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Huskers in the NFL: Week 3

Lincoln -- Several former Huskers played prominant roles, as six teams concluded Sunday's action with undefeated records in the National Football League.

In Houston, Kansas City improved to 3-0 on the season with a 42-14 win at Houston. Offensive guard Will Shields, an eight-time Pro Bowler, has been on of the main cogs in the Chief offense which is averaging an NFL best 37 points per game through three contests. He has started 162 straight games, a total that leads all NFL linemen and trails only Green Bay QB Brett Favre (176) and Oakland WR Tim Brown (164). Shields is joined on the Chiefs by cornerback Eric Warfield, who made four tackles in Sunday's 42-14 win over Houston and Clint Finley, who is currently on the practice squad. Shields is one of eight former Husker offensive linemen in the National Football League, including fellow starters Chris Dishman (Arizona), Dominic Raiola (Detroit) and Zach Wiegert (Houston).

In Seattle, Josh Brown's extra point with one minute remaining helped the Seahawks to a 24-23 win over St. Louis. Brown, only the third kicker ever drafted by Seattle, has been a major part of the Seahawks' quick start, as they are 3-0 for only the third time in club history. A seventh-round draft pick last spring, Brown is 4-of-5 on field goals and has connected on all 11 PATs he has attempted.

The weekend concludes tonight, as the Oakland Raiders, with former Huskers Eric Johnson, John Perrella and Adam Treu, take on the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. A complete rundown of all the Huskers in the NFL is listed below. Currently, a total of 32 former Huskers are on National Football League Rosters.

Offense

  Rushing Receiving
Player, Team Opp. ATT YDS AVG LNG TD Rec Yards AVG LNG TD
Buckhalter, Correll Philadelphia Bye Week 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Schlesinger, Cory, Detroit Minn. 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 13 13.0 13 0
Green, Ahman, Green Bay Ariz. 21 53 2.5 11 0 6 43 7.2 14 0
                       
Linemen                      
Dishman, Chris, Arizona Green Bay - Start
Raiola, Dominic, Detroit Minn. - Start
Wiegert, Zach, Houston New Orleans - Start
Shields, Will, Kansas City Houston - Start
Treu, Adam, Oakland Denver (Monday)
Hochstein, Russ, New England Practice Squad - Did not play

Volk, Dave, Dallas Cowboys

 Practice Squad - DId not play
Fonoti, Toniu, San Diego Injured Reserve - Did not play
                       

Defense

  Defensive Stats Special Teams
Player, Team Opp. TKL AST CMB SK YDS IN YDS PD FF FR TKL AST CMB FF Bl FR
Williams, Tyrone, Atlanta Tampa Bay 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelsay, Chris, Buffalo Miami 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minter, Mike, Carolina Bye Week 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rucker, Mike, Carolina Bye Week 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown, Mike  Chicago Bye Week 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swiney, Erwin, Green Bay Ariz. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreman, Jay, Houston K.C. 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warfield, Eric, Kansas City Houston 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finley, Clint, Kansas City Practice Squad - Did not play
Brown, Ralph, NY Giants Wash. 3 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craver, Keyuo, New Orleans Tenn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Johnson, Eric, Oakland Den. (Mon.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parrella, John, Oakland Den. (Mon.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polk, Carlos, San Diego Bal. 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Groce, DeJuan, St. Louis Sea. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Shanle, Scott , St. Louis Sea-DNP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Wistrom, St. Louis Sea. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanden Bosch, Kyle, Ariz. Injured Reserve - Did not play
                                   

Kick Returns

. Punt Returns
Player, Team Opp. ATT YDS TD LG
Groce, DeJuan, St. Louis Sea 3 25 0 19

Special Teams

. Field Goals Ex. Pts Punts
Player, Team Opp. ATT Made YDS ATT Made No. YDS AVG TB i20 LNG
Brown, Kris, Houston K.C. - - - 2 2 - - - - - -
LaFleur, Bill, San Francisco Cleve. - - - - - 4 187 46.8 1 1 54
Brown, Josh, Seattle St. Louis . 1 1 36, (35) 3 3 - - - - - -
() missed field goal DNP - Did Not Play; INJ - Injured, did not play; IR - Injured Reserve

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