TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Houston Texans in the seventh round (251st overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft…Signed with Texans on July 13, 2006… Released by Texans on September 1, 2007…Re-signed by Texans on September 26, 2007…Re-signed by Texans on March 4, 2009...Released by Texans on July 30, 2011...Signed by Denver Broncos on July 30, 2011...Released by Broncos on Sept. 3, 2011...Signed by Texans on Sept. 14, 2011.
CAREER:
• Crafty wide receiver who established himself as the Texans' slot receiver in 2008.
• Had 81 career receptions for 886 yards and three touchdowns in first five seasons with Houston (2006-10).
2010 (Houston 12/1):
• Made his first start of the season and caught two passes for 38 yards at the New York Jets (11/21).
• Recorded 28 yards on three receptions vs. Baltimore (12/13) before being placed on injured reserve (12/15) after injuring his shoulder vs. Baltimore.
TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Houston Texans in the seventh round (251st overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft…Signed with Texans on July 13, 2006… Released by Texans on September 1, 2007…Re-signed by Texans on September 26, 2007…Re-signed by the Texans on March 4, 2009.
CAREER:
• Crafty wide receiver who established himself as the Texans slot receiver in 2008.
• has 81 career receptions for 886 yards and three touchdowns in five seasons with Houston…drafted in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Texans.
2010 (Houston 12/1):
• Made his first start of the season and caught two passes for 38 yards at the New York Jets (11/21).
• Recorded 28 yards on three receptions vs. Baltimore (12/13) before being placed on injured reserve (12/15) after injuring his shoulder vs. Baltimore.
2009 (Houston 16/8):
• Played in every game and started a career-high eight contests...set career bests with 38 receptions for 370 yards.
• Had three receptions for 32 yards at Arizona (10/11).
• Made his first start of the season at Cincinnati (10/18), where he caught one pass for 12 yards and a first down.
• Made his third start of the season at wide receiver and had three receptions for 51 yards at Buffalo (11/1).
• Set a career high with a team-leading five receptions for 52 yards and five first downs vs. Tennessee (11/23).
• Started at WR but did not catch a pass vs. New England (1/3), snapping a streak of 18 consecutive games with a reception.
2008 (Houston 16/1):
• Played in all 16 games with one start…established career-highs with 19 receptions for 241 yards and two touchdowns.
• Had touchdown receptions in back-to-back weeks vs. Cincinnati and at Minnesota.
• Made a career-long 65-yard reception that tied for a team high in Week 16 at Oakland.
• Tied a career high with four receptions for 46 yards vs. Baltimore (11/9).
• Made his first career start at Cleveland (11/23) and caught one pass for 11 yards.
2007 (Houston 7/0):
• Saw action in seven games in his sophomore campaign.
• Made his season debut at Atlanta (9/30) and caught one pass for nine yards.
• Had the best day of the season vs. Tennessee (10/21), grabbing four passes for 45 yards and his first career touchdown.
2006 (Houston 9/0):
• Played in nine games…spent the first part of the season on the practice squad.
• Finished with one catch for 27 yards.
• Saw his first NFL action against Jacksonville (10/22).
• Made his first career NFL catch with a 27-yard reception at New England (12/17).
COLLEGE:
• Appeared in 47 games at Colorado State with 43 starts.
• Set school career records with 200 receptions for 3,330 yards, topping the previous marks of 191 catches for 3,163 yards by Greg Primus (1989-92)…was third in CSU history with 20 touchdown catches…set school season records with 1,282 yards on 72 receptions in 2003…15 100-yard receiving games broke the old school career record of 13 by Willie Miller (1972-74).
• All-American third team and All-Mountain West Conference first team selection by The NFL Draft Report…speech communications major.
PERSONAL:
• Born in Westlake Village, Calif.
• All-west region by SuperPrep magazine at Thousand Oaks High School (Calif.)…won the league MVP and the team MVP two years…holds all major receiving records at Thousand Oaks.
• Earned school and conference academic honors with a 3.8 grade point average…born David Kent Anderson.
