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Andre JOHNSON
80 WIDE RECEIVER
Height: 6-3 | Weight: 228 | College: Miami (Fla.) |
Hometown: Miami, Florida | 8th NFL Season |
8th with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 29 |
Acquired: D1-’03 (3rd overall) | 2010 GP/GS: 10/10 |
Career GP/GS: 112/112 | Teams: Houston, 2003-10 |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected after his junior season
by Houston Texans in the first round (3rd
overall) in the 2003 NFL draft…Signed by Texans
on July 22, 2003.
HONORS: Played in the 2005, 2007 (starter), 2009
(starter) and 2010 (starter) AFC-NFC Pro Bowls;
Associated Press First-Team All-Pro: 2008, 2009;
NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year: 2006,
2008, 2009; Pro Football Weekly First-Team All-
Pro: 2008, 2009; SportsIllustrated.com All-Pro:
2008; ESPN.com All-Pro: 2008; 2010 AFC Offensive
Player of the Week (2); 2008 AFC Offensive
Player of the Month (October); 2006 AFC Offensive
Player of the Week (4); 2003 NFL Rookie of
the Week (4 and 10), Touchdown Club Player
of the Year: 2004, 2006; Houston Texans Team
MVP: 2006, 2008, 2009.
PRO: Arguably the best receiver in the game
today...is the Texans all-time leading receiver
totaling 652 receptions for 8,817 yards and 47
touchdowns in seven seasons…led the league
in receptions in 2006 with 103 and again in 2008
with a career-high 115...led the league in receiving
yards in 2008 with 1,575 and again in 2009 with
1,569...joined Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (1989-90,
1993-95) as the only players in modern NFL history
to lead the league in back-to-back years...
joined Marvin Harrison (Indianapolis, 2001-02)
as the only receivers to surpass 1,500 yards in
consecutive years...is one of 13 active NFL players
to have 8,000-plus receiving yards…ended
the 2009 season tied for 57th on the NFL’s alltime
receptions list and ranked 80th on the alltime
receiving yards list...has 35 career 100-yard
games…the Texans are 19-16 when he eclipses
the 100-yard barrier…also has 20 career rushing
attempts for 36 yards...has played in four Pro
Bowls and has twice been named to the AP All-
Pro team.
2010 (Houston 10/10): Led Texans receivers
with three receptions for 33 yards in the season
opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...led the team in
receiving with 12 receptions for 158 yards and
a crucial 4th quarter touchdown at Washinton
(9/19)...caught four passes for 64 yards vs. Dallas
(9/26)...inactive at Oakland (10/3)...led the offense
with five receptions for 95 yards including
a long of 48-yard vs. NY Giants (10/10)...caught
eight passes for 138 yards and the game-winning
touchdown vs. Kansas City (10/17)...caught seven
passes for 106 yards and a touchdown at Indianapolis
(11/1)...had four receptions for 41 yards
vs. San Diego (11/7)...led Texans receivers with
nine receptions for 146 yards and a touchdown
at Jacksonville (11/14)...caught four passes for
32 yards at NY (11/21)...became the first player in
NFL history to catch 60 passes in each of his first
eight seasons when he caught nine passes for
56 yars and a touchdown vs. Tennessee (11/28).
2009 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games or the
second consecutive season and led the NFL with
1,569 receiving yards on 101 receptions...scored
a career-high nine touchdowns...joined Hall of
Fame receiver Jerry Rice (1989-90, 1993-95) as
the only players to lead the league in receiving
yards in consecutive seasons...became the
second receiver, along with Marvin Harrison
(Indianapolis, 2001-02) to surpass 1,500 yards
in back-to-back seasons...registered his third
career 100-catch season and his fourth 1,000-
yard season...topped 100 yards in six games...
earned first-team All-Pro recognition from the
Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly and The
Sporting News...started for the AFC in the Pro
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