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Height: 6-3
Weight: 247
College: Wisconsin
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
2nd NFL season
2nd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2007: 24
Acquired: D4, 2006 (98th overall)
2007 GP/GS: 16/16
Career GP/GS: 30/28
Teams: Houston, 2006-07
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OWEN DANIELS
TIGHT END
veterans
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans
in the fourth round (98th pick overall) of the 2006
NFL Draft…Signed by Texans on July 12, 2006.
PRO: Sure-handed pass catcher with a knack for
finding the open field…has played in 30 games
with 28 starts in two seasons…career totals
include 97 catches for 1,120 yards and eight
touchdowns…already holds franchise singleseason
records for catches (63), yards (768) and
touchdowns (five) by a tight end…eight career
touchdown receptions are the most by a Texans
tight end and his 97 catches and 1,120 yards are
both second-most.
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games and
finished with 63 catches for 768 yards and three
touchdowns…reception and yardage totals both
ranked sixth among NFL tight ends…63 catches
were second-most on the team and his 768
yards ranked third…caught at least one pass in
every game, extending his streak of consecutive
games with a catch to 19…caught one pass for
14 yards vs. Kansas City (9/9)…grabbed five
passes for 58 yards at Carolina (9/16)…caught
a season-high seven passes for 56 yards vs.
Indianapolis (9/23)…caught five passes for
69 yards at Atlanta (9/30)…caught six passes
for a season-high 96 yards vs. Miami (10/7)…
caught five passes for 79 yards at Jacksonville
(10/14)…caught two passes for 20 yards vs.
Tennessee (10/21)…grabbed four passes for 35
yards at San Diego (10/28)…caught four passes
for 41 yards at Oakland (11/4)…caught five
passes for 74 yards vs. New Orleans (11/18)…
tied his season high with seven receptions for
82 yards and scored his first TD of the season
at Cleveland (11/25)…the touchdown came on a
six-yard pass from QB Matt Schaub in the fourth
quarter…caught three passes for 42 yards at
Tennessee (12/2)…scored his second TD of
the year vs. Tampa Bay (12/9), a four-yarder
from QB Sage Rosenfels in the fourth quarter…
finished the game with three catches for 20
yards and a score…hauled in three passes for
53 yards, including a season-long 29-yarder, vs.
Denver (12/13)…caught two passes for 27 yards
at Indianapolis (12/23)…scored his third TD of
the year on his only catch, a two-yarder, vs.
Jacksonville (12/30).
2006 (Houston 14/12): Started 12 games as a
rookie…finished tops in NFL among rookie tight
ends with 34 catches for 352 yards and five
touchdowns…his five scores tied for the team
lead and were the most ever by a Texans tight
end…set a single-game rookie TE receiving
record with 99 yards…started his first career
game vs. Philadelphia (9/10)…registered four
catches for 44 yards including his first career
TD for 33 yards at Indianapolis (9/17)…caught
one pass for a two-yard TD vs. Washington
(9/24)…caught two passes, including a 14-yard
TD pass vs. Jacksonville (10/22)…had a careerhigh
99 receiving yards with nine catches and
two TDs at Tennessee (10/29)…had one catch
for nine yards and a special teams tackle at
New England (12/17)…inactive vs. Indianapolis
(12/24) and Cleveland (12/31).
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