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87 Mark Bruener - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-4
WEIGHT: 260
COLLEGE: Washington
NFL EXP: 14th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | rec | yds | avg | lg | td | kret | yds | avg | ktd |
| 1995 | PIT | 16 | 13 | 26 | 238 | 9.2 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 1996 | PIT | 12 | 12 | 12 | 141 | 11.8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1997 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 18 | 117 | 6.5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1998 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | -7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1999 | PIT | 14 | 14 | 18 | 176 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2000 | PIT | 16 | 16 | 17 | 192 | 11.3 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2001 | PIT | 9 | 9 | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2002 | PIT | 12 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2003 | PIT | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2004 | HOU | 15 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2005 | HOU | 16 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 14 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 185 | 139 | 152 | 1,333 | 8.8 | 36 | 18 | |||||
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Pittsburgh Steelers in first round (27th pick overall) of 1995 NFL Draft…signed by Steelers on July 25, 1995…placed on injured reserve with knee injury on Nov. 29, 1996…placed on injured reserve with shoulder injury on Nov. 21, 2001…placed on physically unable to perform list with foot injury from July 25-30, 2002…placed on injured reserve with knee injury on December 3, 2002…released by Steelers on Feb. 27, 2004…signed by Texans on March 22, 2004…re-signed by Texans on March 12, 2006…re-signed by Texans on March 10, 2008.
HONORS: Spirit of the Bull Award in 2005-07.
PRO (through 2007 season): Strong veteran with sure hands and great blocking ability…considered one of the best blocking tight ends in the NFL…integral part of the Texans rushing game…entering his 14th season has seen action in 186 games with 139 starts…boasts 152 receptions for 1,333 yards and 18 TDs…part of five Steelers playoff teams…helped Pittsburgh average 2,142 rushing yards per season over his nine years there.
2008 (Houston 2/0): Played on special teams and as a reserve tight end at Pittsburgh (9/7)... Inactive at Tennesse (9/21), at Jacksonville (9/28), vs. Indianapolis (10/5), vs. Miami (10/12), vs. Detroit (10/19), vs. Cincinnati (10/26) because of a hamstring injury...inactive at Minnesota (11/2), vs. Baltimore (11/9), at Indianapolis (11/16), at Cleveland (11/23), vs. Jacksonville (12/1), at Green Bay (12/7), vs. Tennessee (12/14) and at Oakland (12/21)...played at tight end vs. Chicago (12/28).
2007 (Houston 14/1): Saw action in 14 games with one start…won the team's Spirit of the Bull award for the third consecutive season…award is voted on by the team and goes to the player who exemplifies character, leadership and sportsmanship...appeared mostly on special teams…was held without a catch for the first time in his career, but contributed as a blocker in running situations…played as a reserve TE and on special teams in each of the first six games of the season…was inactive vs. Tennessee (10/21) and at San Diego (10/28)...started at TE at Tennessee (12/2).
2006 (Houston 15/4): Used more extensively in the offense, seeing action in 15 games with four starts…caught two touchdown passes…finished with nine catches for 62 yards, his highest total since the 2002 season…caught his first pass of the season for a one-yard touchdown at Indianapolis (9/17)…saw extensive action at tight end, catching a TD pass in consecutive games, this time for two yards vs. Washington (9/24)…had a season-high two catches for 26 yards…caught season-long reception of 25 yards to help set up a touchdown vs. Indianapolis (12/24).
2005 (Houston 16/15): Played in 16 games, starting 15…caught two passes for 22 yards…also returned one kickoff for 11 yards…caught one pass for a team-long 19-yard gain in season opener at Buffalo (9/11)…also returned a kickoff for 11 yards…had one catch for three yards vs. St. Louis (11/27).
2004 (Houston 16/11): Played in all 16 games for the first time in four seasons, starting 11…caught four passes for 52 yards and helped the Texans rush for a club-record 1,882 yards…recorded his first catch as a Texan, a seven-yard reception, in season opener vs. San Diego (9/12)…hauled in season-long 27-yard pass in overtime loss to Minnesota (10/10)…caught one pass for 12 yards in win over Tennessee (11/28).
