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38 DeMarcus Faggins - Biography
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 178
COLLEGE: Kansas State
NFL EXP: 7th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2002 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | HOU | 8 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | HOU | 16 | 2 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 43 | 1 |
| 2005 | HOU | 13 | 10 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 11 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | DET | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 84 | 37 | 195 | 171 | 24 | 1.0 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 43 | 1 | |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in sixth round (173rd pick overall) of 2002 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 13, 2002…re-signed by Texans to practice squad on Sept. 1, 2003…activated on Nov. 9, 2003.
PRO (through 2007 season): A veteran cover corner who has played in 66 career games with 31 starts…career totals include 174 total tackles and five interceptions…recorded 18 career special teams tackles…has forced three career fumbles…one of the original Texans still on the roster.
2008 (Houston 16/5): Played at cornerback at Pittsburgh (9/7)...recorded one tackle...also played on special teams...played at cornerback at Tennessee (9/21) where he posted one solo tackle...also posted one tackle on special teams...registered two solo tackles at Jacksonville (9/28)...also played on special teams...started at cornerback and totaled five tackles vs. Indianapolis (10/5)...started at cornerback and recorded five solo tackles vs. Miami (10/12)...started at cornerback vs. Detroit (10/19) where he defensed two passes...started at cornerback vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and registered three solo tackles and one assist on special teams...played at cornerback and recorded two special teams tackles at Minnesota (11/2)...played at cornerback and on special teams vs. Baltimore (11/9)...started nickel back at Indianapolis (11/16)...registered two tackles...made one tackle on special teams at Cleveland (11/23)...played at cornerback and on special teams vs. Jacksonville (12/1)...played at cornerback and on special teams at Green Bay (12/7)...played at cornerback and on special teams vs. Tennessee (12/14)...played at cornerback and on special teams at Oakland (12/21)...played at cornerback vs. Chicago (12/28)...also played on special teams where he recorded one assist.
2007 (Houston 16/8): Saw action in all 16 games with eight starts…recorded 43 total tackles, along with four passes defensed…started and finished with four solo tackles and a pass defensed vs. Kansas City (9/9)…started and registered a forced fumble which resulted in a Texans touchdown at Carolina (9/16)…finished with seven tackles vs. Indianapolis (9/23)…finished with one stop at Atlanta (9/30)…contributed five tackles and two passes defensed vs. Miami (10/7)…led the team with eight tackles and recovered one of the teams three forced fumbles at Jacksonville (10/14)…started and finished with five tackles and second forced fumble of the season vs. Tennessee (10/21)…recorded one tackle at San Diego (10/28)…finished with five total tackles at Oakland (11/4)…registered two solo stops vs. New Orleans (11/18)…saw action on special teams at Cleveland (11/25)…recorded three total tackles at Tennessee (12/2)…spent the remainder of the season playing on special teams vs. Tampa Bay (12/9), vs. Denver (12/13), at Indianapolis (12/23) and vs. Jacksonville (12/30).
2006 (Houston 11/10): Returned from a foot injury suffered during training camp to play in 11 games and start 10…finished the season with 30 total tackles, 27 solo, two interceptions, 10 passes defensed, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries… returned one of the fumble recoveries for a 58-yard touchdown…started his first game back from injury and registered four solo stops and a forced fumble vs. Jacksonville (10/22)…started and finished with two solo tackles, his first interception of the season and four passes defensed at Jacksonville (11/12)…started and recorded four solo tackles, three passes defensed and his first career sack, taking down QB JP Losman for a two-yard loss vs. Buffalo (11/19)…started and finished with three total tackles, two solo and a fumble recovery for a 58-yard touchdown, the first fumble recovery touchdown of his career, at Oakland (12/3).
2005 (Houston 13/10): Played in 13 games, starting 10…registered career-high numbers in tackles (53) and passes defensed (14)…also made three special teams stops…tied a career high with eight tackles in first start of the season at Cincinnati (10/2)…posted six tackles and one pass defensed while starting vs. Tennessee (10/9)…also added two tackles on special teams…posted seven tackles and two pass defensed vs. Indianapolis (10/23)…made six tackles and had one pass defensed at San Francisco (1/1/06).
2004 (Houston 16/2): Played in all 16 games for the first time in his career, starting two when the Texans opened with three corners…amassed 37 tackles, three interceptions, nine passes defensed and seven special teams stops…broke up three passes and recorded first-career interception on QB Kerry Collins in win over Oakland (10/3)…started in nickel formation and collected four tackles vs. Minnesota (10/10)…picked off Jaguars QB Byron Leftwich and raced 43 yards for first-career score, leaping into the north stands amidst a sea of battle red vs. Jacksonville (10/31)…also notched six tackles…racked up career-high eight tackles vs. Colts (12/12).
2003 (Houston 8/1): Played in eight games, starting one contest at cornerback…inactive for eight games while on the practice squad…totaled 11 tackles and 12 passes defensed… recorded four special teams tackles…made 2003 debut at Cincinnati (11/9) on special teams…tied CB Aaron Glenn with a team-leading three passes defensed in the win at Buffalo (11/16)…started his first-career NFL game and recorded two tackles and three passes defensed in season finale vs. Indianapolis (12/28).
2002 (Houston 2/0): Played in two games…inactive for 14 games…made NFL debut vs. Buffalo (10/13), seeing action on special teams…played corner in the dime package at Cleveland (10/20), also lining up on special teams.
COLLEGE: Played two years at Kansas State after transferring from Navarro (Texas) Junior College…amassed 50 tackles and five interceptions…posted career-high 31 tackles, 10 passes defensed, and five interceptions as a senior, earning honorable-mention All-Big 12 honors…started two seasons at Navarro, earning first-team all-conference honors and honorable-mention All-America honors as a sophomore…majored in social science.
Lives in Houston…first-team all-city and second-team all-state selection as a senior at Irving (Texas) High School…participated in Texans Blood Drive…took part in Take a Texan to School Day at Carver High School in Houston…nicknamed "Petey"…born DeMarcus Faggins in Irving, Texas.
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