Travin Howard

Travin Howard (born May 10, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU.[1]

Travin Howard
Howard at Big 12 Media Day
No. 48 – Los Angeles Rams
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1996-05-10) May 10, 1996
Longview, Texas
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:219 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:Longview (Longview, Texas)
College:TCU
NFL Draft:2018 / Round: 7 / Pick: 231
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Alamo Bowl Defensive MVP (2015, 2017)
  • 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2016, 2017)
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Total tackles:22
Sacks:0
Forced fumbles:0
Fumble recoveries:0
Interceptions:0
Pass deflections:3
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Howard was born in Longview, Texas, where he became a star at Longview High School. Playing safety, he earned District Defensive MVP honors as a senior for the Lobos in 2013.[2] He verbally committed to play at TCU and signed his national letter of intent with the Horned Frogs on February 5, 2014.[3]

College career

At TCU, Howard played sparingly as a freshman in 2014. After the first game of his sophomore season, Howard was moved to Linebacker and led the Horned Frogs in tackles the next week against Stephen F. Austin.[4] He went on to start the next 11 games, and would end the season as the team's leading tackler. He also earned Defensive MVP honors in the Frogs' triple-overtime victory over Oregon in the 2015 Alamo Bowl.[5]

As a full-time starter in his junior and senior seasons in Fort Worth, Howard again led the Horned Frogs in tackles - becoming the first player in program history to do so for three consecutive seasons.[6] He was named first-team All-Big 12 in both seasons and again earned Defensive MVP honors in his final collegiate game, a win over Stanford in the 2017 Alamo Bowl.[7]

College statistics
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Year School Conf Class Pos G Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
*2015 Texas Christian Big 12 SO S 12 64 43 107 9.5 3.0 1 4 4.0 0 1 0 3
*2016 Texas Christian Big 12 JR LB 13 72 58 130 4.0 1.5 1 5 5.0 0 2 2 1
*2017 Texas Christian Big 12 SR LB 12 60 48 108 7.0 1.0 1 19 19.0 1 7 0 0
Career Texas Christian 196 149 345 20.5 5.5 3 28 9.3 1 10 2 4

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
5 ft 10 7⁄8 in
(1.80 m)		 211 lb
(96 kg)		 31 1⁄2 in
(0.80 m)		 9 in
(0.23 m)
All values from NFL Combine[8]

Howard was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (231st overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[9] He was waived by the Rams on September 1, 2018.[10] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 16, 2018.[11] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Rams on February 6, 2019.[12]

On September 5, 2020, Howard was placed on injured reserve.[13]

References
  1. "Travin Howard College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  2. Lobos dominate 12-5A all-district selections Longview News Journal
  3. "Travin Howard". 247Sports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. Trevone Boykin tosses 4 TDs as No. 3 TCU routs Stephen F. Austin ESPN
  5. TCU completes 31-point comeback in 3OT Alamo Bowl win over Oregon Sports Illustrated
  6. Rams take another linebacker, TCU's Travin Howard, in seventh round of NFL draft Los Angeles Times
  7. "No. 13 TCU and Hill rally to beat No. 15 Stanford 39-37". espn.com. December 29, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  8. "Travin Howard Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. "Los Angeles Rams select TCU LB Travin Howard". TurfShowTimes.com. April 28, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  10. "Rams Make Final Round of Cuts". TheRams.com. September 1, 2018.
  11. Simmons, Myles (October 16, 2018). "Rams Sign WR Nick Williams, Cut K Cairo Santos". TheRams.com.
  12. Simmons, Myles (February 6, 2019). "Rams sign four players to free agent contracts". TheRams.com.
  13. "Rams waive nine players, place Howard on injured reserve and Robinson on reserve/non-football injury list". TheRams.com. September 5, 2020.


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