Texans' Ryans named AP Defensive Rookie of the Year

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NEW YORK -- DeMeco Ryans came into the NFL as Houston's second choice to
bolster its defense. He leaves his first pro year as The Associated Press
Defensive Rookie of the Year.

The linebacker, chosen at the top of the second round of last April's draft
-- 32 spots after the Texans made defensive end Mario Williams the first
overall selection- was a runaway winner of the award announced Wednesday.
Ryans led the league in solo tackles with 126, and his 156 total tackles
were 33 more than the next-best rookie, Detroit linebacker Ernie Sims.

In fact, no rookie in the last 20 years had more tackles than Ryans, who
was an All-American at Alabama in 2005. And Ryans had more tackles than any
of the other five linebackers who won the award this decade, including
Brian Urlacher and Shawne Merriman..!

"It's always nice to be touted as one of the best and have a big-time stat,
but I credit that to the other 10 guys that are around me on defense,"
Ryans said. "We wouldn't be talking about me without those other 10 guys
out there."

[Defensive Rookie of Year voting]

DeMeco Ryans      Houston     36
Mark Anderson     Chicago      5
A.J. Hawk         Green Bay    4
Kamerion Wimbley  Cleveland    2
Mario Williams    Houston      1
Johnathan Joseph  Cincinnati   1
Dawan Landry      Baltimore    1
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