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OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE PLAYER NOTES
Preseason Game #3 • Houston Texans vs. New Orleans Saints • Sunday, August 25, 2013
MYERS ANCHORING THE OFFENSIVE LINE
C Chris Myers has been a mainstay on the Texans offensive
line since joining the team via trade from Denver
in 2008. Myers earned his first Pro Bowl selection following
the 2011 season and helped the Texans set a team
record and rank second in the NFL with 153.0 rushing
yards per game. He was selected again for NFL’s all-star
game in 2012 after helping direct the NFL’s seventhranked
offense (372.1 yards per game).
Myers
Myers has started 80 consecutive games at center for the Texans and
has started 96 consecutive games going back to his days in Denver. The
Texans have finished in the League’s top four in total offense in three of
his first four years with the team: third in 2008 (382.1 yards per game);
fourth in 2009 (383.1); and third in 2010 (386.6 yards per game).
Martin
MARTIN YIELDS HIGH RETURNS
The explosive play that Texans rookie WR Keshawn
Martin displayed at Michigan State showed up at Reliant
Stadium in Week 11 vs. Jacksonville. Houston’s fourthround
pick posted the most combined return yards of
any player in the NFL in 2012 with 238.
Martin ran a fourth-quarter punt back 71 yards and had
the Texans’ longest kickoff return of the season, for 54
yards in the second quarter.
SINGLE-GAME COMBINED RETURN YARDS, 2012
Player Date Tm Opp PR Yds KOR Yds TotYds
Keshawn Martin 11/18 Hou Jac 76 162 238
Joshua Cribbs 10/7 Cle NYG 12 221 233
David Wilson 12/9 NYG NO 0 227 227
David Wilson 9/30 NYG Phi 0 217 217
Marcus Thigpen 9/9 Mia Hou 76 137 213
The rookie’s big day turned out to be one of the best in Texans history,
ranking third all-time.
TEXANS SINGLE-GAME COMBINED RETURN YARDS
Player Date Tm Opp PR Yds KOR Yds TotYds
Jerome Mathis 10/23/05 Hou Ind 0 266 266
Jerome Mathis 11/20/05 Hou KC 0 266 266
Keshawn Martin 11/18/12 Hou Jac 76 162 238
Andre’ Davis 12/30/07 Hou Jac 0 234 234
Jerome Mathis 9/23/07 Hou Ind 0 233 233
Martin also made his first career start against Jacksonville and caught
his first NFL touchdown pass, a 9-yard strike from QB Matt Schaub on
Houston’s opening drive.
Martin led the Texans and ranked fifth in the NFL with a franchise-record
12.1 punt return average and a posted a 23.9 kickoff return average after
taking over return duties in Week 6 against Green Bay.
TEXANS SINGLE-SEASON PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
Player Yr G PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Keshawn Martin 2012 16 22 10 267 12.14 71 0
Jacoby Jones 2008 16 32 17 386 12.06 73t 2
Jacoby Jones 2009 14 39 14 426 10.92 62 0
Jacoby Jones 2011 16 49 7 518 10.57 79t 1
Jacoby Jones 2007 14 30 7 286 9.53 74 0
ONE OF THE AFC’S SPECIAL PLAYERS
OLB Bryan Braman led the Texans and was fifth in the
AFC with 16 special teams tackles despite missing two
games in 2012. A Pro Bowl alternate, Braman was named
to the USA Today All-Joe Team following the season.
In Week 6 against Green Bay, Braman recorded three
special teams tackles and blocked a punt in the fourth
quarter that was recovered for a touchdown. It was the
Braman
first blocked punt by a Texan since Jan. 1, 2006, and the
first punt block recovered for a touchdown since Dec. 22, 2002.
Braman blocked his second punt of the season in Week 15 against
Indianapolis. This time, Braman recovered his own blocked kick and returned
it 8 yards for a touchdown.
AFC SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES LEADERS
Player Tm Gm Tot S A
Johnson Bademosi Cle 16 18 13 5
Curtis Brown Pit 15 18 15 3
Dan Skuta Cin 16 17 11 6
Matthew Slater NE 16 17 11 6
Bryan Braman Hou 14 16 14 2
Cushing
CUSHING LANDS ON IR WITH TORN ACL
Two-time captain and 2011 Team MVP ILB Brian Cushing
suffered a torn ACL in Week 5 at the New York Jets,
ending what looked to be another promising season.
Through the first five games of 2012, Cushing led the
Texans with 43 tackles and had a forced fumble and an
interception.
He posted a season-high 13 tackles against Tennessee
in Week 4. He had five tackles in less than two quarters
of play when he went down against New York.
BRIAN CUSHING IN 2012
Tackles
INTs
Date, Opp Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg PD FF
9/9 vs. Mia 9 6 3 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 1 1
9/16 at Jac 9 3 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
9/23 at Den 7 6 1 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
9/30 vs. Ten 13 9 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
10/8 at NYJ 5 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
43 27 16 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 2 1
BRIAN CUSHING’S CAREER
Tackles
INTs
Year G GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds No Yds Lg PD FF
2009 16 16 133 85 48 4.0 30.5 4 26 20 10 2
2010 12 12 76 49 27 1.5 12.0 0 0 0 4 1
2011 16 16 114 77 37 4.0 21.0 2 5 5 5 2
2012 5 5 43 27 16 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals 49 49 366 238 128 9.5 63.5 7 32 20 21 6
Cushing ranks fourth on the Texans all-time tackles list and led the
team in tackles two out of his first three seasons.
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