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Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
College: Virginia Tech
Hometown: Niskayuna, New York
7th NFL season
2nd with Texans
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 29
Acquired: UFA, 2007 (BUF)
2007 GP/GS: 14/8
Career GP/GS: 78/32
Teams: Cleveland, 2002-04; New England, 2005;
Buffalo, 2006; Houston, 2007
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ANDRÉ DAVIS
WIDE RECEIVER
veterans
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cleveland Browns
in second round (47th pick overall) of 2002 NFL
draft…Signed by Browns on July 22, 2002…
Placed on injured reserve with toe injury on
December 2, 2002…Traded by Browns to New
England Patriots for an undisclosed draft pick
on August 22, 2005…Released by Patriots on
September 28, 2005…Re-signed by Patriots on
October 19, 2005…Signed by Buffalo Bills on
March 12, 2006…Signed by Houston Texans on
March 12, 2007…Re-signed by Texans on March
1, 2008.
HONORS: 2007 AFC Special Teams Player of
the Month (December), 2007 AFC Special Teams
Player of the Week (14), 2002 AFC Special Teams
Player of the Week (7), 2002 NFC Rookie of the
Week (8).
PRO: Speedy veteran receiver who emerged in
2007 as a dangerous and dependable receiver
and one of the best kickoff return men in the
NFL…holds the NFL record, along with nine
other players, for the longest reception in league
history with a 99-yard touchdown catch (10/17/04
vs. Cincinnati)…also shares the NFL record for
most kickoff returns for touchdown in a game
with two (12/30/07 vs. Jacksonville)…has played
in 78 career games with 32 starts in six seasons…
has caught 137 passes for 2,198 yards and 17
touchdowns, and has returned 129 kickoffs for
3,046 yards and four touchdowns and has eight
punt returns for 40 yards.
2007 (Houston 14/8): Had a career year in his
first season with the Texans, scoring six total
touchdowns…caught 33 passes for 583 yards
and three touchdowns and averaged 30.3 yards
per kickoff return with three scores…tied the NFL
record for most kickoff returns for touchdown in
a game, becoming the seventh player in league
history to return two kicks for scores, in the
season finale vs. Jacksonville (12/30)…his two
returns came on consecutive attempts, the
first time in modern NFL history that a player
accomplished that feat…his 30.3-yard return
average was second-best in the league and his
three kick returns for touchdown were tied for
the league lead…17.7 yards-per-catch average
was third-best in the NFL…was inactive for the
first two games…started at WR in his Texans
debut and finished with four receptions for 70
yards with a long of 41 vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…
started at WR and finished with 117 receiving
yards on five catches, including a 45-yarder and
a 35-yard touchdown at Atlanta (9/30)…117-yard
performance was his third career 100-yard game
and tied a career-high…started at WR and caught
four passes for 79 yards vs. Miami (10/7)…started
at WR and caught three passes for 30 yards at
Jacksonville (10/14) and returned a kickoff for 15
yards…started at WR and caught four passes for
88 yards, including his second touchdown of the
season, and returned six kickoffs for 158 yards vs.
Tennessee (10/21)…started at WR and caught
one pass for six yards at San Diego (10/28) and
returned five kickoffs for 98 yards…started at
WR and finished with two receptions for 51 yards,
including a 42-yard touchdown catch at Oakland
(11/4)…caught two passes for 30 yards vs. New
Orleans (11/18)…served as a game captain and
gained 51 yards on three receptions at Cleveland
(11/25)…caught one pass for nine yards and
returned three kickoffs for 67 yards at Tennessee
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