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18 Sage Rosenfels - Biography

HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 224
COLLEGE: Iowa State
NFL EXP: 8th season

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Washington Redskins in fourth round (109th pick overall) of 2001 NFL draft…signed by Redskins on July 26, 2001…traded by Redskins to Miami Dolphins for pick in 2003 NFL draft on August 22, 2002…re-signed by Dolphins on April 20, 2004…re-signed by Dolphins on March 11, 2005…signed by Houston Texans on March 12, 2006.

PRO (through 2007 season): Smart, accurate passer that has proven his ability to lead a team as a starter...a valuable backup quarterback with the ability to start in the NFL…has thrown for 2,725 yards and 24 touchdowns during his first seven seasons…made seven starts in 26 appearances…led his team to four career wins in his seven starts.

2008 (Houston 6/5): Did not play at Pittsburgh (9/7), at Tennessee (9/21), at Jacksonville (9/28), vs. Miami (10/12), vs. Detroit (10/19) or vs. Cincinnati (10/26)...started in place of Matt Schaub vs. Indianapolis (10/5)...completed 21 of 33 pass attempts for 246 yards and one touchdown...made his second appearance of the season at Minnesota (11/2) when QB Matt Schaub left with a knee injury...completed 21 out of 29 pass attempts for 224 yards and two touchdowns...started at quarterback vs. Baltimore (11/9)...completed 23 of 38 pass attempts for 294 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown to WR Kevin Walter...started at quarterback at Indianapolis (11/16)...completed 13 of 18 passes for 192 yards...the 60-yard completion in the first quarter was the third-longest of his career...finished 24-of-32 for 275 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions at Cleveland (11/23)...his 275 yards were his second-most this season and the third-most of his career...he went over 1,000 passing yards for the season on the opening drive of the game...started at quarterback vs. Jacksonville (12/1)...completed 14-of-24 pass attempts for 200 yards and one touchdown...the touchdown was the 30th touchdown pass of his career...did not play at Green Bay (12/7), vs. Tennessee (12/14), at Oakland (12/21) or vs. Chicago (12/28).
 
2007 (Houston 9/5): Had the best season of his career when he started five games, leading the Texans to four wins…finished 154-of-240 for 1,684 and 15 touchdowns all career-highs…threw 11 interceptions and recorded a season quarterback rating of 84.8… was sacked six times for 48 yards and compiled a completion percentage of 64.2…finished behind only New England QB Tom Brady in the AFC in fourth quarter passing, with a quarterback rating of 112.9…out of Rosenfels' 15 touchdowns, 11 were completed in the fourth quarter, most in the NFL...his 15 touchdown passes on the season gave him the second-most touchdown passes in a season in Texans history, one behind David Carr's 16 in 2004…had 21 carries for 51 yards, including a five-yard rushing touchdown, the first of his career…saw action in his first game of the season at reserve QB at Jacksonville (10/14)…finished 11-of-12 for 82 yards and a touchdown…found FB Vonta Leach in the corner of the endzone late in the fourth quarter for the only touchdown of the day for Houston…saw extensive action as reserve QB against Tennessee (10/21)…entered the game midway through the first quarter after starting QB Matt Schaub went down with a knee injury…completed 22-of-35 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns all in the fourth quarter…led the biggest comeback in Texans history…his 249 passing yards in the fourth quarter ranks second in NFL history for passing yards in the final quarter…passed for four touchdowns in the fourth quarter to dig the Texans out of a 32-7 deficit entering the final period…he threw fourth quarter scores to WR David Anderson, WR Kevin Walter and TE Jeb Putzier to bring the score to 32-29…after the Texans recovered an onside kick, Rosenfels threw his long touchdown pass of the game to WR André Davis for 53 yards…with the extra point the Texans took the lead 36-35…late field goal by Tennessee sealed the victory for the Titans…threw three interceptions and was not sacked in the game…he finished with a QB rating 91.4…played in is third consecutive game as reserve QB at San Diego (10/28), replacing QB Matt Schaub in the second quarter who left with a concussion...completed 17-of-27 passes for 176 yards…threw the only touchdown pass of the game connecting with TE Joel Dreessen on a 28-yard strike… started his first game as a Texan at Oakland (11/4)…was 11-of-19 for 181 yards…found RB Ahman Green for 53 yards, his long pass of the day, during the opening drive, setting up a Green rushing touchdown…later in the quarter he guided the offense six plays for 24 yards and a K Kris Brown 40-yard field goal to put the Texans up 17-0 going into the half…midway through the fourth quarter he found WR André Davis for a 42-yard touchdown…finished with a quarterback rating 85.6 and he threw one interception…entered the game in the first quarter when QB Matt Schaub left with a shoulder injury at Tennessee (12/2)...finished 17-of-30 for 185 yards and a touchdown…threw his eighth touchdown pass of the season, connecting with WR Andre Johnson for the 28-yard score…finished with 25 rushing yards, a career-high…started in his second career game as a Texan against Tampa Bay (12/9)…completed 27-of-36 for 209 yards and three touchdowns…capped the Texans first drive with a four-yard touchdown pass to WR Andre Johnson…later in the second half found WR Kevin Walter for the eight-yard touchdown reception…opened the fourth quarter with his third touchdown pass of the game, finding TE Owen Daniels for the four-yard score…was his third career games with three or more touchdown passes…his quarterback rating of 116.6 was also the second-highest of the season…started at QB in the Texans first Thursday Night Game against Denver (12/13)…was 16-of-27 for 200 yards, one passing touchdown and his first career rushing touchdown…capped the opening with a five-yard run to put the Texans on the board early…he threw his only touchdown pass of the day to WR Andre Johnson to start the fourth quarter on a four-yard score during the first drive of the fourth quarter…long pass of the day went to TE Owen Daniels for 29 yards… his lone loss of the season as a  starter came at QB at Indianapolis (12/23)…finished 22-of-36 for 233 yards and two touchdowns…opened the game by finding WR Kevin Walter in the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown…threw his second touchdown of the game late in the fourth quarter when he found WR Andre Johnson for a six-yard score…started the final game of the season against Jacksonville (12/30)…led the Texans offense to a team-record 42 points on the day...completed 11-of-18 passes for 128 yards and one touchdown…tied the game at 14 all when he found capped TE Owen Daniels on a two-yard score…finished with a quarterback rating of 78.0 and threw one interception.

