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69 Chester Pitts - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 321
COLLEGE: San Diego State
NFL EXP: 8th season
| Career Statistics | |||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | fum rec |
| 2002 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 2008 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | HOU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 114 | 112 | |||||
HONORS: 2003-04 USA Today All-Joe Team
CAREER: Model of consistency for the Texans…true athleticism has allowed Pitts to move between guard and tackle during his career without missing a beat…is the only player to start every game in Texans franchise history…has started the last five seasons primarily at left guard after beginning his career as the team's left tackle from 2002-03…last played at left tackle in 2005…played the most consecutive snaps for the Texans at 3,884 from 2002-06…has missed a total of seven plays during his seven-year NFL career… made his 100th consecutive start in 2008 vs. Indianapolis (10/5/08)…only Texan to start in all 42 AFC South games since 2002… only Texan to start every season opener in team history.
2008 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games for the seventh consecutive season, all at left guard…was on the field for 1,018 of a possible 1,019 offensive snaps, missing one play in the season opener…part of an offensive line that started all 16 games together for the first time in team history…helped block for rookie RB Steve Slaton, who set a franchise record with 1,282 rushing yards…paved the way for Slaton to rush for his first 100-yard game at Tennessee (9/21)…started the 100th consecutive game of his career and the 100th game in Texans history vs. Indianapolis (10/5)…helped the offense gain more than 400 yards in back-to-back games vs. Miami (10/12) and vs. Detroit (10/19)…helped the team score a season-high 35 points vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…was part of an offensive line that helped Slaton set a Texans rookie record with 156 rushing yards at Indianapolis (11/16)…started on Monday Night Football and helped Slaton rush for 130 yards and two touchdowns vs. Jacksonville (12/1)…helped the offense gain a franchise-record 549 yards at Green Bay (12/7)…was part of a line that helped Slaton run for his third consecutive 100-yard game and WR Andre Johnson record the first 200-yard receiving game in team history vs. Tennessee (12/14)…helped allow QB Matt Schaub to throw for 328 yards and two touchdowns in season finale vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at left guard…played in 991 plays of a possible 993…missed two plays at home against Tampa Bay (12/9) but returned in the next series…part of a line that gave up a franchise-low 22 sacks…recovered a fumble against Indianapolis (9/23)…served as team captain in his return to San Diego (10/28), where he played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs…missed his lone two plays of the 2008 season against Tampa Bay (12/9).
2006 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at left guard…broke a string of 3,884 consecutive plays played in Week 2 at Indianapolis… started every game at guard for the second time in his career…started at left guard at Indianapolis (9/17)…was replaced in the third quarter by Fred Weary to break his streak at 3,884 plays to start his career… started at left guard vs. Buffalo (11/19)…Houston running backs totaled 188 yards on the ground and an eye-popping 7.2 yards per carry…started at left guard vs. Indianapolis (12/24)…the running game totaled 191 yards on the ground, the second-most in team history.
2005 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games, either at left guard or left tackle…became the only Texan in team history to be part of every offensive snap…started at left guard but moved to left tackle in second quarter at Jacksonville (11/6) due to an injury to Victor Riley…helped Texans gain 412 net yards against St. Louis (11/27).
2004 (Houston 16/16): Started all 16 games at left guard, lining up for every offensive snap for the third consecutive season…helped Williams rush for a club-record 1,188 yards, his second consecutive 1,000-yard campaign… helped Texans net 784 yards rushing to the left side…helped Texans offense gain 369 total yards in 20-6 division win versus Jacksonville (10/31)…escorted Williams to 129-yard rushing performance in win over Titans (11/28), giving Houston its first-ever sweep of a division opponent.
2003 (Houston 16/16): Started in all 16 games at left tackle for the second consecutive season…held the NFL's reigning sack leader, DE Jason Taylor, without a sack or tackle in season-opening win at Miami (9/7)…helped hold the Colts without a sack in season finale against Indianapolis (12/28) as RB Domanick Williams cracked the 1,000-yard rushing mark.
2002 (Houston 16/16): Started in all 16 games as a rookie…one of two offensive linemen (C Steve McKinney) to participate in every offensive snap…helped plow the way for RB Jonathan Wells to rush for 93 yards against Indianapolis (9/22)…paved the way for Wells to rush 14 times with one TD against Baltimore (12/15).
Didn't play football until he walked on at San Diego State…allowed just one sack in two seasons as Aztecs' starting left tackle…started all 11 games at "quick" tackle in 2001…did not allow a sack while registering 108 knockdowns on 762 snaps…earned first team All-Mountain West Conference honors and third-team All-America accolades… joined the team as a walk-on in 1998…saw action on the scout team.…owns a degree in public administration.
Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round (50th overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 16, 2002...placed on the reserve/injured list on Sept. 24, 2009.
Lives in Houston…has a daughter and a son…attended California Academy for Math and Science in Los Angeles, which didn't have a football team…lettered in track, earning all-league honors and setting school records in the shot put and discus…had a Super Bowl commercial that featured him meeting teammate Ephraim Salaam, who inspired him to walk-on to the San Diego State football team…has made multiple appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Game…born Chester Morise Pitts II in Carson, Calif.
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