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91Amobi OKOYEDEFENSIVE TACKLEHeight: 6-2 | Weight: 283 | College: Louisville |Hometown: Huntsville, Alabama | 4th NFL Season |4th with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 23 |Acquired: D1-’07 (10th overall) | 2010 GP/GS: 4/4 |Career GP/GS: 50/46 | Teams: Houston, 2007-10 |TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texansin first round (10th pick overall) of the 2007 NFLdraft…Signed by the Texans July 27, 2007.HONORS: NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month(September, 2007), 2007 PFW/PFWA All-RookieTeam.PRO: Young, quick and intelligent defensive linementhat will look to improve upon an injuryriddledsophomore campaign…is already tiedfor 10th in team history with 8.0 career sacks…has registered 104 tackles, 70 solos to go alongwith two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries...ownsthe team rookie sack record with 5.5in 2007.2010 (Houston 4/4): Started at defensive tackleand record five tackles (three solo) and a hit onthe quarterback vs. Indianapolis (9/12)...saw actionat defensive tackle at Washington (9/19)...made four tackles (two solo) and had one hit onthe quarterback vs. Dallas (9/26)...made one solotackle and recovered a fumble at Oakland (10/3).2009 (Houston 16/16): Started at DT and recordedfour solo tackles vs. the New York Jets (9/13)...had one solo tackle starting at defensive tackleat Tennessee (9/20)...had one pass defensedand four tackles (three solo), including one for aloss vs. Jacksonville (9/27)...made three tackles(one solo) and recorded one sack for a loss offive yards vs. Oakland (10/4)...made five tackles(three solo) includuing 0.5 sack at Arizona (10/11),in addition to a tackle for loss, quarterback hitand pass defensed...started at DT and assistedon a tackle at Cincinnati (10/18)...had one solotackle and two hits on the quarterback vs. SanFrancisco (10/25)...had three tackles (one solo)and a pass defensed in the Texans win at Buffalo(11/1)...started at defensive tackle at Indianapolis(11/8)...made four tackles (three solo) vs. Tennesseee(11/23)...registered two solo tackles and aquarterback hit vs. Indianapolis (11/29)...assistedon one tackle at Jacksonville (12/6)...made twotackles (one solo) vs. Seattle (12/13)...had twosolo tackles for a loss at St. Louis (12/20)...hadtwo solo tackles and a hit on the quarterback atMiami (12/27)...made three tackles (two solo) vs.New England (1/3).2008 (Houston 14/12): Played in 14 games with12 starts…registered 24 total tackles, includingone sack, one forced fumble and one fumblerecovery…started vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and recoveredthe first fumble of his career after DEMario Williams forced the ball out of Bengalsquarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick’s hands in thethird quarter…started and registered two totaltackles at Minnesota (11/2)…recorded five totaltackles, including his first sack of the seasonwhen he tackled Oakland QB JaMarcus Russellfor a 13-yard loss in the fourth quarter at Oakland(12/21)…also forced a fumble on the sack…itwas his first forced fumble of the season and thesecond of his career.2007 (Houston 16/14): Saw action in all 16 games,with 14 starts…totaled 32 tackles, 23 solo, 5.5sacks for 33.5 yards and a forced fumble…startedhis first NFL game and totaled one solo stopvs. Kansas City (9/9)…started and finished witha season-high 2.0 sacks for 23 yards vs. QB JakeDelhomme and four total tackles and a forcedfumble at Carolina (9/16)…added another sackto his rookie total by downing QB Peyton Manning,along with three solo stops vs. Indianapolis(9/23)…registered his third consecutive gameHOUSTONTEXANS.COM