case keenum played for houston texans from december 15, 2014 on.
who did case keenum play for in from december 15, 2014 on?
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after being signed by the houston texans as an undrafted free agent in 2012, keenum threw for 1,760 yards and 9 touchdowns in the eight games he started for the texans, before being waived prior to the 2014 season. keenum was then signed to the st. louis rams' practice squad. he re-signed with the texans later in 2014. in 2015, the rams traded a draft pick to the texans for keenum, where he played until signing as a free agent with the minnesota vikings in 2017. after starter sam bradford got injured, keenum came in and had a career year, setting highs in starts, passing yards, completions and touchdowns. he led the vikings to a 13-win regular season, followed by a last-second win over the new orleans saints in the divisional round of the playoffs; the vikings lost in the next round to the eventual super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. in 2018, keenum signed a two-year contract with the denver broncos, playing for them for one season before being traded to the redskins in 2019.
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houston has long been known for scoring a lot of points from the veer that tallied 100 points in a single football game to the run and shoot of the late 1980s that re-wrote the college football record books. as the offensive coordinator at the university of houston dana holgorsen gained prominence and recognition as one of the most promising, up-and-coming offensive coaches in the country and his success running the cougar offense would set the table for future coaching opportunities. during his two-year tenure with the cougars, holgorsen's offenses posted earth-shattering numbers, accounting for 563 yards of total offense per game, passing for 433.7 yards per game and totaling more than 42.2 points per game. his offense ranked no. 3 in total offense in 2008 with a duo of freshmen quarterbacks and no. 1 in 2009 behind the arm of heisman finalist and all-conference quarterback case keenum. in 2008–2009, quarterback case keenum, led the nation in total offense totaling 403.2 yards per game as a sophomore and 416.4 yards his junior season. he also ranked among the top 10 nationally in pass efficiency both years. under holgerson's tutelage case keenum would go on to become the all-time leading passer in college football with more touchdowns than any quarterback in the history of college football. at houston, holgorsen demonstrated his own brand of the air raid offense that often used motion to confuse opposing defenses, as well as wearing them down. in 2009, holgorsen developed a set called the "diamond formation" which, features multiple diverging running backs in the backfield who adeptly use spread gain yards after catching short passes. houston's extremely fast wide receivers were ideal to the style of spread holgerson ran and houston continued using much the same offense after holgorsen departed to lead the ncaa with over 50 points per game, and 600 yards of offense per game in 2011. at houston, holgorsen not only mentored case keenum but offensive coaches including kliff kingsbury and jason phillips who continued running a holgorsen-inspired air raid offense at houston.
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