HOUSTON TEXANS WEEKLY RELEASE - NFL.com
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WARD, DERRICK<br />
13 carries in the season opener at Dallas (9/9)...<br />
made his first career start the following week vs.<br />
Green Bay (9/16) and gained 90 yards on 15 carries...started<br />
and ran for 94 yards on 26 carries<br />
at Washington (9/23)...started and picked up 80<br />
yards on 15 carries vs. Philadelphia (9/30)...scored<br />
his first career touchdown in a start vs. the New<br />
York Jets (10/7) when he scored from eight yards<br />
out in the second quarter...scored on a nine-yard<br />
run at Atlanta (10/15)...recorded his first career<br />
100-yard game when he ran for 154 yards on 24<br />
carries with one touchdown at Chicago (12/2).<br />
2006 (NY Giants 8/0): Played in eight games and<br />
did not record any rushing or receiving statistics...<br />
returned 23 kickoffs for 466 yards (20.3 average)...<br />
recorded three tackles and recovered one fumble<br />
in special teams duty.<br />
2005 (NY Giants 14/0): Saw action in 14 games...<br />
carried the ball 35 times for 123 yards and caught<br />
two passes for 13 yards...carried 13 times for 42<br />
yards, both season highs, vs. Washington (10/30).<br />
(10/13)...returned 16 kickofss for 436 yards (27.3<br />
average)...made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut at Arizona (11/14)<br />
and returned one kick for 28 yards...had a 92-yard<br />
return for touchdown at Washington (12/5).<br />
COLLEGE: Transferred to Ottawa University in<br />
Kansas for his final year in 2003, where he set<br />
NAIA single-season records with 2,061 rushing<br />
yards, 28 touchdowns and 7.8 yards per carry on<br />
263 attempts. Gained 1,091 yards with 11 touchdowns<br />
on 197 carries (5.5 avg.) and caught three<br />
passes for 49 yards in 20 games at Fresno State.<br />
Earned Freshman All-America honors at Fresno<br />
State in 1999.<br />
PERSONAL: Attended Valley View (Moreno Valley,<br />
CA) High where he was named the Sun Belt<br />
League Offensive MVP...Cousin, J.R. Redmond,<br />
was an All-America running back at Arizona State<br />
and played for the Oakland Raiders and New England<br />
Patriots...son of Terrie and Derrick Ward...<br />
has one sister, Tamika... Born on August 30, 1980<br />
in Los Angeles, California.<br />
2004 (NY Giants 5/0): Played in five games as a<br />
rookie, primarily seeing action on special teams...<br />
spent the first half of the season on the New York<br />
Jets practice squad before signing with the Giants<br />
Ward’s 2010 Season Statistics<br />
Date, Opp GP GS Rush Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD<br />
9/12 vs. IND 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
9/19 at WAS 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
9/26 vs. DAL 1 0 2 4 2.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
10/3 at OAK 1 0 12 80 6.7 33 1 0 0 0.0 0 0<br />
10/10 vs NYG 1 0 1 1 1.0 1 1 1 12 12.0 12 0<br />
10/17 vs KC 1 0 3 58 19.3 38t 1 1 12 12.0 12 0<br />
11/1 at IND 1 0 2 5 2.5 5 0 2 9 4.5 6 0<br />
11/7 vs. S.D. 1 0 5 12 2.4 15 0 0 0 -- -- 0<br />
11/14 at JAX 1 0 3 11 3.7 6 0 0 0 -- -- 0<br />
11/21 at NYJ 1 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 -- -- 0<br />
11/28 vs. TEN 1 0 7 47 6.7 17 0 0 0 -- -- 0<br />
2010 Totals 10 0 37 218 5.9 38t 3 4 33 8.3 0 0<br />
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