<strong>HOUSTON</strong> <strong>TEXANS</strong>NUMERIC ROSTERNO. NAME POS HT WT AGE <strong>NFL</strong> EXP COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN HOW ACQUIRED1 Matt Turk P 6-5 248 42 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater Greenfield, Wisc. FA-’074 Neil Rackers K 6-1 215 34 11 Illinois St. Louis, Mo. UFA-’10 (ARI)7 Dan Orlovsky QB 6-5 230 27 6 Connecticut Shelton, Conn. UFA-’09 (DET)8 Matt Schaub QB 6-5 239 29 7 Virginia West Chester, Pa. T-’07 (ATL)9 Matt Leinart QB 6-5 232 27 5 Southern California Santa Ana, Calif. FA-’1012 Jacoby Jones WR 6-2 210 26 4 Lane College New Orleans, La. D3-’0719 Dorin Dickerson WR 6-2 227 22 R Pittsburgh Imperial, Pa. D7-’1020 Steve Slaton RB 5-9 206 24 3 West Virginia Levittown, Pa. D3b-’0821 Brice McCain CB 5-9 184 23 2 Utah Terrell, Texas D6-’0922 Sherrick McManis CB 6-1 193 22 R Northwestern Peoria, Ill. D5-’1023 Arian Foster RB 6-1 227 24 2 Tennessee San Diego, Calif. CFA-’0924 Karl Paymah CB 6-0 195 27 6 Washington State Culver City, Calilf. FA-’1025 Kareem Jackson CB 5-10 195 22 R Alabama Macon, Ga. D1-’1026 Eugene Wilson FS 5-10 196 30 8 Illinois Merrillville, Ind. FA-’0828 Antwaun Molden CB 6-1 200 25 3 Eastern Kentucky Cleveland, Ohio D3a-’0829 Glover Quin CB 6-0 203 24 2 New Mexico Summitt, Miss. D4a-’0931 Bernard Pollard SS 6-1 225 25 5 Purdue Fort Wayne, Ind. FA-’0932 Derrick Ward RB 5-11 228 30 7 Ottawa (Kansas) Moreno Valley, Calif. FA-’1033 Troy Nolan SS 6-2 206 24 2 Arizona State Woodland Hills, Calif. D7-’0934 Dominique Barber SS 6-0 213 24 3 Minnesota Wayzata, Minn. D6-’0844 Vonta Leach FB 6-0 255 28 7 East Carolina Rowland, N.C. FA-’0646 Jon Weeks LS 5-10 254 24 1 Baylor Bethpage, N.Y. FA-’1051 Darryl Sharpton LB 5-11 248 22 R Miami (Fla.) Coral Gables, Fla. D4a-’1052 Xavier Adibi LB 6-2 242 25 3 Virginia Tech Hampton, Va. D4-’0853 David Nixon LB 6-3 225 25 2 Brigham Young College Station, Texas W-’10 (OAK)54 Zac Diles LB 6-2 238 25 4 Kansas State Tulare, Calif. D7-’0755 Chris Myers C 6-4 296 29 6 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. T-’08 (DEN)56 Brian Cushing LB 6-3 259 23 2 Southern California Park Ridge, N.J. D1-’0957 Kevin Bentley LB 6-0 252 30 9 Northwestern North Hills, Calif. UFA-’08 (SEA)58 Isaiah Greenhouse LB 6-2 239 23 R Northwestern State Marksville, La. FA-’1059 DeMeco Ryans LB 6-1 248 26 5 Alabama Bessemer, Ala. D2-’0662 Antoine Caldwell C 6-3 311 24 2 Alabama Montgomery, Ala. D3-’0964 Kasey Studdard G 6-3 304 26 4 Texas Lone Tree, Colo. D6-’0765 Mike Brisiel G 6-5 302 27 3 Colorado State Fayetteville, Ark. CFA-’0666 Ephraim Salaam T 6-7 310 34 13 San Diego State Chicago, Ill. FA-’1072 Jesse Nading DE 6-5 261 23 2 Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. CFA-’0873 Eric Winston T 6-7 316 26 5 Miami (Fla.) Midland, Texas D3b-’0674 Wade Smith G 6-4 309 29 7 Memphis Dallas, Texas UFA-’10 (KC)77 Ryan Denney DE 6-7 276 33 9 Brigham Young Denver, Colo. FA-’1078 Rashad Butler T 6-4 309 27 5 Miami (Fla.) West Palm Beach, Fla. W-’07 (CAR)80 Andre Johnson WR 6-3 223 29 8 Miami (Fla.) Miami, Fla. D1-’0381 