HOUSTON TEXANS WEEKLY RELEASE - NFL.com
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MARK ANDERSON<br />
96 DEFENSIVE END<br />
Height: 6-4 | Weight: 255 | College: Alabama |<br />
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma | 5th <strong>NFL</strong> Season |<br />
1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 27 |<br />
Acquired: FA-’10 | 2010 GP/GS: 10/1 | Career GP/GS: 72/18 |<br />
Teams: Chicago, 2006-10; Houston, 2010 |<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Chicago Bears<br />
in the fifth round (159th overall) of the 2006 <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Draft...Signed by Bears on June 9, 2006...Resigned<br />
by Bears on April 30, 2010...Released by<br />
Bears on October 5, 2010...Signed by Houston<br />
Texans on October 7, 2010.<br />
PRO: Explosive young defensive end who joined<br />
the Texans midseason to help bolster the pass<br />
rush...has played in 72 career games with 18<br />
starts and has registered 23.5 sacks, seven<br />
passes defensed, five forced fumbles and two<br />
fumble recoveries...has also played in three<br />
playoff games, including Super Bowl XLI...registered<br />
a half-sack in the Super Bowl and has 1.5<br />
total sacks in playoff action...was reunited with<br />
college teammates LB DeMeco Ryans and G Antoine<br />
Caldwell when he joined the Texans.<br />
2010 (Chicago 4/1, Houston 6/0): Signed with<br />
the Texans in Week 5 (10/7)...played in the first<br />
four games of the year for the Chicago Bears,<br />
starting one...registered eight solo tackles for<br />
the Bears...started in the season opener vs. Detroit<br />
(9/12) and had three solo tackles...had one<br />
solo tackle each at Dallas (9/19) and vs. Green<br />
Bay (9/27)...made three solo stops at the New<br />
York Giants (10/3)...released by Chicago (10/5)...<br />
signed by the Texans (10/7)...Inactive vs. NY Giants<br />
(10/10)...saw action at defensive end vs.<br />
Kansas City (10/17)...made four tackles (three<br />
solo) including his first sack as a Texan vs. Indianapolis<br />
(11/1)...had one solo tackle vs. San Diego<br />
(11/7)...recorded one sack for a loss of nine yards<br />
at Jacksonville (11/14)...had one pass defensed<br />
at NY Jets (11-21-10)...had one solo tackle and a<br />
pass defensed vs. Tennessee (11/28).<br />
2009 (Chicago 16/2): Played in all 16 games for<br />
the third time in his career and started a pair of<br />
contests...posted 28 tackles, including 22 solos<br />
solos, to go along with 3.5 sacks and two tackles<br />
for loss...registered four tackles in the season<br />
opener at Green Bay (9/13)...picked up a threeyard<br />
sack vs. Detroit (10/4)...tied a career high<br />
with six tackles, including four solos and a half<br />
sack vs. Philadelphia (11/22)...started vs. Minnesota<br />
(12/28) and registered a sack for nine<br />
yards...started in the season finale at Detroit<br />
(1/3/10) and made a five-yard sack.<br />
2008 (Chicago 16/0): Played in all 16 games, finishing<br />
the year with 18 tackles, including 10 solo<br />
stops...recorded one sack, two passes defensed<br />
and one fumble recovery...fumble recovery came<br />
at Detroit (10/5)...made a season-high three solo<br />
tackles at Green Bay (11/16)...made two tackles,<br />
including a seven-yard sack vs. Jacksonville<br />
(12/7).<br />
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