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59 DeMeco Ryans - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 248
COLLEGE: Alabama
NFL EXP: 4th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2006 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 156 | 126 | 30 | 3.5 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 127 | 98 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 112 | 86 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 9 | 0 | 68 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 48 | 463 | 358 | 105 | 6.5 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 | |
HONORS: 2008 Pro Bowl, 2007 Associated Press second-team All-Pro…2006 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year, 2006 Pro Football Weekly Defensive Rookie of the Year, 2006 Touchdown Club Rookie of the Year, 2006 AFC Defensive Player of the Week (13), 2006 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month (December).
CAREER: Instinctive and physical linebacker who is one of the most productive and well-prepared defenders in the NFL…one of the league's top middle linebackers…joins DE Mario Williams as the only pair of defenders to have started every game for the Texans since the 2006 season…has led the team in tackles in each of his three pro seasons and has topped 100 tackles every year…has 395 tackles through three years and owns the franchise record with 310 career solo tackles…has 19 career double-digit tackle games…is tied for 10th in team history with 6.5 career sacks…also has two career interceptions, 18 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries…led the NFL with 126 solo tackles as a rookie and led all rookies with 156 tackles.
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at linebacker…led the team with 112 tackles, including 86 solos…also forced two fumbles and recovered three fumbles…recorded eight solo tackles and four assists at Pittsburgh (9/7)…recovered a fumble in the second quarter and returned it 41 yards to set up a score…posted 13 total tackles, 10 solo, at Tennessee (9/21) and recovered his second fumble of the season in the first quarter…returned it six yards to set up a Kris Brown field goal…made his 300th-career tackle in the second quarter…registered three solo tackles and defended one pass at Jacksonville (9/28)…totaled seven solo tackles vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…recorded four tackles and one pass defensed vs. Miami (10/12)…posted five solo tackles vs. Detroit (10/19)…registered three total tackles vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…recorded four total tackles at Minnesota (11/2)…led the team with 11 solo tackles vs. Baltimore (11/9)…posted 11 tackles, five solo, at Indianapolis (11/16)…led the team with six total tackles at Cleveland (11/23) and recovered a fumble on Cleveland's opening drive…it was his third fumble recovery of the season and seventh of his career…posted five solo tackles and one assist on Monday Night Football vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…led the team with nine tackles, including seven solos, and recorded his first sack of the season when he tackled Packers QB Aaron Rodgers for a nine-yard loss in the fourth quarter at Green Bay (12/7)…registered three tackles and caused his first fumble on the year when he stripped Titans TE Bo Scaife in the fourth quarter vs. Tennessee (12/14)…posted five total tackles and broke the franchise career solo tackle record in the fourth quarter with his 301st career solo stop at Oakland (12/21)…led the team with 10 tackles, eight solo, and posted one pass defense vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Houston 16/16): Voted starter in the 2008 Pro Bowl at middle linebacker…earned AP All-Pro second-team honors…named team MVP… led the team in tackles for the second consecutive season…finished with eight total tackles, seven solo, recorded a forced fumble on special teams and made a special teams tackle vs. Kansas City (9/9)...registered a team-leading 13 total tackles, 10 solo, vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…made six total tackles at Atlanta (9/30) and registered his first sack of the season on QB Joey Harrington for a five-yard loss…tied for a team-high eight total tackles, seven solo, vs. Miami (10/7)…registered his 200th-career tackle in the game and recorded his second-career fumble recovery…scored the first touchdown of his career vs. Tennessee (10/21) when he downed QB Kerry Collins early in the first quarter, stripped Collins and recovered and returned the fumble for a 26-yard touchdown…in all, he had 11 total tackles, nine solo, and two fumble recoveries and became first player in Texans history to recover two fumbles in a game…had a team-leading eight total tackles, seven solo, at San Diego (10/28)…recorded his second-career interception when he picked off QB Josh McCown at Oakland (11/4) in the fourth quarter…finished with six total tackles, four solo…had a team-high 10 tackles, six solo, vs. New Orleans (11/18)…made 11 tackles, nine solo, at Cleveland (11/25)…recorded a season-high 14 total tackles and a season-high 11 solo stops at Tennessee (12/2).
2006 (Houston 16/16): Had an impressive rookie season with 16 straight starts…made an immediate impact in his first NFL game, registering 13 tackles and leading all tacklers vs. Philadelphia (9/10)…was the second leading tackler with 10 total tackles, one assisted against Washington (9/24)…led all Texans tacklers with eight total, one assisted…had a half sack for 3.5 yards and a quarterback hurry against Miami (10/1)…finished with nine tackles, six solo…registered his first solo sack of his career at Dallas (10/15)…led all tacklers with 10 total, eight solo…registered his second-career sack at New York Giants (11/5)…registered 14 total tackles, including 13 solo tackles at New York Jets (11/26)… had his best as a rookie against the Raiders as he led all tacklers in the game with 15 total tackles, 14 solo…had one sack for eight yards, an interception for 16 yards, three passes defensed, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble at Oakland (12/3)…it was the first time in Texans history that a defensive player has registered a sack, interception, fumble recovery and forced fumble in one game…named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts…again led the all tacklers in the game, this time with 14 tackles, eight solo against Tennessee (12/10)…totaled 10 total tackles, his fourth consecutive 10 plus tackle game at New England (12/17)…finished with double-digit tackles for the ninth game of his rookie season, with 10 total stops, seven solo against Cleveland (12/31).
Named 2005 First-Team All-America (AP, Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, SI.com)…2005 NCAA Top Eight Award…2005 SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches, AP)…2005 Lott Trophy Winner…2006 Cotton Bowl Defensive MVP…started 37 career games…closed his career ranked fifth on the all-time tackle list with 307 career stops…as a senior led the team in tackles with 76 and 9.5 for loss…earned the Sylvester Croom Commitment to Excellence award following spring practice...majored in business.
Selected by the Houston Texans in second round (33rd overall) of 2006 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 7, 2006.
Native of Bessemer, Ala.…had over 135 tackles, 11 sacks, two caused fumbles and two interceptions his senior season at Jess Lanier High School (Ala.)…super all-state and academic all-state selection…named to The Tuscaloosa News Sweet Sixteen and The Birmingham Post-Herald Super Senior teams.
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