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Wade SMITH<br />
74 GUARD<br />
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 310 | College: Memphis |<br />
Hometown: Dallas, Texas | 7th <strong>NFL</strong> Season |<br />
1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 29 |<br />
Acquired: UFA-’10 (Kansas City) | 2010 GP/GS: 11/11 |<br />
Career GP/GS: 85/45 | Teams: Miami, 2003-05; New York<br />
Jets, 2006-07; Kansas City, 2008-09; Houston, 2010 |<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Miami Dolphins<br />
in the third round (78th overall) of the<br />
2003 <strong>NFL</strong> Draft…Signed by Dolphins on July<br />
28, 2003…Released by Dolphins on September<br />
12, 2006…Signed by the New York Jets on<br />
September 15, 2006…Signed by Jets on March<br />
12, 2007…Signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on<br />
April 21, 2008…Signed by the Houston Texans<br />
on March 16, 2010.<br />
PRO: Versatile and experienced offensive lineman…played<br />
the majority of his snaps with the<br />
Kansas City Chiefs (2008-09) at right guard and<br />
center…worked primarily at tackle with the<br />
New York Jets (2006-07)…former third-round<br />
selection of Miami started all 16 games at left<br />
tackle for the Dolphins as a rookie in 2003…has<br />
played in 85 career games with 45 starts and<br />
has played in one postseason contest.<br />
2010 (Houston 11/11): Made his Texans debut,<br />
started at left guard and helped pave the way<br />
for RB Arian Foster’s franchise record 231<br />
yards rushing vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...provided<br />
pocket protection for QB Matt Schaub, enabling<br />
him to throw for a franchise-record 497 yards<br />
and three touchdowns at Washington (9/19)...<br />
started at left guard vs. Dallas (9/26)...started and<br />
helped Texans RBs rush for 249 yards while allowing<br />
no sacks to QB Matt Schaub at Oakland<br />
(10/3)...started at LG vs. NY Giants (10/10)...provided<br />
protection for QB Matt Schaub during his<br />
AFC Player of the Week performance vs. Kansas<br />
City (10/17)...started at left guard at Indianapolis<br />
(11/1)...cleared holes at LG allowing Arian Foster<br />
to rush for 127 yards vs. San Diego (11/7)...work<br />
at LG kept QB Matt Schaub from being sacked<br />
for the at Jacksonville (11/14)...started at left<br />
guard at NY Jets (11/21)...opened holes for RB<br />
Arian Foster to rush for 143 yards vs. Tennessee<br />
(11/28).<br />
2009 (Kansas City 16/9): Played in all 16 games<br />
with nine starts in his second season with the<br />
Chiefs.<br />
2008 (Kansas City 15/7): Played in 15 games on<br />
special teams and saw duty in 10 contests on<br />
offense…started seven games, opening six<br />
games at right guard and one at center…was<br />
inactive for one contest, vs. Tampa Bay (11/2)...<br />
started at right guard vs. New Orleans (11/16)<br />
and vs. Buffalo (11/23)...started at right guard<br />
and also played at center at Oakland (11/30)<br />
and at Denver (12/7)...started at center ivs. San<br />
Diego (12/14)...started at right guard vs. Miami<br />
(12/21) and at Cincinnati (12/28).<br />
2007 (New York Jets 14/0): Appeared as a reserve<br />
in 14 games.<br />
2006 (New York Jets 7/0): Played in seven<br />
games as a reserve offensive lineman…saw<br />
action in his first game with the Jets vs. New<br />
England (9/17)...played as a reserve in the last<br />
six games of the season…appeared in an AFC<br />
Wild Card Game at New England (1/7/07).<br />
2005 (Miami 0/0): Spent the entire season on<br />
injured reserve with a right forearm injury suffered<br />
in training camp.<br />
2004 (Miami 6/2): Saw action in six contests with<br />
two starts and was inactive for 10 games…<br />
started at left tackle vs. Tennessee (9/11) and at<br />
Cincinnati (9/19).<br />
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