Courtesy of the Texans’ public relations staff, here’s a look at notable connections between the Texans and their Week 2 opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars:
TEXANS WITH CONNECTIONS TO FLORIDA
ILB Mister Alexander (Florida State); RB Justin Forsett (Lakeland); CB Brandon Harris (Miami; Univ. of Miami); WR Lestar Jean (Miami; Florida Atlantic Univ.); WR Andre Johnson (Miami; Univ. of Miami); C Chris Myers (Miami; Univ. of Miami); WR Coach Larry Kirksey (coached at Univ. of Florida, 1984-88); LB Coach Reggie Herring (played at Florida State, 1978-80); Assistant Head Coach/DL Bill Kollar (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, played 1977-81, coached 1984); Special Teams Coordinator Joe Marciano (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coached 1996-01); QB Coach Karl Dorrell (Miami Dolphins, coached 2008-11; Univ. of Central Florida, coached 1989).
JAGUARS WITH CONNECTIONS TO TEXAS
CB Antwon Blake (Houston; UTEP); LB Kyle Bosworth (Plano); G Uche Nwaneri (Garland); CB Aaron Ross (Tyler; Univ. of Texas); CB Kevin Rutland (Houston); PK Josh Scobee (Longview); WR Mike Thomas (DeSoto); RB Keith Toston (Angleton); WR Coach Jerry Sullivan (coached at Texas Tech 1973-75); Offensive Coordinator Bob Bratkowski (San Angelo).
FORMER JAGUARS ON THE TEXANS
WR Coach Larry Kirksey (coached in 2003).
FORMER TEXANS ON THE JAGUARS
Secondary Coach Tony Oden (coached from 2004-05); Assistant Secondary Coach Marlon McCree (played 2003-04).
TEXANS-JAGUARS COLLEGE CONNECTIONS
Texans OLB Brooks Reed and NT Earl Mitchell and Jaguars OL Eben Britton and WR Mike Thomas (Arizona); Texans Offensive Assistant Jim Ryan (1974-78) played for William & Mary with Jaguars LB Coach Mark Duffner (1972-74); Dorrell coached at UCLA when RB Maurice Jones-Drew (2003-05), Bosworth (2005-09), and TE Marcedes Lewis (2002-05) played there; Texans RB Justin Forsett (2004-07) played at California with DT Tyson Alualu (2006-09); Alexander (2006-10) played at Florida State with Jaguars CB Mike Harris (2010-11); Texans DE Tim Jamison (2005-08) played at Michigan with Jaguars QB Chad Henne (2004-07); Texans WR DeVier Posey (2008-11) played at Ohio State with Jaguars C Mike Brewster (2008-11); LG Wade Smith (1999-2001) played at Memphis while DL Coach Joe Cullen (2001) coached there; Texans CB Alan Ball (2002-06) played at Illinois when Cullen (2005) coached there.
TEXANS-JAGUARS PRO CONNECTIONS
LG Wade Smith (2006-07) played for the New York Jets with Jaguars DL C.J. Mosley (2006-08); Texans NT Shaun Cody (2005-08) played for Detroit while Jaguars DL Coach Joe Cullen (2006-08) and Assistant Head Coach/QB Coach Greg Olson (2004-05) coached there; Texans SS Danieal Manning (2006-10) played for Chicago with Jaguars G/C Josh Beekman (2007-10); Texans QB John Beck (2007-08), ILB Tim Dobbins (2010), T Andrew Gardner (2009), and K Shayne Graham (2011) played for Miami with Jaguars QB Chad Henne (2008-11); Beck (2009) and Gardner (2010) played for Baltimore with Jaguars S Dawan Landry (2006-10) and with RB Jalen Parmele (2008-10); Texans Assistant Head Coach/DL Bill Kollar (2006-08) coached for Buffalo while Jaguars LB Paul Posluszny (2007-10) played there; Jones (2007-11) played for St. Louis with Jaguars WR Laurent Robinson (2009-10), DE George Selvie (2010) and RB Keith Toston (2010); Ball (2007-11) and ILB Bradie James (2003-11) played for Dallas with Robinson (2011); Graham (2010) played for N.Y. Giants with CB Aaron Ross (2007-11); Texans RB Coach Chick Harris (1983-91) coached for Seattle while Jaguars OL Coach Andy Heck (1989-93) played there; Texans WR Kevin Walter (2003-05), Graham (2003-09) and CB Johnathan Joseph (2006-10) played for Cincinnati when Offensive Coordinator Bob Bratkowski (2001-10) coached there; Beck (2007-08) and Jones (2005-06) played for Miami while Head Coach Mike Mularkey (2006-07) coached there; Beck (2007-08), Dobbins (2010)¸and Gardner (2009) played for Miami while Jaguars Special Teams Coordinator John Bonamego (2008-10) coached there; Jones (2007-11) played for St. Louis while Olson (2006-07) and RB Coach Sylvester Croom (2009-11) coached there; Smith (2003-05) played for Miami while Sullivan (2004) coached there; Dorrell (2008-11) coached for Miami with Bonamego (2008-10); Texans DB Coach Vance Joseph (2005-10) coached for San Francisco with Sullivan (2005-10).