2003 (Pittsburgh 14/0): Played in 14 games for the Steelers…caught two passes for 12 yards and one TD, the 16th of his career…scored on a one-yard toss from QB Tommy Maddox in 13-6 win at Cleveland (11/23), the only TD of the game.
2002 (Pittsburgh 12/12): Started 12 games before landing on injured reserve with a knee injury…caught 13 passes for 66 yards and one score…caught four passes for 25 yards at New England (9/9), the second-most receptions of his career…scored on a one-yard toss from Maddox in 23-20 win at Cleveland (11/3)…placed on injured reserve on 12/3.
2001 (Pittsburgh 9/0): Started nine games before landing on injured reserve with a shoulder injury…caught 12 passes for 98 yards…hauled in two passes for four yards at Jacksonville (9/9)…caught one pass for 15 yards vs. Cincinnati (10/7)…posted three receptions for 36 yards vs. Tennessee (10/29)… hauled in two passes for 14 yards vs. Jaguars (11/18) before leaving the game in the first half with a shoulder injury…placed on injured reserve on 11/21.
2000 (Pittsburgh 16/16): Started all 16 games, finishing with 17 catches for 192 yards (11.3 avg.) and three TDs, his highest scoring output in two seasons…caught two passes for 27 yards vs. Baltimore (9/3)…scored on a 30-yard TD pass at Tennessee (11/5)…grabbed a six yard scoring strike vs. Oakland (12/3).
1999 (Pittsburgh 14/14): Started 14 games before missing the final two games of the season with a foot sprain…finished with 18 receptions for 176 yards…caught three passes for 25 yards vs. Seattle (9/19)…caught two passes for a career-high 51 yards vs. Cincinnati (11/28), including a 29-yarder…posted three receptions for 27 yards vs. Jacksonville (12/2)…had two catches for 33 yards vs. Baltimore (12/12).
1998 (Pittsburgh 16/16): Started all 16 games, collecting 19 receptions for 157 yards and two TDs…caught three passes for 38 yards vs. Chicago (9/13)…had a season-high three receptions for 19 yards vs. Tennessee (11/1)…recovered an onside kick to preserve win over Green Bay (11/9)…caught three passes for 29 yards vs. New England (12/6)…posted three receptions for 22 yards at Jacksonville (12/28).
1997 (Pittsburgh 16/16): Started all 16 games and both playoff contests…caught 18 passes for 117 yards and a career-best six TDs…finished as the Steelers' fourth-leading scorer…hauled in five passes for 43 yards s. New England (12/13)…scored the game-tying TD with 38 seconds left to send the game into overtime…had one catch for 16 yards vs. Denver in the AFC Championship Game (1/11/98).
1996 (Pittsburgh 12/12): Started 12 games, catching 12 passes for 141 yards (11.8 avg.)…had season-high three catches for 29 yards vs. Houston (9/29)…caught two-point conversion pass at Kansas City (10/7)…suffered season-ending knee injury at Miami (11/25), after making career-long 36-yard grab on a second-quarter TD drive…had surgery on 11/28 and was placed on injured reserve.
COLLEGE: Three-year starter who finished career as Washington's school-record holder for catches by a tight end with 90, ranking eighth overall…totaled 1,012 receiving yards to rank third on school receiving yardage list for a tight end…started every game as a senior and finished second on team with 34 receptions for 331 yards and one TD…earned first-team All-America honors by Newspaper Enterprise Association and first-team All-Pacific-10 honors as a junior…continued to work toward his degree throughout his career and graduated from the University of Washington in May 2007 with a degree in economics.
Married to Traci, couple lives in Houston with their two daughters, Allie and Chloie, and two sons, Carson and Braydon…Player of Year as a senior at Aberdeen (Wash.) High…played tight end and linebacker…caught 24 passes for 424 yards and six TDs as a senior and recorded 75 tackles, including 10 sacks…was voted Steelers' 1998 Sprint Man of the Year for his dedication to community service…born Mark Frederick Bruener in Olympia, Wash.
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