TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft...signed by Texans on June 16, 2010...waived by the Texans on Oct. 2, 2010...Signed to the Texans practice squad on Oct. 5, 2010...signed to active roster on Dec. 1, 2010...placed on injured reserve on Aug. 25, 2011.
2011 (Houston 0/0):
Placed on injured reserve after suffering a right leg injury in training camp (8/25)
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Houston Texans in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft...signed by Texans on June 16, 2010...waived by the Texans on Oct. 2, 2010...Signed to the Texans practice squad on Oct. 5, 2010...signed to active roster on Dec. 1, 2010...placed on injured reserve on Aug. 25, 2011.
2011 (Houston 0/0):
Placed on injured reserve after suffering a right leg injury in training camp (8/25)
2010 (Houston 0/0):
Inactive for the first three games and the final five games of 2010 season
On Houston’s practice squad for eight weeks during the middle of the season
COLLEGE:
Played in 36 games with 31 starts in four seasons at Colorado State
Two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection, earning second-team honors in 2008 and honorable mention in 2009
Played in nine games with eight starts, but did not miss a conference game as a senior in 2009
Was one of five team captains as a senior along with fellow Texans lineman Cole Pemberton
Second-team all-MWC choice, played in 12 games, with 11 starts, including the New Mexico Bowl (12/20)
Started all 12 games as a sophomore in 2007 after playing in three games as a freshman in 2006
Majored in nutrition and food science
PERSONAL:
All-star offensive lineman at Westview High School in Phoenix
Earned three varsity letters in football, and was a two-year starter
Lettered once in track, where he threw the shot put and discus
Earned first-team all-region honors in 2004 as an offensive tackle and was second-team as a defensive lineman
Was a two-time all-state performer in football and was named to the all-Arizona team as a senior
Was named the West Valley Player of the Year as a senior
Born Shelley Andres Smith in Phoenix
