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PRO: Aggressive strong safety who will look to
bounce back after missing the 2007 season due
to injury…has played in 37 career games with
31 starts…has amassed 186 total tackles, 117
solo in three seasons…saw best statistical year
in 2006 with 70 total tackles…also recorded first
two sacks of his career in 2006.
2007 (Houston 0/0): Spent the season on injured
reserve after suffering a lis franc injury in his left
foot during the opening game of preseason…
placed on injured reserve on 8/14.
2006 (Houston 15/15): Started 15 games,
missing one due to injury…finished his third
season with a career-high 70 total tackles and
a career-high 57 solo tackles…recorded his
first two career sacks for 22 combined yards
lost vs. Oakland QB Aaron Brooks and Miami
QB Daunte Culpepper…also contributed four
passes defensed and one interception and
one forced fumble…started at Indianapolis
(9/17) and finished with 10 total tackles, eight
solo, and registered his only forced fumble of
the season…totaled six solo stops and his first
career sack vs. Miami (10/1), taking down QB
Daunte Culpepper for a 10-yard loss…had three
solo tackles, an interception which he returned
for two yards, and two passes defensed at the
New York Giants (11/5)…finished with four solo
tackles and his second career sack, taking
down QB Aaron Brooks for a 12-yard loss at
Oakland (12/3)…finished with a season-high 11
total stops, tying his career high, including eight
solo at New England (12/17).
2005 (Houston 10/7): Played in 10 games, starting
the final seven games of the season…registered
51 tackles, two interceptions and a career-high
seven passes defensed…led the team with a
career-high 11 tackles at Baltimore (12/4)…
made four tackles and a career-high three
passes defensed at Tennessee (12/11)…made
his first-career interception vs. Arizona (12/18)
and recorded a team-leading nine tackles while
knocking a pair of Cardinals receivers out of the
game…recorded eight tackles and picked off
second pass of the season while starting at San
Francisco (1/1/06).
2004 (Houston 12/9): Played in 12 games, starting
nine…registered 66 tackles and one pass
defensed…added one special teams stop…
made NFL debut at Detroit (9/19), recording
two tackles…made first-career start at strong
safety at Kansas City (9/26), racking up seasonhigh
10 tackles…made seven tackles and broke
up first-career pass at New York Jets (12/5)…
collected seven tackles in victory at Chicago
(12/19).
COLLEGE: Began career at Notre Dame as
a receiver before switching to safety after
his redshirt freshman season…played in 38
games for the Irish with 24 starts…amassed
169 career tackles, three forced fumbles, five
fumble recoveries, four interceptions and four
sacks…started six games before ACL injury,
posting 35 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble,
one fumble recovery, and one interception…
finished second on the team as a junior with
career-high 81 tackles…also picked off two
passes…posted 33 tackles and two sacks as
a sophomore…played in 11 games with two
starts as a freshman, collecting 20 tackles and
one interception…majored in economics and
computer applications.
PERSONAL: Played wide receiver and defensive
back at Naperville North High School in
Naperville, Ill….earned USA Today honorable
mention All-American recognition…firstteam
all-state pick by the Chicago Sun-Times
and Chicago Tribune…named DuPage Valley
Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year and
earned all-conference and team MVP honors
senior season…cousin, Acie Earl, played
basketball at Iowa and professionally for the
Boston Celtics…father, Glenn, played football
at Indiana State…involved with the Boys Club…
born Glenn Eugene Earl in Southfield, Mich.
played hs football
with teammate
rb chris brown
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