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90 Mario Williams - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-6
WEIGHT: 288
COLLEGE: N.C. State
NFL EXP: 4th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2006 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 9 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 48 | 182 | 141 | 41 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
HONORS: 2009 Pro Bowl, 2007 Associated Press All-Pro second-team, 2007 AP NFL Player of the Week (1), 2007 AFC Defensive Player of the Week (1), 2007 AFC Defensive Player of the Week (15), 2007 NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year.
CAREER: The prototype for NFL defensive ends…has a rare combination of size, speed, athleticism and strength…boasts a 41-inch vertical jump despite weighing nearly 300 pounds…has started every game in his three-year career, joining LB DeMeco Ryans as the only Texans defenders to start every game in that time span…is the Texans' all-time leader in sacks in only three NFL seasons with 30.5…has 159 total tackles (122 solo)…has scored one career touchdown…established the Texans' single-season sack record with 14.0 in 2007 and followed that up with 12.0 in 2008…has forced seven fumbles and recovered two in his career and has five career passes defensed…earned a starting role in the 2009 Pro Bowl…was named 2008 Pro Bowl alternate.
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at defensive end…finished the season with 53 solo tackles and a team-high 12.0 sacks…also forced four fumbles…was voted to his first Pro Bowl, where he started at DE for the AFC squad…accounted for 12 of the team's 25 sacks on the year…12.0 sacks led all AFC defensive ends…had four games with multiple sacks…recorded six solo tackles, including two sacks, at Pittsburgh (9/7), which gave him 20.5 sacks for his career…forced a fumble when he hit Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in the second quarter…totaled five tackles, two solo, at Tennessee (9/21)…registered one solo tackle and five quarterback hurries at Jacksonville (9/28)…totaled four tackles with two sacks vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…recorded four tackles including two sacks vs. Miami (10/12)…posted one solo tackle and one assist with one quarterback hurry vs. Detroit (10/19)…registered three solo tackles, including his seventh sack of the season, vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…forced a fumble on the sack…totaled three solo tackles, including his eighth sack of the season, at Minnesota (11/2)…posted three solo tackles and one assist vs. Baltimore (11/9)…recorded two solo tackles at Indianapolis (11/16)…finished with one solo tackle for a loss and one quarterback hurry at Cleveland (11/23)…posted six total tackles, including three sacks and one forced fumble, on Monday Night Football vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…registered one solo tackle and two quarterback hurries at Green Bay (12/7)…posted four solo tackles vs. Tennessee (12/14)…recorded four solo tackles and one assist at Oakland (12/21)…posted two solo tackles, including his 12th sack of the season, vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at defensive end…earned Associated Press All-Pro second team honors…selected as an alternate for the Pro Bowl…finished with a franchise-record 14.0 sacks…had 59 total tackles, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and scored his first career touchdown…named AFC Defensive Player of the Week in Weeks 1 and 15…established a Texans single-game sack record with 3.5 against Denver (12/13)...established a Texans record by recording a sack in six consecutive games…started vs. Kansas City (9/9) and opened the season with two sacks…had a fumble recovery he returned for a 38-yard touchdown…honored by the AP as the NFL Player of the Week for his performance…also honored as the AFC Defensive Player of the Week…made three total tackles, one solo, and one sack vs. Miami (10/7)…registered two total tackles, one solo, and one sack at San Diego (10/28) when he downed former N.C. State teammate QB Philip Rivers for a two-yard loss…finished with six total stops, three solo, and one sack vs. New Orleans (11/18)…forced a fumble on the sack, his first of the season...started at Cleveland (11/25) and notched four solo tackles and one sack…forced a fumble with his sack, his second of the season…finished with season-high seven tackles, three solo, and registered 2.5 sacks at Tennessee (12/2)…broke the team record for single-season sacks with 8.5 sacks on the season, passing former Texan Jeff Posey, who recorded 8.0 total sacks in 2002…recorded six total tackles, four solo, and sacked QB Luke McCown late in the fourth quarter vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…started in his 30th career game vs. Denver (12/13) and his first career prime time game...finished with the best game of his career, registering a team-record 3.5 sacks and tying his season-high with seven tackles…made two solo tackles and one sack for a loss of two yards at Indianapolis (12/23).
2006 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games as a rookie at right defensive end…was the only Texans defensive lineman to start every game…showed toughness by staying on the field despite battling a severe foot injury…set a Texans rookie record with 4.5 sacks, topping DE Jason Babin's 4.0 sacks in 2004…sack total ranked him second on the team behind Babin, who had 5.0 in 2006…led all Texans defensive linemen with 47 tackles, including 35 solos…recorded a sack in three consecutive games, matching the second-longest streak in team history…recorded his first career sack against Miami (10/1)…finished with two tackles, and also batted away a two-point conversion attempt in the end zone…finished with a season- high six tackles at Dallas (10/15), including five solos…recorded two total tackles, including a sack, against Jacksonville (10/22)…recovered his first career fumble late in the third quarter to set up a touchdown…registered three total tackles at New York Giants (11/5), including a six-yard sack of Giants QB Eli Manning, his third sack in as many games…forced a fumble for the first time against Indianapolis (12/24) as part of a five-tackle performance.
Holds the N.C. State career-record with 55.5 stops for losses of 237 yards…topped the old mark of 45 for minus-269 yards by Carl Reeves (1991-94)…shattered the previous school season-record of 21 with 27.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage in 2005…broke school career sack record with 26.5…All-American first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report and Sports Illustrated as a junior in 2005… voted the team's Most Valuable Player…set a school season-record as he led the ACC and ranked fourth in the nation with 14.5 sacks for minus-75 yards as a junior.
Selected after junior season by the Houston Texans in the first round (first overall) of 2006 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on April 28, 2006.
Attended Richlands (N.C.) High School…Richlands retired his number 82 jersey…2002 Associated Press All-State choice… chosen to the 2002 North Carolina Shrine Bowl team, where he notched four sacks…recorded 87 tackles, 13 sacks and 22 stops for losses for the Wildcats…also added five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and five blocked kicks as a senior…also played running back as a senior and rushed for 590 yards and three touchdowns on 58 carries…recorded over 100 tackles as a junior…graduated from high school in December 2002 and attended the Gator Bowl with North Carolina State.
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