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Mario WILLIAMS90 DEFENSIVE ENDHeight: 6-6 | Weight: 285 | College: North Carolina State |Hometown: Richlands, North Carolina | 5th NFL Season |5th with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 25 |Acquired: D1-’06 (1st overall) | 2010 GP/GS: 6/6 |Career GP/GS: 70/70 | Teams: Houston, 2006-10 |TRANSACTIONS: Selected after junior season byHouston Texans in first round (first pick overall)of 2006 NFL draft…Signed by Texans on April 28,2006.HONORS: Started in the 2010 Pro Bowl...Startedin the 2009 Pro Bowl…Associated Press NFLPlayer of the Week (Week 1, 2007)…AFC DefensivePlayer of the Week (Week 1, 2007)…AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 15,2007)…2007 NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman ofthe Year…2007 Second Team Associated PressAll-Pro.PRO: The prototype for NFL defensive ends…hasa rare combination of size, speed, athleticismand strength…boasts a 41-inch vertical jumpdespite weighing nearly 300 pounds…startedevery game in his four-year plus career, joinsLB DeMeco Ryans as the only pair of Texans defendersto start every game in that time span…holds the Texans all-time lead in sacks after onlyfour years with 44.5…has 218 total tackles (172solo)…has scored one career touchdown…establishedthe Texans single-season sack recordwith 14.0 in 2007 and followed that up with 12.0in 2008…has forced ten fumbles and recoveredthree in his career and has ten career passesdefensed…named second-team AP All-Pro in2007…earned starting roles in the 2009 and 2010Pro Bowls…was named a 2008 Pro Bowl alternate.2010 (Houston 6/6): Named one of the defensivecaptains for the 2010 season...Had four tackles(two solo) including one sack and five quarterbackhits vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...made four tackles(three solo) including 3.0 sacks and two passesdefensed at Washington (9/19)...had three hitson the quarterback vs. Dallas (9/26)...sacked QBBruce Gradkowski once for an 11-yard loss, hadtwo solo tackles and forced a fumble at Oakland(10/3)...made three tackles (two solo) vs. NY Giants(10/10)...made three solo tackles includingone for a loss vs. Kansas City (19/17).2009 (Houston 16/16): Started every game for thefourth straight season and led the team in sacksfor the third straight year...finished the year with9.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recoveryand three passes defensed...was named asa starter to the 2010 AFC Pro Bowl squad...tied acareer high with seven tackles (six solos) alongwith a pass defensed and two quarterback hitsvs. the New York Jets (9/13)...recorded his firstsack of 2009 at Tennessee (9/20) to go along withfour tackles (one for loss) and two quarterbackhits...started and had three solo tackles vs. Jacksonville(9/27)...had one sack and thee hits on thequarterback, including one to force a fumble, togo along with four tackles (three solo) vs. Oakland(10/4)...had one hit on the quarterback atArizona (10/11)...had three tackles (two solo) atCincinnati (10/18)...made three tackles (two solo)including one sack, two tackles for loss and twoquarterback hits vs. San Francisco (10/25)...hadone hit on the quarterback at Buffalo (11/1)...recorded his fourth sack of the season at Indianapolis(11/8) where he also had on pass defensed,one quarterback hit and one tackle fora loss...made four tackles (three solo) and hada hit on the quarterback vs. Tennessee (11/23)...sacked Peyton Manning for his fifth sack of 2009and made two solo tackles and had one pass defensedvs. Indianapolis (11/29)...made two solotackles including his sixth sack of the seasonat Jacksonville (11/6)...had his best game of the2009 season to date, recording six solo tackles,HOUSTONTEXANS.COM