Texans Lose Holliday For Season

Texans Lose Holliday For Season


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"The Texans have lost another draft choice to a season-ending injury. Diminutive return man Trindon Holliday will undergo surgery on his injured left thumb, head coach Gary Kubiak said after Tuesday's practice.


The 5-5 Holliday, taken with Houston's second pick in the sixth round in April, wasn't known to have a problem until he muffed a punt that set up the Saints' second touchdown and also dropped a kickoff in New Orleans Saturday night.
After the game, Kubiak reported that the speedy LSU product had tried to play with a splint on his hand.


"It looks like he's done," Kubiak said. "He's got a torn ligament and can't get it under control, so it has to be fixed."


Holliday had been the only player invited to the scouting combine in February strictly for his return potential, and he ran a 4.34 40-yard dash there.


He averaged 15 yards per punt return for the Tigers last season, best in the SEC and second-best nationally, but his two preseason games with the Texans produced only three returns for a single net yard and the costly fumble.


Holliday did average 28.4 yards over five kickoff returns in the Arizona and New Orleans games.