LONG SNAPPER - ODAY ABOUSHI GUARD TEXANS BIOS

Height: 5-10 | Weight: 246| College: Baylor|

2015 GP/GS: 7| Career GP/GS (Playoffs): 87 (4) | Teams: Houston, 2010-15 |

TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Houston Texans on April 28, 2010...Signed a contract exten-

sion with the Texans on September 8, 2015. CAREER:

• Signed with the Texans during the 2010 offseason and made the roster out of training

camp

• Has handled 838 extra point, field goal and punt snaps and has contributed with 19 special teams tackles, including a career-high six in 2013 and 2015

• Signed a contract extension with the Texans on Sept. 8, 2015 2015 (Houston 7/0):

• Served as long snapper on extra points, field goal and punts in Weeks 1-7 • Has a team-high and career-high six special teams tackles

• Passed DeMeco Ryans (86) for the 11th-most career games played in team history 2014 (Houston 16/0):

• Served as long snapper on extra points, field goal and punts in all 16 games • Made a special teams tackle against the New York Giants (9/21)

• Recorded a special teams tackle at Dallas (10/5) in Week 5 2013 (Houston 16/0):

• Saw action on special teams in all 16 games and made a career-high six special teams

tackles

2012 (Houston 16/0, 2/0):

• Served as long snapper on extra points, field goal and punts in all 16 games plus both playoff games

• Helped Shayne Graham set the team scoring record with 138 points

• Helped Donnie Jones set the team punting records with a gross average of 47.1 yards per punt on the season and net average of 40.5 yards

• Recorded a special teams tackle at Denver (9/30) 2011 (Houston 16/0, 2/0):

• Served as long snapper on extra points, field goal and punts for all 16 games of the

season

• Helped Neil Rackers set team records for field goals made (32) and points in a season

(135)

• Helped rookie Brett Hartmann set a team record with a 44.4 gross punt average • Made his postseason debut and saw action on special teams in AFC Wild Card Playoff

vs. Cincinnati (1/7/12)

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WEEKS’ CAREER STATISTICS

Extra Point, Field Goal and Punt Snap Attempts: 838

Special Teams Tackles (19): 2015: - 6; 2014 - 2; 2013 - 6; 2012 - 2; 2011 - 0; 2010 - 3.

2010 (Houston 16/0):

• Served as long snapper on extra points, field goal and punts in all 16 contests • Efforts helped kicker Neil Rackers convert 27-of-30 field goal attempts and 43-of-43 extra

point opportunities while tying Kris Brown’s Texans record for 124 points in a season • Made his professional debut long snapping in the season opener vs. Indianapolis (9/12) • Snapped on punt/field goal attempts at Washington (9/19) including Rackers’ game-win-

ning 35-yard field goal

• Reached 125 consecutive perfect snaps with seven successful long snaps at Tennessee (12/19)

• Contributed to Rackers hitting all three field goal attempts including a career long of 57 yards at Denver (12/26)

COLLEGE:

• Originally attended Baylor as an invited walk-on • Earned a scholarship after his freshman season

• Was discovered at a special teams camp by the Baylor special teams coach • Snapped for two-time Ray Guy Award winner Daniel Sepulveda

• Handled the long-snapping chores for Baylor from 2004-07 and earned four varsity letters PERSONAL:

• Was in training to be an EMT when called by the Texans for a tryout

• An all-region offensive and defensive lineman for Mountain Ridge (Glendale, Ariz.) High

School

• Two-way player of the year selection

• Friday Night Fever Defensive Line Player of the Year

• Received the Curley Culp Award as Arizona’s best defensive lineman

• Mountain Ridge recorded four straight winning records during his prep career and cap- tured regional titles in both 2000 and 2002

• Mountain Lions went 24-2 during Weeks’ last two seasons, which included a 14-1 mark

