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James Casey
Height:6-4
Weight:244
College:Rice University
Experience:1st season
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86 James Casey - Biography

HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 244
COLLEGE: Rice University
NFL EXP: 1st season

Career Statistics
Year Team G GS rec yds avg lg td kret yds avg ktd
2009 HOU 7 0 2 14 7.0 7 0 1 0 0.0 0
Totals 7 0 2 14 7.0 7 0 1 0 0.0 0

 

CAREER: Appeared in 25 games, starting 17…recorded 157 receptions for 1,914 yards and 17 touchdowns...added 11 touchdowns on 102 carries for 392 yards...completed 4-of-12 passes for 37 yards, two touchdowns and one interception...returned 15 punts for 117 yards (7.8 avg.) and gained 2,393 all-purpose yards, an average of 95.72 yards per game...set school season-records with 111 receptions for 1,329 yards in 2008 while becoming the first player in school history to catch more than 100 passes in a season…received Academic All-American honors, compiling a 3.84 GPA while holding a triple major in economics, managerial studies and sports management.
 
2008: All-American first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report, earning third-team honors from Rivals.com...Academic All-American second-team choice by ESPN...unanimous first-team All-Conference USA pick...started all 13 games at the "Y" receiver position but also saw action at the other three receiver spots in addition to playing quarterback and returning punts...led the conference and ranked second in the nation with an average of 8.54 receptions per game... ranked seventh nationally with an average of 192.2 receiving yards per game.

2007: Freshman All American first-team selection by the Football Writers Association, adding second-team honors from The Sporting News and Rivals.com...consensus C-USA All-Freshman team choice...started four of 12 games, ranking second on the team with 46 receptions for 585 yards (12.7 avg) and four touchdowns...carried 45 times for 144 yards (3.2 avg.) and five scores...completed 2-of-7 passes for 32 yards and one interception...played seven different positions vs. Southern Mississippi, making three tackles and an assisted sack.

Selected by Houston Texans in the fifth round (152nd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft...signed with the Texans on July 28, 2009.

Was selected by the Chicago White Sox as a pitcher in the seventh round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft...retired from pro baseball at the end of the 2006 season...standout in both football and baseball in high school...earned all-district honors as a quarterback during his junior year in 2001...missed most of his senior football season with injury problems...named all-state and academic all-state in baseball…named District 6-4A Most Valuable Player as a senior...threw a no-hitter in first varsity game…married to Kylie.

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