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Antonio SMITH
94 DEFENSIVE END
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Arizona Cardinals
in the fifth round (135th overall) of the 2004
NFL Draft...Signed by Cardinals on July 27, 2004...
released by Cardinals on September 5, 2004...Resigned
by Cardinals to practice squad on September
6, 2004...Signed by Cardinals to active
roster on December 15, 2004...Assigned by Cardinals
to Hamburg Sea Devils in 2005 NFL Europe
enhancement allocation program on February
14, 2005...Released by Cardinals on September 4,
2005...Re-signed by Cardinals to practice squad
on September 8, 2005...Signed by Cardinals to
active roster on October 6, 2005...Re-signed with
Cardinals on April 5, 2007...Re-signed with Cardinals
on April 3, 2008...Signed by the Houston
Texans on March 1, 2009.
PRO: A physical and versatile veteran defensive
end who joined the Texans as an unrestricted
free agent prior to the 2009 season...started 15
of 16 games in his first season in Houston and
registered 33 tackles, 4.5 sacks, two forced
fumbles and two fumble recoveries...played in 61
games with 39 starts over five seasons with the
Arizona Cardinals...spent the spring of 2005 with
the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe, starting
nine-of-10 games and finished with six sacks,
28 tackles and a forced fumble while earning
all-NFL Europe honors...worked his way up from
the Cardinals practice squad to become a regular
starter, eventually starting all three playoff
games for the Cardinals in their run to Super
Bowl XLII.
2010 (Houston 11/11): Named one of the defensive
captains for the 2010 season...assisted on
a sack and had three hits on the quarterback
and a pass defensed vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...assisted
on a tackle at Washington (9/19)...assisted
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 282 | College: Oklahoma State |
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 7th NFL Season |
2nd with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 28 |
Acquired: UFA-’09 (Arizona) | 2010 GP/GS: 11/11 |
Career GP/GS: 88/65 | Teams: Arizona, 2004-08;
Houston, 2009-10 |
on two tackles vs. Dallas (9/26)...made four solo
tackles, two sacks and forced a fumble at Oakland
(10/3)...made one solo tackle vs. NY Giants
(10/10)...made three tackles (two solo) and had a
pass defensed vs. Kansas City (10/17)...made four
tackles (three solo) at Indianapolis (11/1)...made
four solo tackles and assisted on a sack with
Mario Williams vs. San Diego (11/7)...made one
hit on the quarterback at Jacksonville (11/14)...
made four tackles (two solo) and had a hit on the
quarterback at NY Jets (11/21)...made two tackles
(one solo) and two hits on the quarterback vs.
Tennessee (11/28).
2009 (Houston 16/15): Made his Texans debut,
starting at LDE and recording three solo tackles
and a forced fumble vs. the New York Jets
(9/13)...had three tackles and one quarterback
hit at Tennessee (9/20)...made two solo tackles
in his start vs. Jacksonville (9/27)...made two
solo tackes, including one for a loss vs. Oakland
(10/4) as well as recording two hits on the quarterback
and recovering a fumble...had one solo
tackle and one hit on the quarterback at Arizona
(10/11)...assisted on one tackle and recovered a
fumble at Cincinnati (10/18)...had one solo tackle
and a pass defensed vs. San Francisco (10/25)...
made his first sack as a Texan as part of a day
that included two tackles (two solo), three quarterback
hits and one tackle for a loss at Buffalo
(11/1)...had two solo tackles and one sack for a
loss of six yards to go along with a forced fumble
at Indianapolis (11/8)...made three solo tackles
including one for a loss and had a quarterback
hit vs. Tennessee (11/23)...made one solo tackle
vs. Indianapolis (11/29)...teamed with DE Connor
Barwin on a 10-yard sack of Jaguars QB David
Garrard at Jacksonville (12/6) and finished with
two total tackles and two quarterback hits...
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