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Antoine CALDWELL
62 GUARD/CENTER
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 310 | College: Alabama |
Hometown: Montgomery, Alabama | 2nd NFL Season |
2nd with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 24 |
Acquired: D3-’09 (77th overall) | 2010 GP/GS: 9/4 |
Career GP/GS: 20/7 | Teams: Houston, 2009-10 |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in
the third round (77th pick overall) of the 2009 NFL
Draft...Signed with Texans on July 28, 2009.
PRO: Versatile and physical rookie lineman who
will provide depth across the line during his first
season.
2010 (Houston 9/4): Started at RG and helped
pave the way for RB Arian Foster’s franchise record
231 yards rushing vs. Indianapolis (9/12)…
provided pocket protection for QB Matt Schaub,
enabling him to throw for a franchise-record
497 yards and three touchdowns at Washington
(9/19)...saw action at right guard vs. Dallas
(9/26)...saw action at RG and helped Texans RBs
rush for 249 yards while allowing no sacks to QB
Matt Schaub at Oakland (10/3)...saw action at RG
vs. NY Giants (10/10)...started at RG vs. Kansas
City (10/17) and at Indianapolis (11/1)...saw action
at RG and on special teams vs. San Diego
(11/7) and at Jacksonville (11/14)...dressed but
did not play at NY Jets (11/21) and Tennessee
(11/28).
2009 (Houston 11/3): Played in 11 games with
three starts as a rookie...saw significant action
throughout the season on an offense that averaged
383.1 yards per game...was inactive vs.
the New York Jets (9/13), at Tennesse (9/20), vs.
Jacksonville (9/27), Oakland (10/4), and at Arizona
(10/11)...played in his first career NFL game
at right guard at Cincinnati (10/18)...saw action
at right guard vs. San Francisco (10/25), at Buffalo
(11/1), at Indianapolis (11/8), vs. Tennessee
(11/23), and vs. Indianapolis (11/29)...helped the
offense gain over 300 yards for the 11th consecutive
game at Jacksonville (12/6)...made the first
start of his NFL career and part was of the offensive
line that blocked for QB Matt Schaub as he
threw for 365 yards and two touchdowns vs. Seattle
(12/13) without allowing him to be sacked...
blocked for quarterback Matt Schaub at St. Louis
(12/20) where he threw for 367 yards and was not
sacked for the second consecutive game and
fourth time this season...started at right guard at
Miami (12/27)...played as a reserve at right guard
vs. New England (1/3/10).
COLLEGE: Started 48 games during his career at
Alabama, including 34 at center, 12 at left offensive
guard, one at right guard and one at right
tackle...participated in 1,569 offensive snaps...
allowed just one quarterback sack on 806 pass
plays during his final 23 games…one of eight
players in school history to serve as team captain
twice in a career...as a senior, was an All-
American first-team selection by the American
Football Coaches Association and The Sporting
News...consensus All-Southeastern Conference
first-team pick, recipient of the team’s Mal
Moore Leadership Award and named the team’s
Most Inspirational Player that year as well...
started at four positions as a junior in 2007...All-
SEC pick as a sophomore in 2006...freshman All-
SEC first-team and All-SEC honorable mention
from the league’s coaches in 2005...redshirted
in 2004...became the first Crimson Tide football
player to graduate in under three years, earning
his degree in Human Environmental Sciences.
PERSONAL: Attended Lee (Montgomery, Ala.)
High School...allowed just one quarterback sack
as a senior…earning All-State first-team honors...rated
the tenth-best overall prospect in the
state of Alabama by Super Prep magazine…has
an older brother, Arsenio and a twin brother, Anthony.
Caldwell’s Career Statistics
Games/Starts: 2009: 11/3, 2010: 9/4; Total: 20/7.
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