http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2718180 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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