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Height: 5-11
Weight: 208
College: Nebraska
Hometown: Southlake, Texas
10th NFL season
7th with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend: 32
Acquired: RFA (PIT), 2002
2006 GP/GS: 16/0
Career GP/GS: 144/0
Teams: Pittsburgh, 1999-01; Houston, 2002-07
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KRIS BROWN
KICKER
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Pittsburgh Steelers
in seventh round (228th pick overall) of 1999 NFL
Draft…Signed by Steelers on June 29, 1999…
Signed as a restricted free agent by Houston
Texans on March 25, 2002.
Honors: 2007 AFC Special Teams Player of the
Week (5), 2006 AFC Special Teams Player of the
Week (16), 2004 AFC Special Teams Player of the
Week (3), 1999 AFC Special Teams Player of the
Week (7).
PRO: One of the league’s most consistent and
clutch kickers…has connected on 77.4 percent
of career FG attempts (202 of 261)…has scored
873 career points…tied an NFL record vs. Miami
(10/7/07) when he became just the third kicker in
NFL history to make three FGs of 50 yards or more
in a game, connecting on a pair of 54-yarders
and a game-winning 57-yarder as time expired…
went a perfect five-for-five from beyond 50 yards
in 2007, becoming just the fifth kicker in NFL
history to be perfect on four or more attempts
from outside 50 yards in a season…has made
10 career game-winning field goals, six with the
Texans.
2007 (Houston 16/0): Played in all 16 games and
recorded one of the most productive seasons of
his career…finished the season with 115 points,
the second-highest point total of his career…his
86.2 FG percentage (25-of-29) matched the best
accuracy mark of his career (25-of-29 in 1999 for
Pittsburgh)…earned AFC Special Teams Player
of the Week and tied an NFL record vs. Miami
(10/7), becoming the third kicker to make three
FGs of 50 yards or more in a game, connecting
on a pair of 54-yarders and a game-winning
57-yarder as time expired…was named as an
alternate for the 2008 AFC Pro Bowl squad…was
perfect on two FG attempts vs. Kansas City (9/9),
hitting from 26 and 28 yards, and made both PAT
tries…connected on both FG attempts, from 25
and 33 yards, at Carolina (9/16) and hit all four PAT
attempts…made only FG attempt, a 33-yarder,
and all three PATs vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…made
three-of-four FG attempts at Atlanta (9/30), hitting
from 42, 37 and 19 yards and missing a 25-yarder,
and made only PAT attempt…tied a career high
with 16 points vs. Miami (10/7), going a perfect
five-for-five on FG attempts and making only PAT
try…connected from 54, 43, 54, 20 and 57 yards,
becoming the third kicker in NFL history to make
three FGs of over 50 yards in a game…57-yarder
came as time expired to break a 19-19 tie…it was
his 10th career game-winning FG…was perfect
on three FG attempts at Jacksonville (10/14),
hitting from 20, 35 and 33 yards…made all four
PAT tries vs. Tennessee (10/21)…made a 40-yard
FG and only PAT attempt at San Diego (10/28)…
made one-of-two FG attempts, hitting a 40-yarder
and missing from 43, and hit all three PAT attempts
at Oakland (11/4)…made all three FG attempts,
from 36, 53 and 23 yards, and both PATs vs. New
Orleans (11/18)…was good on one-of-two FG
attempts and hit both PATs at Cleveland (11/25),
hitting from 41 yards and missing a 46-yarder…
hit both FG tries and both PATs at Tennessee
(12/2), connecting from 45 and 50 yards…made
all four PAT attempts vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…
made only FG attempt, a 41-yarder, and all four
PAT tries vs. Denver (12/13)…missed from 49
veterans
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