Williams took the team-record<br />
for single season sacks with 8.5 sacks on the<br />
season, passing former Texan Jeff Posey,<br />
who recorded 8.0 total sacks in 2002…started<br />
against Tampa Bay (12/9)…recorded six total<br />
tackles (four solo)...sacked QB Luke McCown<br />
late in the fourth quarter for a 13-yard loss…<br />
served as game captain…started in his 30th<br />
career game against Denver (12/13) in his<br />
first career night game...finished with his best<br />
game of his career…registered a team-record<br />
3.5 sacks…tied his season-high with seven<br />
tackles…started his night of sacks in the second<br />
quarter, downing QB Jay Cutler for a three-yard<br />
loss…his second came in the third quarter for<br />
a four-yard loss…registered 1.5 sacks in the<br />
fourth quarter…established a <strong>Texans</strong> record<br />
with a sack…his 3.5 sacks gave him his fourth<br />
multi-sack game in his career and his third of<br />
the season…registered his 17.5 career sacks<br />
in 30 games, setting the <strong>Texans</strong> all-time sack<br />
record…previous high was Kailee Wong’s 15.0<br />
sacks from 2002-06…started at Indianapolis<br />
(12/23)…made two solo tackles and one sack<br />
for a loss of two yards…sacked Colts QB Peyton<br />
Manning for the first time in his career midway<br />
through the second quarter…started against<br />
Jacksonville (12/30) and registered four solo<br />
tackles.<br />
2006 (<strong>Houston</strong> 16/16): Started all 16 games<br />
as a rookie at right defensive end…was the<br />
only <strong>Texans</strong> defensive lineman to start every<br />
game…showed toughness by staying on the<br />
field despite battling a severe foot injury…set<br />
a <strong>Texans</strong> rookie record with 4.5 sacks, topping<br />
DE Jason Babin’s 4.0 sacks in 2004…sack total<br />
ranked him second on the team behind Babin,<br />
who had 5.0 in 2006…led all <strong>Texans</strong> defensive<br />
linemen with 47 tackles, including 35 solos…<br />
recorded a sack in three consecutive games,<br />
matching the second-longest streak in team<br />
history…recorded his first career sack against<br />
Miami (10/1)…finished with two tackles, and<br />
also batted away a two-point conversion attempt<br />
in the end zone…finished with a season- high<br />
six tackles at Dallas (10/15), including five<br />
solos…recorded two total tackles, including a<br />
sack, against Jacksonville (10/22)…recovered<br />
his first career fumble late in the third quarter<br />
to set up a touchdown…registered three total<br />
tackles at New York Giants (11/5), including a<br />
six-yard sack of Giants QB Eli Manning, his third<br />
sack in as many games…forced a fumble for the<br />
first time against Indianapolis (12/24) as part of a<br />
five-tackle performance.<br />
COLLEGE: Holds the N.C. State career-record<br />
with 55.5 stops for losses of 237 yards…topped<br />
the old mark of 45 for minus-269 yards by Carl<br />
Reeves (1991-94)…shattered the previous State<br />
season-record of 21 with 27.5 stops behind the<br />
line of scrimmage in 2005…broke school career<br />
sack record with 26.5…All-American first-team<br />
selection by The NFL Draft Report and Sports<br />
Illustrated as a junior in 2005…voted the team’s<br />
Most Valuable Player…set a school seasonrecord,<br />
as he led the ACC and ranked fourth in<br />
the nation with 14.5 sacks for minus-75 yards as<br />
a senior.<br />
PERSONAL: Attended Richlands (N.C.) High<br />
School…Richlands retired his number 82<br />
jersey…2002 Associated Press All-State<br />
choice…chosen to the 2002 North Carolina<br />
Shrine Bowl team, where he notched four<br />
sacks…recorded 87 tackles, 13 sacks, 22 stops<br />
for losses for the Wildcats…also added five<br />
forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and five<br />
blocked kicks as a senior…also played running<br />
back as a senior and rushed for 590 yards and<br />
three touchdowns on 58 carries…recorded<br />
over 100 tackles as a junior…graduated from<br />
high school in December 2002 and attended the<br />
Gator Bowl with North Carolina State.<br />
Lists first game in the<br />
NFL his most memorable<br />
football moment<br />
veterans<br />
N F L S tat i s t i c s - W i l l i a m s<br />
TACKLES INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES<br />
Year Team GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg TD PD FF FR TD<br />
2006 Hou 16 16 47 35 12 4.5 20.5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0<br />
2007 Hou 16 16 59 43 16 14.0 82.5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1<br />
TOTALS 32 32 106 78 28 18.5 103.0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 1<br />
(cont.)<br />
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