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

BROOKS REEDOUTSIDE LINEBACKERHeight: 6-3 | Weight: 250 | College: Arizona |Hometown: Tucson, Ariz. | 2nd NFL Season |2nd with Texans | Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2012: 25 |Acquired: D2a, 2011 (42nd overall) | 2012 GP/GS: 0/0 |Career GP/GS: 16/11 | Teams: Houston, 2011-12 |HEADERTEXANS BIOS58TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the second round (42nd overall) in the 2011 NFLDraft...signed by the Texans on July 31, 2011.2011 (Houston 16/10):• Made four tackles (three solo) filling in for an injured Mario Williams vs. Oakland (10/9)• Started his first NFL game, making six tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed at Baltimore(10/16)• Recorded his first career sack and finished with four solo tackles at Tennessee (10/23)• Made four tackles (three solo) and sacked Blaine Gabbert for a 7-yard loss vs. Jacksonville(10/30)• Sacked Colt McCoy twice as part of a five-tackle day vs. Cleveland (11/6)• Recorded a sack in his fourth consecutive game and knocked a Josh Freeman pass down atthe line at Tampa Bay (11/13)• Recorded a sack in his fifth consecutive game as he brought Blaine Gabbert down for a 1-yardloss at Jacksonville (11/27)• Had five tackles (three solo) and pressured Matt Ryan twice vs. Atlanta (12/4)• Had three tackles (two solo) and recovered an Andy Dalton fumble to start the second half thatset-up a come from behind victory at Cincinnati (12/11)• Made three solo tackles and recovered a fumble at Indianapolis (12/22)• Started in his postseason debut and finished with five tackles (three solo) and one sack for aloss of nine yards in AFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Cincinnati (1/7/12)• Recorded eight tackles (six solo), 2.5 sacks for a loss of 14 yards and one forced fumble inAFC Divisional Playoff at Baltimore (1/15/12)COLLEGE:• Started 34-of-45 games, recording 114 tackles (61 solo), 17 sacks and 25 tackles for loss forhis career; also forced four fumbles and deflected four pass attempts• Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors after starting all 13 games in his senior season with theWildcats, tallying a career-best 47 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss along with twopass breakups and one forced fumble• Named to preseason watch lists for the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Ted Hendricks Awardin 2009• Started 8-of-10 games, recording 23 tackles (19 solo), two sacks and five stops, contributingto a defensive unit that ranked fourth in the Pac 10 and 29th nationally in yards per gameallowed (120.5)• Enjoyed a breakout season as a sophomore in 2008 when he started all 13 games atdefensive end and garnered an All-Pac-10 honorable mention, as he delivered 38 tackles(26 solos) with 9.5 stops for losses for 59 yards and a team-high eight sacks for 57 yards andadded three forced fumbles, a quarterback hurry and two pass deflections• Switched to defensive end in 2007 after opening the season contending for H-back duty• Saw action in the final nine games of the season as a backup defensive end and on specialteams and delivered seven tackles (four solos) with one assisted sack for five yards• Redshirted in 2006PERSONAL:• Majored in geography at Arizona• Attended Sabino High School (Tucson, Az), playing football for head coach Jay Campos• Helped the Sabercats to an 8-3 record as a junior in 2004 and earned first-team all-league,honorable mention all-state and Arizona Daily Star All-Southern Arizona honorable mention asa junior while rushing for 350 yards and seven touchdowns• Led the Sabercats to a 10-4 overall record as a senior in 2005 and earned Tucson Citizenfirst-team All-3A-4A and Arizona Daily Star first-team All-Southern Arizona while posting 38tackles and three sacks from the defensive line as a senior• Earned SuperPrep All-America and All-West running back while gaining 377 yards and fivetouchdowns on 57 carries and 143 yards and one touchdown on 12 receptions as a senior• Arizona Football Coaches Association first-team All-State 4A and SuperPrep All-FarwestReed’s 2011 Season StatisticsTackles Interceptions FumblesDate, Opp G GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg TD PD FF FR Yds TD9/11 vs. IND 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/18 @ MIA 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09/25 @ NO 1 0 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/2 vs. PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/9 vs. OAK 1 0 4 3 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/16 @ BAL 1 1 6 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 010/23 @ TEN 1 1 4 4 0 1.0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010/30 vs. JAX 1 1 4 3 1 1.0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 011/6 vs. CLE 1 1 5 4 1 2.0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 011/13 @ TB 1 1 2 1 1 1.0 10.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 011/27 @ JAX 1 1 4 2 2 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012/4 vs. ATL 1 1 5 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012/11 @ CIN 1 1 3 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 012/18 vs. CAR 1 1 2 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012/22 @ IND 1 1 3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 01/1 vs. TEN 1 1 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02011 Totals 16 11 44 30 14 6.0 36.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0Reed’s 2011 Season HighsTackles 6 at Baltimore, 10/16/11Sacks 2 vs. Cleveland (C. McCoy), 11/6/11Fumbles Recovered 1 twice: at Cincinnati, 12/11; at Indianapolis, 12/22/11Passes Defensed 1 twice: at Baltimore, 10/16/11; at Tampa Bay, 11/13/11www.HoustonTexans.comtwitter.com/TexansPR