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 242 27 5 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. D4-’0683 Kevin Walter WR 6-3 218 29 8 Eastern Michigan Vernon Hills, Ill. RFA-’06 (CIN)85 Joel Dreessen TE 6-4 245 28 5 Colorado State Fort Morgan, Colo. FA-’0786 James Casey TE 6-3 240 26 2 Rice Azle, Texas D5-’0988 Garrett Graham TE 6-3 240 24 R Wisconsin Brick, N.J. D4b-’1089 David Anderson WR 5-10 192 27 5 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. D7-’0690 Mario Williams DE 6-6 290 25 5 North Carolina State Richlands, N.C. D1-’0691 Amobi Okoye DT 6-2 292 23 4 Louisville Huntsville, Ala. D1-’0792 Earl Mitchell DT 6-3 291 23 R Arizona Galena Park, Texas D3-’1094 Antonio Smith DE 6-4 275 28 7 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. UFA-’09 (ARI)95 Shaun Cody DT 6-4 304 27 6 Southern California Hacienda Heights, Calif. UFA-’09 (DET)97 Frank Okam DT 6-5 350 24 3 Texas Dallas, Texas D5-’0899 Adewale Ogunleye DE 6-4 260 33 11 Indiana Brooklyn, N.Y. FA-’10Physically Unable to Perform (1)87 Anthony Hill TE 6-6 278 25 2 North Carolina State Houston, Texas D4b-’09Reserve/Suspended (1)76 Duane Brown T 6-4 312 25 3 Virginia Tech Richmond, Va. D1-’08Reserve/Injured (9)11 André Davis WR 6-1 195 31 9 Virginia Tech Niskayuna, N.Y. UFA-’07 (BUF)16 Trindon Holliday WR 5-5 169 24 R LSU Zachary, La. Hand (8/30)43 Ben Tate RB 5-11 219 22 R Auburn Salisbury, Md. Ankle (8/30)45 Justin Griffith FB 6-0 230 30 8 Mississippi State Magee, Miss. Neck (8/4)50 Darnell Bing LB 6-2 230 26 2 Southern California Long Beach, Calif. Neck (8/20)82 Derek Fine TE 6-3 244 27 3 Kansas Sallisaw, Okla. Knee (9/4)84 Trey Stross WR 6-4 201 23 R Iowa Avon Lake, Ohio L Foot (6/16)93 Tim Bulman DE 6-4 273 27 4 Boston College Dorchester, Mass. Shoulder (8/16)98 Connor Barwin DE 6-4 260 23 2 Cincinnati Detroit, Mich. Ankle (9/14)Practice Squad (7)14 Derrick Townsel WR 5-9 175 22 R Murray State Memphis, Tenn. FA-’1015 Bobby Williams WR 6-2 198 24 1 North Alabama Jacksonville, Fla. FA-’1027 Chris Ogbonnaya RB 6-0 225 24 2 Texas Houston, Texas FA-’1042 Torri Williams S 6-2 210 24 R Purdue Leander, Texas FA-’1067 Malcolm Sheppard DT 6-2 289 22 R Arkansas Bainbridge, Ga. FA-’1070 Cole Pemberton T 6-7 306 23 R Colorado State Highlands Ranch, Colo. FA-’1075 Brett Helms C 6-2 301 24 1 LSU Stuttgart, Ark. FA-’10Head Coach: Gary KubiakAssistant Coaches: Frank Bush (Defensive Coordinator); Rick Dennison (Offensive Coordinator); Joe Marciano (Special Teams Coordinator); Ray Rhodes (Sr. Defensive Asst.); John Benton (OffensiveLine); Perry Carter (Defensive Asst.); David Gibbs (Defensive Backs); Chick Harris (Running Backs); Johnny Holland (Linebackers); Larry Kirksey (Wide Receivers); Greg Knapp (Quarterbacks); Bill Kollar(Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Marc Lubick (Offensive Asst.); Bruce Matthews (Offensive Assistant); Brian Pariani (Tight Ends); Frank Pollack (Asst. Offensive Line); Robert Saleh (Asst. Linebackers);Matt Schiotz (Asst. Strength & Conditioning); Cedric Smith (Strength & Conditioning).Pronunciation Guide: Xavier Adibi - Ah-DEE-bee; Mike Brisiel - Bry-ZELL; Joel Dreessen - DREE-sen; Arian Foster - AIR-ee-an; Vonta Leach - VON-tay; Adewale Ogunleye - Ad-eh-WALL-ay Oh-GOONlee-ay;Frank Okam - OH-cam; Amobi Okoye - Ah-MOH-bee Oh-KOY-yay; Dan Orlovsky - Or-LAHV-ski; Glover Quin - GLOW-ver; DeMeco Ryans - Deh-MEE-co; Ephraim Salaam - EEF-rahm Suh-LAHM;Matt Schaub - SHOBB58GAME 5 • <strong>TEXANS</strong> VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • <strong>HOUSTON</strong><strong>TEXANS</strong>.COM
<strong>HOUSTON</strong> <strong>TEXANS</strong>GAME-BY-GAME PARTICIPATIONPLAYER IND @WAS DAL @OAK NYG KC @IND SD @JAX@NYJ TEN @PHI BAL @TEN@DEN JAX GP-GS-DNP-INAAdibi, Xavier SUB SLB SLB SLB 4-3-0-0Anderson, David SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Barber, Dominique SUB SUB SUB FS 4-1-0-0Barwin, Connor SUB IR IR IR 1-0-0-0Bentley, Kevin SUB SUB SUB INA 3-0-0-1Bing, Darnell IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Brisiel, Mike SUB SUB RG RG 4-2-0-0Brown, Duane LT LT SUS SUS 2-2-0-0Bulman, Tim IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Butler, Rashad SUB SUB LT LT 4-2-0-0Caldwell, Antoine RG RG SUB SUB 4-2-0-0Casey, James SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Cody, Shaun NT NT NT NT 4-4-0-0Cushing, Brian SUS SUS SUS SUS 0-0-0-0Daniels, Owen TE TE TE SUB 4-3-0-0Davis, André IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Denney, Ryan NWT SUB SUB INA 2-0-0-1Dickerson, Dorin INA INA INA SUB 1-0-0-3Diles, Zac WLB WLB WLB WLB 4-4-0-0Dreessen, Joel SUB SUB SUB TE 4-1-0-0Foster, Arian RB RB RB SUB 4-3-0-0Graham, Garrett INA INA INA INA 0-0-0-4Griffith, Justin IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Greenhouse, Isaiah PS PS PS SUB 1-0-0-0Hill, Anthony PUP PUP PUP PUP 0-0-0-0Holliday, Trindon IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Jackson, Kareem RCB RCB RCB RCB 4-4-0-0Jamison, Tim SUB NWT NWT NWT 1-0-0-0Johnson, Andre WR WR WR INA 3-3-0-1Jones, Jacoby XWR SUB XWR WR 4-3-0-0Leach, Vonta SUB FB SUB FB 4-2-0-0Leinart, Matt 3QB 3QB 3QB 3QB 0-0-0-4McCain, Brice XCB SUB SUB SUB 4-1-0-0McManis, Sherrick SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Mitchell, Earl SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Molden, Antwaun INA INA SUB SUB 2-0-0-2Myers, Chris C C C C 4-4-0-0Nading, Jesse SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Nixon, David INA SUB INA SUB 2-0-0-2Nolan, Troy SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Ogunleye, Adewale NWT INA INA SUB 1-0-0-2Okam, Frank INA SUB SUB SUB 3-0-0-1Okoye, Amobi DT DT DT DT 4-4-0-0Orlovsky, Dan DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-4-0Paymah, Karl NWT NWT NWT SUB 1-0-0-0Pollard, Bernard SS SS SS SS 4-4-0-0Quin, Glover LCB LCB LCB LCB 4-4-0-0Rackers, Neil SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Ryans, DeMeco MLB MLB MLB MLB 4-4-0-0Salaam, Ephraim NWT NWT SUB SUB 2-0-0-0Schaub, Matt QB QB QB QB 4-4-0-0Sharpton, Darryl SUB SUB SUB INA 3-0-0-1Slaton, Steve SUB SUB SUB RB 4-1-0-0Smith, Antonio LDE LDE LDE LDE 4-4-0-0Smith, Shelley INA INA INA NWT 0-0-0-3Smith, Wade LG LG