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94 N.D. Kalu - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 257
COLLEGE: Rice
NFL EXP: 12th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 1997 | PHI | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | WAS | 13 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | WAS | 12 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | WAS | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | PHI | 14 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | PHI | 16 | 16 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| 2005 | PHI | 15 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 15 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 15 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 136 | 30 | 187 | 143 | 44 | 31.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 | |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected in the fifth round by Philadelphia (152nd pick overall) of 1997 NFL draft…signed by Eagles on July 15, 1997…released by Eagles on August 25, 1998…signed by Washington Redskins on August 30, 1998…re-signed by Redskins on May 18, 2000…re-signed by Eagles on March 12, 2001…placed on injured reserve with a knee injury for entire 2004 season…signed by Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 27, 2006…re-signed with Texans on March 2, 2007...released on Nov. 5, 2008.
HONORS: 2006 Mickey Herskowitz Award (most media-friendly player)…2002 NFC Defensive Player of the Week (13)
PRO (through 2007 season): Speedy end with a non-stop motor who possesses the strength to challenge linemen… has 220 total tackles, 134 solo, 28 sacks, and four forced fumbles in his career…best season came in 2003 when he started all 16 games and two playoff games and finished ranked third on the team in sacks with 5.5…has played in three NFC Championship Games…earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors after collecting three sacks vs. St. Louis (12/1/02).
2008 (Houston 2/0): Played defensive end at Pittsburgh (9/7)...recorded 2 total tackles...played at defensive end at Tennessee (9/21)...posted two solo tackles...inactive at Jacksonville (9/28), vs. Indianapolis (10/5), vs. Miami (10/12), vs. Detroit (10/19) vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and at Minnesota (11/2).
2007: Saw action in 15 games with one start…finished the season with 13 total tackles, including 3.0 sacks for 14.5 yards…saw action in the season opener and finished with two total tackles vs. Kansas City (9/9)…did not make a tackle at Carolina (9/16)…recorded one solo stop vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…inactive at Atlanta (9/30)…recorded one assisted tackle vs. Miami (10/7)…saw action at Jacksonville (10/14), vs. Tennessee (10/21) and at San Diego (10/28)…registered one solo stop at Oakland (11/4)…finished with two stops, one solo, vs. New Orleans (11/18)…recorded one stop at Cleveland (11/25)…did not make a tackle at Tennessee (12/2)…recorded a half sack on QB Luke McCown and also recorded an assisted tackle vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…registered a season-high 1.5 sacks on QB Jay Cutler and also recorded a season-high four tackles vs. Denver (12/13)…saw action but did not record a tackle at Indianapolis (12/23) and vs. Jacksonville (12/30).
2006: Played in 13 games, starting three…with injuries along the Texans defensive line, saw action at defensive tackle along with defensive end…totaled 21 tackles and two sacks in a reserve role…started at DT for the first time in his career registering one tackle at Dallas (10/15)…collected his first sack of the season when he dropped Raiders QB Aaron Brooks for a 12-yard loss as the Texans tied a season-high with five sacks at Oakland (12/3)…recorded his second sack of the year when he put Titans QB Vince Young on his back for a nine-yard loss vs. Tennessee (12/10)…first time since 2003 he collected sacks in back-to-back weeks.
2005: Played in 15 games, starting eight…totaled 38 tackles, two sacks, and one forced fumble…totaled five tackles in the season-opener at Atlanta (9/12)…collected one sack on QB Tim Rattay for a seven-yard loss and three tackles in victory over San Francisco (9/18)…recorded six total tackles, tying his season-high, at Denver (10/30)…played in 100th NFL game and made two total tackles vs. Seattle (12/5)…posted one sack on QB Josh McCown and forced a fumble at Arizona (12/24).
2004: Was placed on injured reserve (8/23) with a torn ACL suffered during practice on 8/17.
2003: Played and started all 16 games…totaled a career-high 74 tackles, along with 5.5 sacks and one interception…made first-career interception and touchdown vs. Washington (10/5) along with three total tackles…second consecutive game with one sack along with five total tackles in win over New York Jets (10/26)…contributed one sack and five tackles in victory at Green Bay (11/10)…had a season-high eight tackles along with one sack vs. Dallas (12/7)…registered one sack and seven total tackles in victory at Miami (12/15)…contributed two tackles in playoff victory vs. Green Bay (1/11/04)…tallied four tackles, two solo, in NFC Championship Game loss to Carolina (1/18/04).
2002: Played in all 16 games…recorded 30 total tackles (21 solo) and a career-high eight sacks for the season…tallied two solo tackles (three total) and a half sack in victory at Washington (9/16)…contributed two tackles (one solo) and one sack in victory over Tampa Bay (10/20)…season-high six total tackles, five solo, and a career-high three sacks and one forced fumble in a victory over St. Louis (12/1)…recorded one sack and two total tackles in victory at Seattle (12/8)…made two sacks and added three total tackles at Dallas (12/21)…contributed one tackle in playoff victory over Atlanta (1/11/03)…saw action in season-ending NFC Championship Game loss to Tampa Bay (1/19/03).
2001: Saw action in 14 games, starting one…finished with 20 tackles and three sacks…had one sack and one assisted tackle in loss to Arizona (10/7)…tallied one tackle in playoff victory over Tampa Bay (1/12/02)…saw action in Divisional Playoff victory over Chicago (1/19/02)…saw action in NFC Championship Game at St. Louis (1/27/02).
2000: Played in 15 games with the Washington Redskins and finished season with six tackles, one sack, and one fumble recovery…recovered one fumble in season-opener vs. Carolina (9/3)…registered one sack at Jacksonville (10/22)…contributed two tackles at Dallas (12/10).
1999: Played in 12 games and finished the season with 16 tackles and 3.5 sacks…also forced one fumble…contributed two tackles in the season-opener vs. Dallas (9/12)…contributed one sack along with two solo tackles in victory over Carolina (10/3)…returned to action and recorded one tackle and one sack vs. New York Giants (11/21)…had two tackles and a half sack at Detroit (12/5)…contributed a season-high three tackles along with one sack in regular season-final victory over Miami (1/2/00)
1998: Played in 13 games, making one start…finished the season with 15 tackles and three sacks…totaled 55 three tackles and one sack at Philadelphia (10/11)…registered three solo tackles and one sack at Carolina (12/13).
1997: Played in three games…active for games at New York Giants (8/31), vs. Green Bay (9/7) and vs. Washington (10/5)…inactive for the rest of season…last seven weeks of the season inactive due to hand injury.
COLLEGE: A three-year starter at defensive end…set Rice's school record with 20 career sacks…played in 44 games with 31 starts and totaled 141 tackles…earned All- Southwest Conference honors as a sophomore and set a school single-season record with eight sacks.
Was the first American-born member of his family…attended John Marshall High School in San Antonio…owns his high school's record for the high jump at 7 feet…has a great deal of pride and respect for his native Nigeria…Nigeria is the home to Jonah Ndukwe Kalu, N.D.'s grandfather, a legend in the town of Abiriba who was a renowned and respected businessman…took a two-and-a-half week trip to Nigeria in 2003 and visited again in 2004 and 2005.
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