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80 Andre Johnson - Biography

HEIGHT: 6-3
WEIGHT: 228
COLLEGE: Miami (Fla.)
NFL EXP: 7th season

Andre Johnson on ESPN The Magazine | Cover photo

HONORS: 2009 Pro Football Weekly Midseason first-team All-Pro, 2008 Associated Press first-team All-Pro, 2008 AFC Offensive Player of the Month (October), 2008 SI.com first-team All-Pro, 2008 ESPN.com first-team All-Pro, 2008 The Sporting News first-team All-Pro, 2008 Pro Football Weekly first-team All-Pro, played in the 2005, 2007 (starter) and 2009 (starter) NFL Pro Bowls, 2006 AFC Offensive Player of the Week (4), 2006 and 2008 NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year, 2003 NFL Rookie of the Week (4 and 10), 2004 and 2006 Touchdown Club Player of the Year, 2006 and 2008 Texans team MVP.

CAREER: Consistently one of the league's best receivers...is the Texans' all-time leading receiver with 486 receptions for 6,379 yards in six seasons…is one of 26 NFL players to have 6,000-plus receiving yards…has 25 career 100-yard games…the Texans are 13-12 when he eclipses the 100-yard barrier…has led the league in receptions twice: in 2008 with a career-high 115 and in 2006 with 103.

2008 (Houston 16/16): Finished the season with 115 receptions for 1,575 yards to lead the league in both categories…his 115 receptions were the third-most in the NFL since 2000…caught 10 or more passes in seven games, the most games with 10 or more receptions by a receiver in a single season in NFL history…recorded his eighth 100-yard game of the season and the 25th of his career…set a franchise and personal-best 207 receiving yards on 11 receptions vs. Tennessee (12/14)…topped 100 receiving yards in four consecutive games in the month of October…caught 10 or more passes in three consecutive game in October…finished the month of October with 41 catches for 593 yards and two touchdowns in four games…his 41 catches were the second-most by an NFL receiver in October since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970…named to the Associated Press All-Pro first team…accumulated 45 votes, which tied for the most of any offensive player in 2008…started at wide receiver at Pittsburgh (9/7)…caught 10 passes for 112 yards…it was his third straight season opener with 100 yards…had two receptions for 29 yards at Tennessee (9/21)…made three catches for 38 yards at Jacksonville (9/28)…caught a key 21-yard pass on the last drive of the fourth quarter to set up Kris Brown's field goal that sent the game into overtime…had a breakout game with nine catches for 131 yards and a touchdown vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…had 98 yards in the first half …caught 10 passes for 178 yards and one touchdown vs. Miami (10/12)…caught the 400th pass of his career on a four-yard gain in the second quarter…posted his third consecutive 100-yard game and fourth of the season vs. Detroit (10/19)…caught 11 passes for 141 yards…recorded his fourth consecutive 100-yard game and fifth of the season vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…caught 11 passes for 143 yards...caught four passes for 62 yards and a touchdown at Minnesota (11/2)…caught seven passes for 66 yards vs. Baltimore (11/9)…caught four passes for 55 yards, extending his own team record by catching a pass in his 44th consecutive game at Indianapolis (11/16)…caught 10 passes for 116 yards at Cleveland (11/23)…surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the season with a 22-yard catch in the second quarter…caught seven passes for 75 yards and a touchdown vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…the touchdown was the 29th of his career, which surpassed Domanick Williams for first place in franchise history in career touchdowns…the score also gave him 174 career points, which put him in first place in franchise history among non-kickers…caught four passes for 55 yards at Green Bay (12/7)…topped 6,000 career receiving yards with an 11-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter…also scored the first two-point conversion of his career following his touchdown catch…finished the game with 11 receptions for a franchise and personal-best 207 receiving yards vs. Tennessee (12/14)…recorded his seventh 100-yard game on the season and 24th of his career…finished the game with two catches for 19 yards at Oakland (12/21)…caught 10 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns vs. Chicago (12/28)…it was his eighth 100-yard game of the season.

2007 (Houston 9/9): Saw action in nine games, missing seven games with a knee injury…amassed 60 receptions for 851 yards and eight touchdowns…recorded a career-long 77-yard touchdown catch in the season opener vs. Kansas City (9/9)…registered seven receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns at Carolina (9/16)…inactive the next seven games with a knee injury…returned to action and recorded six receptions for 120 yards, including a 73-yard touchdown catch, vs. New Orleans (11/18)…registered three receptions for 37 yards at Cleveland (11/25)…recorded his fourth 100-yard game of the season with nine receptions for 116 yards and a 28-yard touchdown catch at Tennessee (12/2)…finished with nine receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown vs. Tampa Bay (12/9)…caught his seventh touchdown of the season, tallying six receptions for 86 yards vs. Denver (12/13)…caught seven passes for 74 yards and his eighth touchdown of the season at Indianapolis (12/23)…recorded six receptions for 74 yards in the season finale vs. Jacksonville (12/30).

2006 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games…set a career-high with a league-leading 103 receptions…was the only receiver in the NFL to snag 100 receptions…his 1,147 receiving yards were the most of his career…tied for the team lead with five TD catches…tied a career high with four 100-yard receiving games…had a career-high two games with over 10 receptions…his 65 catches in the first eight games of the season ranked third-most in NFL history…caught six passes for 101 yards vs. Philadelphia (9/10)…had season-highs with 11 receptions for 152 yards and his 53-yard reception in the first quarter set up Houston's first score vs. Washington (9/24)…earned AFC Player of the Week honors with a nine catch, 101-yard performance vs. Miami (10/1)…finished the first half of the season with a nine-catch performance for 83 yards at the New York Giants (11/5)…surpassed his career high in catches for a season when he caught 10 passes for 95 yards and a score at the New York Jets (11/26)…made a 17-yard reception inside the last two minutes to set up Kris Brown's 48-yard field goal as time expired to give Houston the 27-24 win vs. Indianapolis (12/24)…made two catches for 12 yards in the season finale vs. Cleveland (12/31).

Amassed 92 receptions for 1,831 (19.9 avg.) and 20 TDs in three seasons at Miami (Fla.) ranking fifth on the school's all-time receiving yards list…added 11 receptions for 253 yards and two TDs in two bowl games…only Michael Irvin (26) and Lamar Thomas (23) had more career TD grabs…earned first-team All-Big East honors and third-team AP All-America honors as a sophomore…became just the second Hurricane player to crack the single-season 1,000-yard receiving barrier (Eddie Brown, 1,114 yards, 1984)…helped Miami win first national title in 10 years as a sophomore, catching 37 passes for 682 yards (18.4 avg.) and career-best 10 TDs…also an elite collegiate sprinter, winning 2002 Big East Conference titles in the indoor 60 meter and outdoor 100 meter…majored in liberal arts.

Selected after his junior season by the Houston Texans in the first round (third overall) in the 2003 NFL draft…signed by Texans on July 22, 2003...re-signed by Texans on March 3, 2007.

Lives in Houston…Parade All-America selection as a senior at Miami (Fla.) Senior High School…caught 31 passes for 908 yards and 15 TDs his senior season for the Stingarees…also lettered in track and basketball…born Andre Lamont Johnson in Miami, Fla.