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52 Xavier Adibi - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 243
COLLEGE: Virginia Tech
NFL EXP: 2nd season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2008 | HOU | 7 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
HONORS: 2008 Pro Football Weekly/PFWA All-Rookie Team…2008 The Sporting News All-Rookie Team.
CAREER: Entering his second year, looking to break into the Texans' starting lineup as a weakside linebacker…finished his rookie campaign with 34 tackles and one fumble recovery.
2008 Houston (7/5): Played in seven games with five starts…finished the year with 26 solo tackles, eight assists and one fumble recovery…inactive for the first two games of the season…contributed on special teams and at linebacker in his professional debut, but did not record a tackle at Jacksonville (9/28)…inactive vs. Indianapolis (10/5), vs. Miami (10/12), vs. Detroit (10/19), vs. Cincinnati (10/26), at Minnesota (11/2)…played at linebacker and registered three total tackles vs. Baltimore (11/9)…started his first NFL game at linebacker for the first time in his career at Indianapolis (11/16)…led the team with a career-high 14 total tackles…started at linebacker and posted four solo tackles at Cleveland (11/23)…also recovered the first fumble of his career in the fourth quarter…started at linebacker and recorded five total tackles and one quarterback hurry vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…started at linebacker and registered three solo tackles and three assists at Green Bay (12/7)…started at linebacker and posted two tackles vs. Tennessee (12/14)…left the game early with a groin injury…inactive the last two games of the season at Oakland (12/21) and vs. Chicago (12/28).
Started 40 of 47 contests at Virginia Tech…recorded 291 tackles (133 solos) with 11 sacks for minus-34 yards…caused five fumbles and recovered another that he advanced 35 yards for a touchdown…deflected 12 passes and had eight interceptions for 170 yards in returns (21.2 avg) with two touchdowns…just the second linebacker in school history to earn first-team All-American honors (2007), joining Mike Widger (1968)...residential property management major.
Selected by the Houston Texans in the fourth round (118th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft...signed with the Texans on July 16, 2008.
Attended Phoebus (Hampton, Va.) High School…named an All-American by PrepStar as a defensive lineman and an All-American by SuperPrep as a linebacker…2002 AAA first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press as a defensive lineman…earned first-team and Defensive Player of the Year honors on the 2002 AAA Coaches All-State Team…received VHSCA All-Eastern Region and Newport News Daily Press All-Star Team honors as a defensive lineman after his final campaign…added first-team all-region accolades, along with picking up first-team AAA coaches and Associated Press all-state recognition at defensive end as a junior…helped his team to back-to-back Group AAA championships, leading a Phantoms defense that held opponents to fewer than five points a game.
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