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26 Glenn Earl - Biography
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 215
COLLEGE: Notre Dame
NFL EXP: 5th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | tckls | solo | ast | sacks | int | yds | avg | lg | td |
| 2004 | HOU | 12 | 9 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | HOU | 10 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | HOU | 15 | 15 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 31 | 147 | 112 | 35 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | |
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in fourth round (122nd pick overall) of 2004 NFL Draft…signed by Texans on July 30, 2004…placed on reserve/injured list on Aug. 14, 2007…re-signed with Texans on March 7, 2008.
PRO: Aggressive strong safety who will look to bounce back after missing the 2007 season due to injury…has played in 37 career games with 31 starts…has amassed 186 total tackles, 117 solo in three seasons…saw best statistical year in 2006 with 70 total tackles…also recorded first two sacks of his career in 2006.
2007 (Houston 0/0): Spent the season on injured reserve after suffering a lis franc injury in his left foot during the opening game of preseason…placed on injured reserve on 8/14.
2006 (Houston 15/15): Started 15 games, missing one due to injury…finished his third season with a career-high 70 total tackles and a career-high 57 solo tackles…recorded his first two career sacks for 22 combined yards lost vs. Oakland QB Aaron Brooks and Miami QB Daunte Culpepper…also contributed four passes defensed and one interception and one forced fumble…started at Indianapolis (9/17) and finished with 10 total tackles, eight solo, and registered his only forced fumble of the season…totaled six solo stops and his first career sack vs. Miami (10/1), taking down QB Daunte Culpepper for a 10-yard loss…had three solo tackles, an interception which he returned for two yards, and two passes defensed at the New York Giants (11/5)…finished with four solo tackles and his second career sack, taking down QB Aaron Brooks for a 12-yard loss at Oakland (12/3)…finished with a season-high 11 total stops, tying his career high, including eight solo at New England (12/17).
2005 (Houston 10/7): Played in 10 games, starting the final seven games of the season…registered 51 tackles, two interceptions and a career-high seven passes defensed…led the team with a career-high 11 tackles at Baltimore (12/4)…made four tackles and a career-high three passes defensed at Tennessee (12/11)…made his first-career interception vs. Arizona (12/18) and recorded a team-leading nine tackles while knocking a pair of Cardinals receivers out of the game…recorded eight tackles and picked off second pass of the season while starting at San Francisco (1/1/06).
2004 (Houston 12/9): Played in 12 games, starting nine…registered 66 tackles and one pass defensed…added one special teams stop…made NFL debut at Detroit (9/19), recording two tackles…made first-career start at strong safety at Kansas City (9/26), racking up season-high 10 tackles…made seven tackles and broke up first-career pass at New York Jets (12/5)…collected seven tackles in victory at Chicago (12/19).
COLLEGE: Began career at Notre Dame as a receiver before switching to safety after his redshirt freshman season…played in 38 games for the Irish with 24 starts…amassed 169 career tackles, three forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, four interceptions and four sacks…started six games before ACL injury, posting 35 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and one interception…finished second on the team as a junior with career-high 81 tackles…also picked off two passes…posted 33 tackles and two sacks as a sophomore…played in 11 games with two starts as a freshman, collecting 20 tackles and one interception…majored in economics and computer applications.
Played wide receiver and defensive back at Naperville North High School in Naperville, Ill….earned USA Today honorable mention All-American recognition…first-team all-state pick by the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune…named DuPage Valley Conference's Defensive Player of the Year and earned all-conference and team MVP honors senior season…cousin, Acie Earl, played basketball at Iowa and professionally for the Boston Celtics…father, Glenn, played football at Indiana State…involved with the Boys Club…born Glenn Eugene Earl in Southfield, Mich.
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