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Te XAN S<br />
veterans<br />
1997 (Pittsburgh 16/16): Started all 16 games and<br />
both playoff contests…caught 18 passes for 117<br />
yards and a career-best six TDs…finished as the<br />
Steelers’ fourth-leading scorer…hauled in five<br />
passes for 43 yards s. New England (12/13)…<br />
scored the game-tying TD with 38 seconds left<br />
to send the game into overtime…had one catch<br />
for 16 yards vs. Denver in the AFC Championship<br />
Game (1/11/98).<br />
1996 (Pittsburgh 12/12): Started 12 games,<br />
catching 12 passes for 141 yards (11.8 avg.)…<br />
had season-high three catches for 29 yards vs.<br />
<strong>Houston</strong> (9/29)…caught two-point conversion<br />
pass at Kansas City (10/7)…suffered seasonending<br />
knee injury at Miami (11/25), after making<br />
career-long 36-yard grab on a second-quarter TD<br />
drive…had surgery on 11/28 and was placed on<br />
injured reserve.<br />
1995 (Pittsburgh 16/12): Played in all 16 games,<br />
starting 12…also started all three playoff contests<br />
as Steelers advanced to Super Bowl XXX…<br />
caught 26 passes for 238 yards (9.2 avg.) and three<br />
TDs…made NFL debut vs. Detroit (9/3)….caught<br />
first-career pass at <strong>Houston</strong> (9/10), finishing with<br />
two receptions for 24 yards and one TD…hauled<br />
in 15-yard scoring toss from QB Mike Tomczak…<br />
made first-career start in two-tight end set at<br />
Miami (9/18)…posted five receptions for 34 yards<br />
and one TD at Cleveland (11/26)…caught one<br />
pass for six yards in AFC Championship Game vs.<br />
Indianapolis (1/14/96).<br />
COLLEGE: Three-year starter who finished<br />
career as Washington’s school-record holder<br />
for catches by a tight end with 90, ranking eighth<br />
overall…totaled 1,012 receiving yards to rank<br />
third on school receiving yardage list for a tight<br />
end…started every game as a senior and finished<br />
second on team with 34 receptions for 331 yards<br />
and one TD…earned first-team All-America<br />
honors by Newspaper Enterprise Association<br />
and first-team All-Pacific-10 honors as a junior…<br />
continued to work toward his degree throughout<br />
his career and graduated from the University<br />
of Washington in May, 2007 with a degree in<br />
economics.<br />
PERSONAL: Married to Traci, couple lives in<br />
<strong>Houston</strong> with their two daughters, Allie and<br />
Chloie, and two sons, Carson and Braydon…<br />
Player of Year as a senior at Aberdeen (Wash.)<br />
High…played tight end and linebacker…caught<br />
24 passes for 424 yards and six TDs as a senior<br />
and recorded 75 tackles, including 10 sacks…<br />
was voted Steelers’ 1998 Sprint Man of the Year<br />
for his dedication to community service…born<br />
Mark Frederick Bruener in Olympia, Wash.<br />
Won the <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Spirit of the Bull<br />
Award for the past<br />
three seasons<br />
N F L S tat i s t i c s - B r u e n e r<br />
Regular Season - receiving<br />
Year Team GP GS No Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
1995 Pit 16 13 26 238 9.2 29 3<br />
1996 Pit 12 12 12 141 11.8 36 0<br />
1997 Pit 16 16 18 117 6.5 18t 6<br />
1998 Pit 16 16 19 157 8.3 20 2<br />
1999 Pit 14 14 18 176 9.8 29 0<br />
2000 Pit 16 16 17 192 11.3 30t 3<br />
2001 Pit 9 9 12 98 8.2 21 0<br />
2002 Pit 12 12 13 66 5.1 10 1<br />
2003 Pit 14 0 2 12 6.0 11 1<br />
2004 Hou 16 11 4 52 13.0 27 0<br />
2005 Hou 16 15 2 22 11.0 19 0<br />
2006 Hou 15 4 9 62 6.9 25 2<br />
2007 Hou 14 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
TOTALS 186 139 152 1,333 8.8 36 18<br />
(cont.)<br />
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