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HOUDILES—

Zac Diles

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Cleveland Browns · LB

Zac Diles recorded 57 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 8 rostered seasons with CLV, Cleveland Browns, HST, Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

▶Best highlights

3.5

tackles/gm

0

playoff games

8

indexed seasons

57

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Zac Diles's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2008
DETROITLIONS
HOUSTONTEXANS
OCT 19, 2008

Detroit Lions vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Oct 19, 2008

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2010
HOUSTONTEXANS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 1, 2010

Houston Texans vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 1, 2010

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2008
HOUSTONTEXANS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
SEP 7, 2008

Houston Texans vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Sep 7, 2008

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2010
HOUSTONTEXANS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
NOV 14, 2010

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 14, 2010

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2009
TENNESSEETITANS
HOUSTONTEXANS
NOV 23, 2009

Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Nov 23, 2009

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Zac Diles's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 10 total tackles

Regular Season
2010
HOUSTONTEXANS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 1, 2010

Houston Texans vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 1, 2010

10 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
2008
DETROITLIONS
HOUSTONTEXANS
OCT 19, 2008

Detroit Lions vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Oct 19, 2008

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2010
HOUSTONTEXANS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 2, 2010

Houston Texans vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Dec 2, 2010

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2009
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
HOUSTONTEXANS
JAN 3, 2010

New England Patriots vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Jan 3, 2010

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
2008
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
HOUSTONTEXANS
OCT 5, 2008

Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Oct 5, 2008

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Zac Diles's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2002–2010

01
HOUDILES—Zac Diles
HOUJOHNSON80Andre Johnson
HOURYANS59DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Franchise era

1998–2011

02
INDDILES—Zac Diles
INDMANNING18Peyton Manning
INDHARRISON88Marvin Harrison

Pre-snap command creates a perennial contender

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Manning and a precisely constructed offense won at least twelve games seven straight times and captured Super Bowl XLI after a defining comeback against New England.

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Franchise era

2005–2013

03
TBDILES—Zac Diles
TBBARBER20Ronde Barber
TBWILLIAMS24Cadillac Williams

Intermittent winners give way to another reset

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · After the first title

Tampa Bay won two more divisions but could not rebuild the champion's core as the roster cycled through young quarterbacks.

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Franchise era

2011–2016

04
HOUDILES—Zac Diles
HOUWATT99J.J. Watt
HOUFOSTER23Arian Foster

Defense brings January football to Houston

Houston Texans · Watt and the first playoff teams

Wade Phillips's defense and Foster's zone running produced consecutive division titles, while Watt became the era's defining defensive player.

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Franchise era

2005–2015

05
TENDILES—Zac Diles
TENJOHNSON28Chris Johnson
TENBULLUCK53Keith Bulluck

Explosive rushing bridges changing quarterbacks

Tennessee Titans · From CJ2K to another rebuild

Johnson's 2,006-yard season supplied the peak as Tennessee cycled through coaches and quarterbacks after the McNair core.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

06
CLEDILES—Zac Diles
CLETHOMAS73Joe Thomas
CLECRIBBS16Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Career accomplishments

8 NFL seasons57 career games134 career solo tackles1 career sacksDrafted by: HSTDraft pick: 218Jersey: 540 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 21, 2007Most recent: Dec 7, 2014

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history