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STANFORD Keglar<br />
53 LINEBACKER<br />
Height: 6-2 | Weight: 250 | College: Purdue |<br />
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana | 3rd <strong>NFL</strong> Season |<br />
1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 25 |<br />
Acquired: FA-’10 | 2010 GP/GS: 5/0 | Career GP/GS: 30/0 |<br />
Teams: Tennessee, 2008-09; Houston, 2010 |<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by Tennessee Titans in<br />
the fourth round (134th pick overall) in the 2008 <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Draft…Signed by Titans on July 11, 2008...Released<br />
by Titans on September 5, 2010...Signed by Houston<br />
Texans on October 25, 2010.<br />
PRO: Athletic young linebacker who joined the Texans<br />
during the bye week and will <strong>com</strong>pete for playing<br />
time on defense and on special teams...played<br />
in 25 games over two years with Tennessee, primarily<br />
on special teams.<br />
2010 (Houston 5/0): Went through training camp<br />
with Tennessee but was released prior to the start<br />
of the regular season...signed with the Texans<br />
(10/25)...made his Texans debut at Indianapolis<br />
(11/1) and made one special teams tackle...saw<br />
action on special teams where he got a hand on a<br />
Mike Scifres punt in the first quarter vs. San Diego<br />
(11/7)...made one special teams tackle at Jacksonville<br />
(11/14)...assisted on a special teams tackle<br />
at NY Jets (11/21)...assisted on one special teams<br />
tackle vs. Tennessee (11/28).<br />
2009 (Tennessee 12/0): Saw action in 12 games and<br />
ranked sixth on the team with 10 special teams<br />
tackles on coverage units...led or tied for the team<br />
lead in special teams tackles four times...was inactive<br />
for three games and did not play in one contest...tied<br />
career high and tied for the team lead<br />
with three special teams tackles on Monday Night<br />
Football at Houston (11/23)...saw action as a member<br />
of goalline packages vs. Miami (12/20).<br />
2008 (Tennessee 13/0): Appeared in 13 games as<br />
rookie and contributed five tackles as reserve linebacker<br />
and an additional 10 special teams tackles,<br />
which tied for fifth on squad...inactive for the first<br />
three games of the season...made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut vs.<br />
Houston (9/21), seeing action on special teams...<br />
collected first career <strong>NFL</strong> special teams tackle at<br />
Baltimore (10/5)...tied for team lead with seasonhigh<br />
three special teams tackles at Kansas City<br />
(10/19)...saw action in a reserve role at linebacker<br />
and notched three tackles, including two solo, and<br />
made one solo tackle on special teams at Indianapolis<br />
(12/28).<br />
COLLEGE: Started 41 of 50 games he played in at<br />
Purdue, recording 250 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 13 stops<br />
for loss, two fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles,<br />
three interceptions and 12 passes defensed during<br />
four-year career...named a defensive captain and<br />
started all 13 games at weak-side outside linebacker<br />
as a senior for the Boilermakers in 2007,<br />
finishing fourth on the team with 70 tackles and<br />
adding four stops for losses and three passes defensed.<br />
Had at least five tackles in eight contests...<br />
appeared in all 14 games as a junior, including 10<br />
starts and had 69 tackles, five pass breakups, one<br />
interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery...appeared<br />
in 10 games with six starts and<br />
ranked fourth on team with 50 tackles as a sophomore,<br />
including three stops for a loss and a sack...<br />
also collected a pass breakup, an interception and<br />
a fumble recovery...started all 12 games as a redshirt<br />
freshman and ranked fourth on team with 61<br />
tackles, including four stops for loss, a half-sack,<br />
three pass breakups, an interception and a forced<br />
fumble...appeared in one game against Arizona,<br />
playing on special teams before sustaining high<br />
right ankle sprain...was redshirted for the remainder<br />
of the 2003 season...graduated with a degree in<br />
sociology in May 2008.<br />
PERSONAL: Attended Pike High in Indianapolis,<br />
playing linebacker and running back...earned honorable<br />
mention All-State, first-team All-County and<br />
first-team All-Conference selection as a senior<br />
when he recorded 83 tackles, including five sacks,<br />
with two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and<br />
one interception...he also rushed for 717 yards on<br />
82 carries with five touchdowns, adding a 20-yard<br />
touchdown catch as the team won the conference<br />
championship...rated the eighth-best player in Indiana<br />
and the 26th-ranked outside linebacker nationally<br />
by Rivals.<strong>com</strong>...was an avid four-year swimmer<br />
in high school, participating in the 100 butterfly, 50<br />
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