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Antonio SMITH94 DEFENSIVE ENDTRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Arizona Cardinalsin the fifth round (135th overall) of the 2004NFL Draft...Signed by Cardinals on July 27, 2004...released by Cardinals on September 5, 2004...Resignedby Cardinals to practice squad on September6, 2004...Signed by Cardinals to activeroster on December 15, 2004...Assigned by Cardinalsto Hamburg Sea Devils in 2005 NFL Europeenhancement allocation program on February14, 2005...Released by Cardinals on September 4,2005...Re-signed by Cardinals to practice squadon September 8, 2005...Signed by Cardinals toactive roster on October 6, 2005...Re-signed withCardinals on April 5, 2007...Re-signed with Cardinalson April 3, 2008...Signed by the HoustonTexans on March 1, 2009.PRO: A physical and versatile veteran defensiveend who joined the Texans as an unrestrictedfree agent prior to the 2009 season...started 15of 16 games in his first season in Houston andregistered 33 tackles, 4.5 sacks, two forcedfumbles and two fumble recoveries...played in 61games with 39 starts over five seasons with theArizona Cardinals...spent the spring of 2005 withthe Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe, startingnine-of-10 games and finished with six sacks,28 tackles and a forced fumble while earningall-NFL Europe honors...worked his way up fromthe Cardinals practice squad to become a regularstarter, eventually starting all three playoffgames for the Cardinals in their run to SuperBowl XLII.2010 (Houston 6/6): Named one of the defensivecaptains for the 2010 season...assisted ona sack and had three hits on the quarterbackand a pass defensed vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...assistedon a tackle at Washington (9/19)...assistedHeight: 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: 6/6 |Career GP/GS: 83/60 | Teams: Arizona, 2004-08; Houston,2009-10 |on two tackles vs. Dallas (9/26)...made four solotackles, 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 apass defensed vs. Kansas City (10/17).2009 (Houston 16/15): Made his Texans debut,starting at LDE and recording three solo tacklesand a forced fumble vs. the New York Jets(9/13)...had three tackles and one quarterbackhit at Tennessee (9/20)...made two solo tacklesin his start vs. Jacksonville (9/27)...made twosolo tackes, including one for a loss vs. Oakland(10/4) as well as recording two hits on the quarterbackand recovering a fumble...had one solotackle and one hit on the quarterback at Arizona(10/11)...assisted on one tackle and recovered afumble at Cincinnati (10/18)...had one solo tackleand a pass defensed vs. San Francisco (10/25)...made his first sack as a Texan as part of a daythat included two tackles (two solo), three quarterbackhits and one tackle for a loss at Buffalo(11/1)...had two solo tackles and one sack for aloss of six yards to go along with a forced fumbleat Indianapolis (11/8)...made three solo tacklesincluding one for a loss and had a quarterbackhit vs. Tennessee (11/23)...made one solo tacklevs. Indianapolis (11/29)...teamed with DE ConnorBarwin on a 10-yard sack of Jaguars QB DavidGarrard at Jacksonville (12/6) and finished withtwo total tackles and two quarterback hits...made one solo tackle and assisted on another vs.Seattle (12/13)...made four tackles (three solo) atSt. Louis (12/20) including a sack or Rams QBKeith Null for a loss of eight yards...had two tackles(one solo), had three hits on the quarterbackand combined with DT Jeff Zgonina for a sack onquarterback Chad Henne for a loss of eight yardsat Miami (12/27).HOUSTONTEXANS.COM