The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division and play their home games at NRG Stadium.
The Texans are the youngest franchise currently competing in the history of the National Football League after they began their expansion in 2002.
National Football League games can be won or lost by one or two points due to a missed or made kick of the greatest importance in a moment and every starter kicker is a hero.
Who was the first kicker for Houston Texans?
In the history of the Texans, Kris Brown became the first kicker for Houston Texans.
Brown won the job as a placekicker for the Texans and held the position for the first eight years of the franchise’s history.
On Christmas Eve 2006, Brown nailed a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Texans their first-ever win over the Indianapolis Colts.
Brown kicked five field goals on October 7, 2007, against the Miami Dolphins at home, including the game-winner on a career-long 57-yarder with one second remaining.
Brown set an NFL single-game record with three field goals of 54 yards or more, hitting two 54-yarders earlier in the game.
In his seven seasons, Kris Brown only missed 2 of his 253 extra point kicks and had a kickoff average of 63.8 yards.
In a report filed by the battleredblog.com, it says his field goal percentage came in at 77.1%, Brown holds the top spot for all-time Texans’ scoring leader with 767 points.