TEXANS BIOS

VINCE WILFORK

NOSE TACKLE

Height: 6-2 | Weight: 325 | College: Miami (Fla.) |

Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL| 12th NFL Season |

1st with Texans | Age: 33 | Acquired: FA-’15| 2015 GP/GS: 7/7 | Career GP/GS (Playoffs): 165/155 (21/19) Teams: New England, 2004-14; Houston, 2015 | TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the New England Patriots in the first round (21st overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft...Signed by the Houston Texans on March 17, 2015. HONORS: • Won two Super Bowls (XXXIX, XLIX) • Won four AFC Championships (2004, 2007, 2011, 2014) • First-team All-Pro (2012) • Second-team All-Pro four times (2007, 2009-11) • Named to the Pro Bowl Roster five times (2007, 2009-12) • Pro Football Writers Association All-AFC five times (2007, 2009-12) • Named to New England Patriots 50th Anniversary Team • 2010 recipient of the Ron Burton Community Service Award CAREER: • A 12th-year defensive tackle who played in 158 games (148 starts) with the New England Patriots, compiling 517 tackles (352 solo), 16.0 sacks, three interceptions returned for 48 yards, 35 quarterback hits, 28 tackles for loss, 12 fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles, and 26 passes defensed before joining the Texans • Served as a defensive co-captain for seven straight seasons (2008-14) and helped the Patriots defense finish in the top-10 in points allowed 9 times (2004, 2006-10, 2012-14) • In 2007, earned his first career Pro Bowl selection and was named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team • Had a 123-35 (.778) record in 158 regular season games with the Patriots • Member of the first team in NFL history to complete a 16-0 regular season (2007 Pa- triots), which tied the NFL all-time record with 18 overall victories in a season, and out- scored opponents by an NFL-record 315 points • With Wilfork manning the middle of the defensive line, New England ranked in the top-11 in rushing yards allowed per game three times during the last five seasons (2010, 2012, 2014) • Patriots all-time leader in interceptions by a defensive lineman with three career picks 2015 (Houston, 7/7): • Started at nose tackle in Weeks 1-7 • Recorded two tackles at Carolina (9/20), vs. Tampa Bay (9/27), at Atlanta (10/4), and at Jacksonville (10/18) 2014 (New England, 16/16, 3/3): • Voted co-captain for the seventh straight season • Returned from a 2013 Achilles injury to start all 16 games for the Patriots and recorded 47 tackles (24 solo), one interception, one quarterback hit, two tackles for loss, and two passes defensed

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WILFORK’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year Team GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds Int Yds Lg TD PD QBH TFL FF FR Yds TD 2004 NE 16 6 42 27 15 2 11 0 0 0 0 3 - - 0 2 0 0 2005 NE 16 16 54 40 14 0.5 4 0 0 0 0 1 - - 0 1 0 0 2006 NE 13 13 51 41 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 - 0 1 0 0 2007 NE 16 16 48 36 12 2 18 0 0 0 0 2 7 - 0 1 0 0 2008 NE 16 16 66 45 21 2 13 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 2009 NE 13 13 43 31 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 2010 NE 16 16 57 46 11 2 16 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 1 0 0 2011 NE 16 16 52 29 23 3.5 17.5 2 47 28 0 5 10 6 1 2 0 0 2012 NE 16 16 48 29 19 3 32 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 2 4 2 0 2013 NE 4 4 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2014 NE 16 16 47 24 23 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2015 Hou 7 7 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 165 155 525 354 171 16 114.5 3 48 28 0 26 35 28 4 12 2 0 • Started in the season opener at Miami (9/7) after missing most of 2013 with an Achilles injury. Recorded three tackles. • Sealed the 16-9 win vs. Oakland (9/21) when he snared a deflected Derek Carr pass on first-and-goal from the 12-yard line with less than a minute remaining for his third career interception. With the pick, he became the Patriots all-time leader in interceptions by a defensive lineman • Started at defensive tackle and posted six tackles in the win at Buffalo (10/12) • Registered a season-high eight tackles in the win at N.Y. Jets (12/21) • Started and posted two tackles in the Super Bowl XLIX win vs. Seattle (2/1) • Started at defensive tackle in the AFC Championship vs. Indianapolis (1/18/15) • Started at defensive tackle in the AFC Divisional Round vs. Baltimore (1/10/15) and recorded four tackles • Posted five tackles (five solo), one tackle for loss, and a pass defensed vs. Miami (12/14) 2013 (New England, 4/4): • Voted co-captain for the sixth straight season • Started the first four games of the regular season before suffering an Achilles injury and missing the rest of the season • Left during the first series of the game at Atlanta (9/29) with an injury and did not return • Compiled 10 tackles before being placed on season-ending injured reserve with an Achilles injury (10/3) 2012 (New England, 16/16, 2/2): • Voted co-captain for the fifth straight season • Voted to his fifth career Pro Bowl • Named Associated Press All-Pro: First Team • Garnered Pro Football Weekly’s All-NFL Team status • Started all 16 regular-season games and compiled 59 tackles, three sacks, six passes defensed, two forced fumbles and a career-high four fumble recoveries • Started both playoff games and made six tackles CAREER GAME HIGHS Tackles 10 vs. Indianapolis, 12/4/11 Sacks 2 vs. Miami, 1/2/11 Passes Defensed 2 3x, last: vs. Indianapolis, 11/18/12 TFL 2 3x, last: at Pittsburgh, 10/30/11 QBH 2 5x, last: vs. NY Giants, 11/6/11 CAREER SEASON HIGHS Tackles 66 2008 Sacks 3.5 2011 Passes Defensed 6 2012 TFL 8 2010 QBH 10 2011 WILFORK’S 2015 SEASON STATISTICS Date Opp GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds Int Yds Lg TD PD FF FR Yds TD 9/13 KC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/20 at Car 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/27 TB 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/4 at Atl 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/8 IND 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/18 at Jac 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/25 at Mia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/1 Ten - - - - 11/16 at Cin - - - - 11/22 NYJ - - - - 11/29 NO - - - - 12/6 at Buf - - - - 12/13 NE - - - - 12/20 at Ind - - - - 12/27 at Ten - - - - 1/3 Jac - - - - 2015 Totals 7 7 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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