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7Dan ORLOVSKYQUARTERBACKTRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Detroit Lions inthe fifth round of the 2005 draft (145th overall)…Re-signed by Lions on April 22, 2008…Signed bythe Houston Texans on March 1, 2009.PRO: Talented young quarterback who joined theTexans as a free agent early in the 2009 offseason…willonce again join fellow QB Matt Schaubin the Texans backfield…has played in 12 careergames with seven starts…has completed 150-of-272 career pass attempts for 1,679 yards witheight touchdowns and eight interceptions.2010 (Houston 0/0): Dressed but did not play inseason opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12), at Washington(9/19), vs. Dallas (9/26) and at Oakland(10/3).2009 (Houston 0/0): Was the team’s third quarterbackin all 16 games.2008 (Detroit 10/7): Saw action in 10 games withseven starts and threw for a career-high 1,616yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptionsfor a passer rating of 72.6…played thesecond half vs. Chicago (10/5) and completed 13-of-23 passes for 97 yards and an interception…made first start of professional career at Minnesota(10/12) and completed 12-of-21 passesfor 150 yards and one touchdown…started andcompleted 12-of-25 passes for 265 yards and atouchdown at Houston (10/19)…connected withCalvin Johnson on a 96-yard pass, the fourthlongestpass play in Lions’ history…started andcompleted 21 passes of 35 attempts for 223 yardsand a touchdown vs. Washington (10/26)…started and surpassed previous career highwith 47 pass attempts, 28 completions and twotouchdowns for 292 yards at Chicago (11/2)…Height: 6-5 | Weight: 231 | College: Connecticut |Hometown: Shelton, Connecticut | 6th NFL Season |2nd with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2010: 27 |Acquired: UFA-’09 (Detroit) | 2010 GP/GS: 0/0 |Career GP/GS: 12/7 | Teams: Detroit, 2005-08; Houston 2009-10 |re-entered starting line-up at Indianapolis (12/14)and completed 23-of-34 passes for 233 yards anda touchdown…started and went 10-of-23 for 125yards and two interceptions vs. New Orleans(12/21)…started at Green Bay (12/28) and completed22-of-42 passes for 225 yards with twotouchdowns and two interceptions.2007 (Detroit 0/0): Was the team’s third quarterbackin all 16 games.2006 (Detroit 0/0): Was the team’s third quarterbackin all 16 games.2005 (Detroit 2/0): Saw action in two games asa rookie…completed seven-of 17 pass attemptsfor 63 yards with a long completion of 20 yards…made his NFL debut at Chicago (9/18) and completedtwo-of-six passes for 20 yards…saw actionvs. Atlanta (11/24) and connected on fiveof-11passes for 43 yards.COLLEGE: Set school career records for mostpass completions (916), pass attempts (1,567),yards passing (10,706), touchdown passes (84),total plays (1,710) and total yards (10,421)…earned Most Valuable Player honors at the2004 Motor City Bowl in his final collegiate appearance…threwfor 3,354 yards with 23 touchdownsand 15 interceptions as a senior in 2004…received Connecticut Player of the Year awardfrom the Walter Camp Foundation as a junior in2003 when he threw for 3,485 yards with 33 touchdownsand 14 interceptions…also named teamMVP, Independent Offensive MVP by ESPN.com,All-ECAC and All-Independent...started everygame as a sophomore in 2002 threw for 2,488yards…played in 10 games with six starts as afreshman in 2001, becoming the first true fresh-HOUSTONTEXANS.COM