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96 Earl Cochran - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-5
WEIGHT: 284
COLLEGE: Alabama State
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2003 | GB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 15 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 2 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent on July 14, 2003…placed on injured reserve list on Aug. 8, 2003…released by Packers on July 26, 2004…signed by Minnesota Vikings on June 20, 2005…released by Vikings on Sept. 3, 2005…signed by Houston Texans to the practice squad on Nov. 14, 2006…activated on December 27, 2006...placed on the reserve/injured list with a toe injury on Nov. 19, 2008.
PRO (through 2007 season): Athletic young defensive end…has played in 16 career games, 15 of which came in 2007…has registered 27 total tackles in his career, including 21 solo stops…played in NFL Europe for two seasons…played in 11 games with two starts at DT for the Amsterdam Admirals from 2004-05, helping the Admirals win World Bowl XIII in 2005.
2008 (Houston 8/1): Inactive at Pittsburgh (9/7) and at Tennessee (9/21)...played defensive end and contributed on special teams at Jacksonville (9/28)...did not register a tackle...played on special teams and at defensive end vs. Indianapolis (10/5) loggin two solo tackles...recorded four tackles vs. Miami (10/12), one for a loss...played at defensive end and on special teams vs. Detroit (10/19)...recorded one solo tackle...played at defensive end and on special teams vs. Cincinnati (10/26)...posted one pass defensed...registered four tackles at Minnesota (11/2)...sacked Minnesota QB Gus Frerotte for an eight-yard loss in the second quarter...it was Cochran's first sack of the season and second of his career...played at defensive end vs. Baltimore (11/9) and totaled two tackles, including his second sack of the season...made the first start of his career at Indianapolis (11/16) and registered four total tackles...placed on the reserve/injured list with a toe injury (11/19), ending his season after Week 11.
2007 (Houston 15/0): Played in 15 games in his second season as a Texan and finished with 25 tackles, including 19 solos, and one sack for six yards…saw action in the season opener vs. Kansas City (9/9) and made one solo tackle…made one tackle on special teams at Carolina (9/16)…inactive vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…assisted on one tackle at Atlanta (9/30)…registered one pass defensed vs. Miami (10/7)…made two solo stops at Jacksonville (10/14)…served as team captain and registered three solo tackles vs. Tennessee (10/21)…saw action at San Diego (10/28)…made two tackles, including one solo, at Oakland (11/4)…finished with two solo tackles, a pass defensed and his first career forced fumble vs. New Orleans (11/18)…recorded one assisted tackle at Cleveland (11/25)…made three tackles, including two solos, at Tennessee (12/2)…registered his first career sack vs. Tampa Bay (12/9) when he dropped QB Luke McCown for a six-yard loss in the fourth quarter…recorded two total tackles, including one solo, vs. Denver (12/13)…registered a career-high five tackles, including four solos, and notched a career-high two passes defensed at Indianapolis (12/23)…finished with one solo tackle vs. Jacksonville (12/30).
2006 (Houston 1/0): Saw action in one game as a reserve DE…registered two solo tackles…joined the Texans in late November…on practice squad until final game of the season… registered two solo tackles in his first NFL action vs. Cleveland (12/31).
2005: Spent training camp with Minnesota Vikings but was released prior to the regular season.
2004: Out of football for 2004 season.
2003 (Green Bay 0/0): Signed by the Green Bay Packers as a undrafted free agent…participated in training camp before being placed on injured reserve on August 8.
COLLEGE: Earned All-SWAC honors in 2001 and 2002 at Alabama State, garnering first-team honors in '01 and second-team in '02…saw time at outside linebacker and defensive end at ASU…was a regular starter for the Hornets for his final three seasons and led the team in sacks in each season…had a career-high 9.5 sacks as a senior in 2002.
Was a four-year letterman in both football and baseball at Jess Lanier High in his hometown of Bessemer, Alabama…played defensive end and tight end for the Purple Tigers…attended the same high school as Texans LB DeMeco Ryans…also volunteered at the VA Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., while in high school…majored in computer information systems.
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