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RYAN DENNEY77 DEFENSIVE ENDHeight: 6-7 | Weight: 264 | College: Brigham Young |Hometown: Denver, Colorado | 9th NFL Season |1st with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 33 |Acquired: FA-’10 | 2010 GP/GS: 2/0 | Career GP/GS: 113/32 |Teams: Buffalo, 2002-09; Houston, 2010 |TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Buffalo Bills insecond round (61st overall) of 2002 NFL Draft...Signed by Bills on July 26, 2002...Re-signed byBills on March 27, 2006...Signed by Houston Texanson September 15, 2010.PRO: Tall, versatile veteran end who joined theTexans in Week 2...played under Texans assistanthead coach/defensive line Bill Kollarat Buffalo from 2006-08...has played in 113 careergames with 32 starts...career stats include280 tackles, including 179 solos, 23.5 sacks, sixforced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.2010 (Houston 2/0): Signed with the Texans inWeek 2 (9/15)...made his Texans debut at defensiveend at Washington (9/19) and had one hiton the quarterback...saw action at DE vs. Dallas(9/26)...inactive at Oakland (10/3).2009 (Buffalo 16/0): Played in all 16 games andfinished the year with 26 tackles (16 solos), 2.0sacks and a forced fumble...registered his firstsack of the season vs. Tampa Bay (9/20)...recordeda season-high five solo tackles, includinga sack and a forced fumble at Miami (10/4)...played against his brother, John, who lined up atcenter for the Dolphins...made four tackles andassisted on a special teams stop vs. Houston(11/1)...assisted on a tackle for loss in the seasonfinale vs. Indianapolis (1/3/10).2008 (Buffalo 16/11): Played in all 16 games andstarted 11...made 57 tackles on the year, including39 solos...tied for the team lead with 4.0 sacksand had a forced fumble to go along with sevenpasses defensed...registered a six-yard sack inthe season opener vs. Seattle (9/7)...made hisfirst start of the season and finished with fourtackles vs. San Diego (10/19)...made a careerhigh11 tackles, including eight solos, at NewEngland (11/9)...had a one-yard sack at KansasCity (11/23)...made a season-high two sacks forminus-17 yards the following week vs. San Francisco(11/30)...forced a fumble on his first sack inthat game...tied his career hgh with 11 tackles,including five solos, in the season finale vs. NewEngland (12/28).2007 (Buffalo 7/2): Played in seven games withtwo starts...finished the year with 27 tackles, including21 solos, one sack and a fumble recovery...missedthe first nine games of the seasonwith a foot injury...returned to the field at Cincinnati(11/4) but did not record any statistics...made five solo tackles at Miami (11/11)...startedand registered a season-high seven tackles atWashington (12/2)...started, had a seven-yardsack and recovered a fumble vs. Miami (12/9)while playing against his brother, Miami C JohnDenney.2006 (Buffalo 16/0): Played in all 16 games for thefourth straight year...finished the season with acareer-high 6.0 sacks...also had 51 tackles, including35 solos, two forced fumbles, one fumblerecovery and five passes defensed...registereda season-high seven tackles (four solos) in theseason opener at New England (9/10)...had a career-bestthree sacks for 33 yards the next weekat Miami (9/17)...forced a fumble on his first sackof the game, which came on the fifth play fromscrimmage...batted down two passes vs. Minnesota(10/1)...had a 10-yard sack vs. San Diego(12/3)...registered two sacks, forcing a fumble onthe second, and recovered a fumbleat the NewYork Jets (12/10)...batted down two passes vs.Miami (12/17).HOUSTONTEXANS.COM