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55 Chris Myers - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 299
COLLEGE: Miami (Fla.)
NFL EXP: 5th season
| Career Statistics | |||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | fum rec |
| 2005 | DEN | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | DEN | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 2009 | HOU | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 73 | 32 | |||||
CAREER: Versatile young lineman who heads into his second season with the Texans…joined the Texans via trade in 2008 and immediately stepped into the starting lineup…has played in 57 games with 32 starts in four NFL seasons…has started all 16 games in both of the past two seasons, including 27 consecutive starts at center.
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games in his first season in Houston…helped clear holes for rookie RB Steve Slaton to rush for a team-record 1,282 yards…started at center at Pittsburgh (9/7)…started at center and helped rookie RB Steve Slaton rush for his first 100-yard game at Tennessee (9/21)…was part of an offensive line that helped Slaton set a Texans rookie record with 156 rushing yards at Indianapolis (11/16)…part of the offensive line that helped Texans running backs combine for more than 100 yards rushing at Cleveland (11/23)…helped Slaton rush for 130 yards and two touchdowns on Monday Night Football vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…helped give QB Matt Schaub time to throw for 414 yards and two touchdowns and helped Slaton run for 120 yards at Green Bay (12/7)…part of the offensive line that paved the way for Slaton to run for his third consecutive 100-yard game vs. Tennessee (12/14)…part of a line that allowed Schaub to throw for 328 yards and two touchdowns in season finale vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Denver 16/16): Moved into the starting lineup for the first time and started all 16 games…opened the first five contests at left guard before sliding inside to center for the last 11 games…part of a line that paved the way for a ground attack that averaged 4.6 yards per carry, ranking fifth-best in the NFL, and yielded only 32 sacks…one of only three Denver players (CB Champ Bailey and LB D.J. Williams) to be whistled for only one penalty all year…made his first pro start and helped pave the way for 171 rushing yards on 32 carries, a 5.3-yard average, while allowing only one sack in the season opener at Buffalo (9/9)…helped RB Travis Henry rush for 128 yards vs. Oakland (9/16)…blocked for a rushing attack that amassed 223 rushing yards at Indianapolis (9/30)…helped open holes for a rushing attack that amassed 141 rushing yards while allowing just one sack at Kansas City (11/11)…cleared the way for the ground game to average 6.4 yards per carry and yielded just one sack on Monday Night Football vs. Tennessee (11/19)…centered a line that produced a 6.3-yard rushing average while allowing just one sack vs. Kansas City (12/9)…centered a line that averaged 4.7 yards per carry against the NFL's top-rated run defense in the season finale vs. Minnesota (12/30).
2006 (Denver 16/0): Saw action on special teams in all 16 games in his second pro season.
2005 (Denver 9/0): Saw action in nine games as a rookie, playing on special teams…also contributed in both Denver postseason contests…spent the first four weeks of the season on the Broncos' practice squad before being signed to the 53-man roster (10/4)…inactive for three games before he made his NFL debut on special teams vs. Philadelphia (10/30)…played in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. New England (1/14/06) and the AFC Championship Game vs. Pittsburgh (1/21/06) on special teams.
Three-year starter at Miami (Fla.), playing in a total of 45 games with 38 starts in his career…started at both guard positions, right tackle and center and finished his career earning all-conference recognition as a junior and senior…was a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a senior, starting all 12 games at RT for the Peach Bowl champions and concluding his career by starting his final 38 games played…second-team All-Big East Conference as a junior...college teammate of current Texans T Rashad Butler, WR Andre Johnson and T Eric Winston at Miami…graduated with a bachelor's degree, studying history, political science and sports administration.
Selected by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round (200th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft…signed by Broncos on July 28, 2005…waived by Broncos on Sept. 3, 2005…re-signed by Broncos to practice squad on Sept. 4, 2005…activated on Oct. 4, 2005…traded by Broncos to Houston Texans for a sixth-round draft pick on March 17, 2008.
Earned All-State and All-Dade County honors as a senior at Palmetto High School in Miami despite the fact that he did not start playing football until 10th grade for the Panthers…played in the prestigious Florida vs. California All-Star game as a senior…won the NFL's Punt Pass and Kick competition as a child…grandfather was a longtime NFL referee.
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