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Height:	6-1
Weight:	200
College:	South Carolina
Experience:	3rd season

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32 Fred Bennett - Biography

HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 200
COLLEGE: South Carolina
NFL EXP: 3rd season

Career Statistics
Year	Team	G	GS	tckls	solo	ast	sacks	int	yds	avg	lg	td
2007	HOU	13	8	55	49	6	0	3	47	15.7	33	0
2008	HOU	16	6	41	33	8	0	2	26	13.0	23	0
2009	HOU	10	0	18	12	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Totals		39	14	114	94	17	0.0	5	73	14.6	33	0

CAREER: Physical, rangy cornerback who led the Texans in interceptions as a rookie…was the second Texans rookie to lead the team in interceptions, following CB Dunta Robinson, who had six in 2004…has appeared in 30 career games for the Texans, starting 14…has 96 career tackles, five interceptions, 23 passes defensed and four forced fumbles.

2008 (Houston 16/6): Played in all 16 games with six starts…registered 41 total tackles with 33 solo…also forced two fumbles…started at cornerback at Pittsburgh (9/7) and recorded four solo tackles with one assist…forced a fumble when he hit receiver Santonio Holmes in the second quarter…started at cornerback at Tennessee (9/21) and made two solo tackles and one assist…started at cornerback at Jacksonville (9/28) and recorded two tackles… played at cornerback, totaling three tackles and one pass defensed vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…played at cornerback vs. Miami (10/12) and registered one solo tackle…played at cornerback vs. Detroit (10/19) and recorded one assist and one pass defensed…played at cornerback vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and posted four total tackles…started at cornerback at Minnesota (11/2) and totaled two solo tackles…started at cornerback vs. Baltimore (11/9) and registered five solo tackles and one pass defensed…started at cornerback at Indianapolis (11/16) and recorded a season-high seven total tackles…played at cornerback at Cleveland (11/23) and made his first interception of the season when he snatched a Brady Quinn pass away in the third quarter for his fourth career pick…played at cornerback vs. Jacksonville (12/1) and had two solo tackles and one pass defensed…played at cornerback, posting two solo tackles, at Green Bay (12/7)…also played on special teams…played at cornerback vs. Tennessee (12/14) and intercepted QB Kerry Collins' third pass of the game for his second pick of the season and fifth of his career…returned the interception 23 yards for the second-longest return of his career…posted one assist while playing at cornerback at Oakland (12/21)…played at cornerback vs. Chicago (12/28) and registered three solo tackles and a forced fumble…also played on special teams, where he made one tackle.

2007 (Houston 14/8): Played in 14 games with eight starts…led the team with three interceptions, which ranked third among NFL rookies and was the fifth-best total in Texans history…registered 55 tackles, including 49 solos, a team-high 17 passes defensed and two forced fumbles…made his first NFL start at Oakland (11/4) and finished with three total tackles...recorded his first-career interception, picking off QB Josh McCown in the second quarter and returning it 14 yards…started at Cleveland (11/25) and registered his second interception of the season, returning it for 33 yards, and six total tackles…started at Tennessee (12/2) and recorded five total stops, three solo...also intercepted his third pass of the season…started at Indianapolis (12/23) and recorded a career-high 11 solo tackles…also recorded a pass defensed and a forced fumble.

Played in 48 career games at South Carolina, starting 34, and finished with 108 tackles (83 solos), nine interceptions, 24 pass deflections, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery…played both cornerback and safety during his career…two-time All- Southeastern Conference selection…named a defensive captain as a senior in 2006…tutored by Texans 2004 first-round pick CB Dunta Robinson during his freshman season at South Carolina.

Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (123rd pick overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 26, 2007.

Attended Manning (S.C.) High School…was a 2001 Shrine Bowl participant…rated the fourth-best prospect in the state of South Carolina by Super Prep…captain of both the football and basketball teams, and also competed in track…competed the 100- and 200-meter dashes, high jumped and ran a leg on the school's 4x100-meter relay team…born Fredrick Bennett in Manning, S.C.