2012 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE - Parent Directory - NFL.com

MORAN NORRISFULLBACKHeight: 6-1 | Weight: 250 | College: Kansas |Hometown: Houston, Texas | 12th NFL Season |5th with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2012: 34 |Acquired: FA-’12 | 2012 GP/GS: 0/0 | Career GP/GS: 140/58 |HEADERTEXANS BIOS40Teams: New Orleans, 2001; Houston, 2002-05; San Francisco, 2006-07; Detroit,2008; San Francisco, 2009-11; Houston, 2012 |TRANSACTIONS: Selected by New Orleans Saints in the fourth round (115th overall) of the 2001 NFLDraft...Released by Saints on Sept. 18, 2002...Signed by Houston Texans on Sept. 19, 2002...Released byTexans on May 9, 2006...Signed by San Francisco 49ers on May 23, 2006...Released by 49ers on Aug. 31,2008...Signed by Detroit Lions on Oct. 9, 2008...Released by Lions on Oct. 12, 2008...Re-signed by Lionson Oct. 13, 2008...Signed as an unrestricted free agent by 49ers on March 1, 2009...Signed by Texans onJune 14, 2012.HONORS:• 2009 USA Football/NFLPA “All-Fundamentals” Team2011 (San Francisco 5/2):• Saw action in five games including two starts at fullback• Inactive due to fibula injury at Cincinnati (9/25) and at Philadelphia (10/2)2010 (San Francisco 15/11):• Started a career-high 11 games at fullback2009 (San Francisco 15/11):• Set career highs in rushing attempts (14) and rushing yards (41), while recording a career-highseven receptions• Rushed for a career-high 16 yards vs. Seattle (9/20), while also tying his career high of threereceptions• Registered a career-high 3 rushing attempts, including converting third-and-1s at Indianapolis (11/1)• Scored his first career rushing touchdown and tied his career high with three carries at St. Louis (1/3)2008 (Detroit 15/11):• Saw action in 11 games including eight starts for Lions after being signed on Oct. 92007 (San Francisco 16/4)• Saw action in 16 games including four starts• At New York Giants (10/21), blocked a punt that went out of the back of the endzone in third quarterresulting in a safety2006 (San Francisco 14/7)• Saw action in 14 games including seven starts• Finished season with a career-high two touchdown receptions• Made first start of the season at fullback vs. San Diego (10/15) and caught a two yard touchdownreception, the second of his career• Posted a career-long touchdown reception at Denver (12/31)2005 (Houston 16/5)• Saw action in all 16 games including five starts at fullback for the Texans• Paved the way for a Texans ground attack that gained 1,816 yards• Tallied 12 tackles and a forced fumble on special team and caught one pass for four-yard touchdownat Cincinnati (10/2)2004 (Houston 12/4)• Saw action in all 12 games including four starts2003 (Houston 16/9)• Started 9-of-16 games, finishing season with seven receptions for a career-high 40 yards and eightspecial teams tackles• Made first NFL start at New Orleans (9/14)• Caught first career pass vs. Jachsonville (9/28), finishing with 3 receptions for 16 yards2002 (Houston 13/0)• Played in 13 games, mainly on special teams, recording six special teams stops2001 (New Orleans 5/0)• Played in five games for New Orleans, primarily on special teams and recorded two special teamstacklesCOLLEGE:• Rushed for 864 career yards and 10 touchdowns on 199 carries, adding 17 receptions for 87 yardswith a touchdown for the Jayhawks• Rushed for 313 yards and two touchdowns as a senior, earning Third-Team All-Big 12 honors• Rushed for career-high 537 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior, splitting time between fullbackand tailback• Arrived in Lawrence as a tight end before transitioning to the backfield• Selected to the honorable mention Freshman All-American team by The Sporting News in 2006• Redshirted in 2005PERSONAL:• An all-city and all-district selection as a senior at James Madison High School in Houston, Texaswhere he caught 25 passes for 410 yards as a tight end• Ran track at Madison, competing in the 4x100, the 100 and the mile relay• Was a member of the Kansas Jayhawks Scholar List. Graduated with dual degrees in communicationsand crime and delinquencyNorris’ 2011 Season StatisticsDate, Opp GP GS Rush Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD9/11 vs. SEA 1 0 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 09/18 vs. DAL 1 1 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 09/25 @ CIN INACTIVE10/2 @ PHI INACTIVE10/9 vs. TB INACTIVE10/16 @ DET INACTIVE10/30 vs. CLE INACTIVE11/6 @ WAS INACTIVE11/13 vs. NYG INACTIVE11/20 vs. ARI INACTIVE11/24 @ BAL 1 1 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 012/4 vs. STL INACTIVE12/11 @ ARI INACTIVE12/19 vs. PIT INACTIVE12/24 @ SEA 1 0 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 01/1 @ STL 1 0 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 02011 Totals 5 2 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0Norris’ Career StatisticsYear Team G GS Rush Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD2001 NO 5 0 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 02002 HOU 13 0 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 02003 HOU 16 9 0 0 -- -- 0 7 40 5.7 11 02004 HOU 12 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 4 13 3.3 7 02005 HOU 16 5 0 0 -- -- 0 1 4 4.0 4 12006 SF 14 7 2 8 4.0 4 0 5 36 7.2 32 22007 SF 16 5 7 17 2.4 6 0 6 38 6.3 13 02008 DET 11 8 1 1 1.0 1 0 4 16 4.0 6 02009 SF 16 7 14 41 2.9 15 1 7 31 4.4 11 02010 SF 16 11 3 0 0.0 1 0 4 20 5.0 8 02011 SF 5 2 0 0 -- -- 0 0 0 -- -- 0NFL Totals 140 58 28 67 2.4 15 1 38 198 5.2 32 3Norris’ Career HighsReceptions 3 twice, most recently vs. Seattle (17 yards), 9/20/09Receiving Yards 32 at Denver (1 reception), 12/31/06Receiving Long 32t at Denver (1 reception), 12/31/06Rushing Yards 16 at Seattle (2 attempt), 9/20/09Rushing Long 15 at Seattle, 9/20/09Additional StatisticsSpecial Teams Tackles: 26 total; 2001 – 1; 2002 – 2; 2003 – 5; 2004 – 3, 2005 – 9; 2006 – 3; 2007 – 2;2009 – 1 .www.HoustonTexans.comtwitter.com/TexansPR