2006 (Houston 4/0): Played in four games…tied a Texans record with three touchdown passes at Tennessee (10/29)…completed a career-high 69.2 percent of his passes …played in his first game as a Texan at Dallas (10/15) in a relief role…entered the game at Tennessee (10/29) in the second half…finished the game 18-of-25 for 186 yards and three touchdowns…he finished the game with a 116.0 QB rating, his highest of the season…filled in as the holder on kicks at New York Jets (11/26)…registered one special teams tackle when he ran down on a missed field goal…broke his throwing wrist on the play…was placed on injured reserve (11/28).

2005 (Miami 4/1): Played in four games with one start as a backup…finished the season completing 34 of 61 pass attempts for 462 yards, four touchdowns with three interceptions for a 81.4 passer rating…played in relief against Kansas City (10/21) and completed his only pass attempt for a career-long 77-yard touchdown to WR Chris Chambers…started at Cleveland (11/20) and finished five-for-10 passing for 14 yards …stepped in vs. Buffalo (12/4) and led the biggest come-from-behind victory in the fourth quarter in Dolphins history, rallying the team from a 23-3 deficit to a 24-23 win…finished that game with 272 yards on 22-of-37 passing with two touchdowns and one interception in his first-career victory…started the second half vs. New York Jets (12/18) when the score was tied 10-10 and completed six of his 13 pass attempts for 99 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions…led the team to a 24-20 win, giving him his second fourth-quarter comeback win of the season.

2004 (Miami 3/1): Played in three games with one start…started the first game of his career for injured QB A.J. Feeley in the team's season finale at Baltimore (1/2/05)…completed 16-of-38 passes for 264 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions…completed the Dolphins' longest pass play of the season on a 76-yard touchdown pass to Chambers on the first play from scrimmage.

2003 (Miami 2/0): Appeared in two games, both as a reserve, and finished the season with four completions on six pass attempts for 50 yards and one touchdown for a 131.9 passer rating…totaled 50 passing yards and one touchdown with no interceptions on four-of-six passing, all in a 31-7 loss at Tennessee (11/9)…notched his first-career completion on a five-yard pass to running back Travis Minor…threw first-career touchdown to Donald Lee.

2002 (Miami 4/0): Played in four games as a reserve, in his first season with the Dolphins…finished with zero completions on three attempts during his Dolphins' debut in Miami's Monday night game at Green Bay (11/4).

2001 (Washington 0/0): Did not see any game action, spending most of the season as Washington's third quarterback…was promoted to backup quarterback in two games, but did not play.

COLLEGE: Was a four-year letterman at Iowa State from 1997-2000…finished with 4,164 passing yards with 19 touchdowns and 26 interceptions on 306-of-587 passing during his four-year career, including the last two as a starter…totaled 660 career rushing yards and 14 touchdowns on 164 carries…led the Cyclones to their first bowl appearance in 22 years, as well as Iowa State's first-ever postseason win, when he helped beat Pittsburgh in the Insight.com Bowl as a senior in 2000 to give his team a 9-3 record…completed 172-of-333 passes for 2,298 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior co-captain…rushed for 381 yards and 10 touchdowns…redshirted as a freshman in 1996.

Attended Maquoketa (Iowa) High School, where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and track for the Cardinals…was an all-state selection in baseball, basketball, and football…majored in marketing…grew up on an 11-acre property in Maquoketa, a town near the Iowa/Illinois border with a population of less than 6,500…born Sage Rosenfels in Maquoketa, Iowa…he and his wife, Maria, have two children: daughter, Ava and son, Peyton.