LG LG 4-4-0-0Stross, Trey IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Studdard, Kasey INA INA INA INA 0-0-0-4Tate, Ben IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0Turk, Matt SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Wall, Jamar SUB INA INA NWT 1-0-0-2Walter, Kevin WR WR WR WR 4-4-0-0Ward, Derrick DNP SUB SUB SUB 3-0-1-0Weeks, Jon SUB SUB SUB SUB 4-0-0-0Williams, Mario RDE RDE RDE RDE 4-4-0-0Wilson, Eugene FS FS FS INA 3-3-0-1Winston, Eric RT RT RT RT 4-4-0-0Key: POS-starter; SUB-played; DNP- did not play; INA- inactive; 3QB - third quarterback; SUS - reserve/suspended; IR - reserve/injured; PUP -reserve/ physically unable to perform; PS - practice squad; NWT - not with team.59GAME 5 • <strong>TEXANS</strong> VS. NEW YORK GIANTS • <strong>HOUSTON</strong><strong>TEXANS</strong>.COM
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James CASEY86 TIG HT ENDTRANSACTION
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CUSHING, BRIANSingle Game HighsTack
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DENNEY, RYANDenney’s 2010 Season
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DICKERSON, DORINHIGH SCHOOL: Attend
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DILES, ZACAll-Star Classic in Houst
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DREESSEN, JOELmade two special team
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Arian FOSTER23 RUNNING BACKTRANSACT
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Garrett GRAHAM88 TIG HT ENDTRANSACT
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Kareem JACKSON25 CORNERBACKTRANSACT
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Andre JOHNSON80 WIDE RECEIVERHeight
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JOHNSON, ANDREhis fourth 100-yard g
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JOHNSON, ANDRESingle Game HighsRece
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JONES, JACOBYAFC Special Teams Play
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Vonta LEACH44 FULLBACKTRANSACTIONS:
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LEACH, VONTALeach’s 2010 Season S
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LEINART, MATTseven minutes and resu
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LEINART, MATTSingle Game HighsPassi
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McCAIN, BRICEMcCain’s 2010 Season
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McMANIS, SHERRICKHIGH SCHOOL: A ver
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MITCHELL, EARLtion’s 10th-best fu
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MOLDEN, ANTWAUNCOLLEGE: Started 23
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MYERS, CHRISpractice squad before b
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NADING, JESSEfor each contest...rec
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RACKERS, NEILconsecutive successful
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SCHAUB, MATT2007 (Houston 11/11): G
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