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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-4<br />
Weight: 255<br />
College: Colorado State<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Fort Morgan, Colorado<br />
3rd NFL season<br />
2nd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 26<br />
Acquired: FA, 2007<br />
2007 GP/GS: 13/0<br />
Career GP/GS: 27/0<br />
Teams: New York Jets, 2005; <strong>Houston</strong>, 2007<br />
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JOEL DREESSEN<br />
TIGHT END<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by New York Jets<br />
in sixth round (198th pick overall) of the 2005<br />
NFL Draft…Signed by Jets on July 25, 2005…<br />
Released by Jets on September 2, 2006…<br />
Signed by <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> on January 2, 2007…<br />
Released by <strong>Texans</strong> on September 13, 2007…<br />
Re-signed by <strong>Texans</strong> on September 25, 2007.<br />
PRO: Solid blocking and pass-catching tight<br />
end…has played in 27 career NFL games with<br />
nine career receptions for 96 yards and two<br />
touchdowns…also serves as a reserve long<br />
snapper.<br />
2007 (<strong>Houston</strong> 13/0): Played in 13 games at tight<br />
end in his first season as a Texan...caught four<br />
passes for 55 yards and the first two touchdowns<br />
of his career…inactive for season opener vs.<br />
Kansas City (9/9)…released (9/13) and was resigned<br />
two weeks later (9/25)…made his <strong>Texans</strong><br />
debut on special teams at Atlanta (9/30)…<br />
played on special teams vs. Miami (10/7)…<br />
caught his first pass of the season for eight<br />
yards and made two special teams tackles at<br />
Jacksonville (10/14)…played on special teams<br />
and as a reserve TE vs. Tennessee (10/21)…<br />
caught his first career touchdown pass, a<br />
28-yarder from QB Sage Rosenfels, at San Diego<br />
(10/28)…served as a game captain and played<br />
as a reserve TE and on special teams at Oakland<br />
(11/4)…caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from<br />
QB Matt Schaub and made two special teams<br />
tackles vs. New Orleans (11/18)…made one<br />
tackle on an interception return at Cleveland<br />
(11/25)…caught one pass for nine yards at<br />
Tennessee (12/2)…registered one special<br />
teams tackle vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…recorded<br />
a team-high three special teams tackles vs.<br />
Denver (12/13)…served as a game captain and<br />
made two special teams tackles, one solo, at<br />
Indianapolis (12/23)…saw limited action at TE<br />
and played on special teams vs. Jacksonville<br />
(12/30).<br />
2006 Spent time with the New York Jets before<br />
being released after training camp.<br />
2005 (New York Jets 14/0): Saw action in 14<br />
games at tight end…made five catches for<br />
41 yards…caught his first pass of his career,<br />
a seven-yard reception, at Denver (11/20)…<br />
caught one pass for 17 yards at New England<br />
(12/4)…caught two passes for 11 yards, his<br />
first multi-catch game of his career, at Miami<br />
(12/18)…caught one pass for six yards vs.<br />
Buffalo (1/1/06).<br />
COLLEGE: Caught 123 career passes for 1,295<br />
yards and 10 TDs while at Colorado State…<br />
his 123 receptions rank eighth all time on the<br />
school’s career list…selected third team<br />
All-American by The NFL Draft Report…All-<br />
Mountain West Conference first-team as a<br />
sophomore and senior…finished senior season<br />
with a career-high 43 receptions for 427 yards<br />
and three TDs…also a force on special teams<br />
registering six tackles…also served as long<br />
snapper…majored in management.<br />
veterans<br />
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