Travin Howard

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Travin Howard

| image = 2017-0717-Big12MD-TravinHoward.jpg

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| caption = Howard at Big 12 Media Day

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| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|10}}

| birth_place = Longview, Texas, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 219

| high_school = Longview (TX)

| college = TCU

| draftyear = 2018

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 231

| pastteams =

Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|2018}}–{{NFL Year|2022}})
Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|2023}})*
Birmingham Stallions ({{UFL Year|2024}})*

| status =

| highlights =

Super Bowl champion (LVI)
2× First-team All-Big 12 (2016, 2017)

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| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 44

| statlabel2 = Sacks

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| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

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| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

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| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 1

| statlabel6 = Pass deflections

| statvalue6 = 6

| statlabel7 = Defensive touchdowns

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| pfr = HowaTr00

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Travin Howard (born May 10, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at TCU.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/travin-howard-1.html|title=Travin Howard College Stats {{!}} College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2018}}

Early life

Howard was born in Longview, Texas, where he played high school football at Longview High School. Playing safety, he earned District Defensive MVP honors as a senior for the Lobos in 2013.[https://www.news-journal.com/etvarsity/lobos-dominate---a-all-district-selections/article_d88acc8c-04c9-55c5-8588-f1d66e13efb5.html Lobos dominate 12-5A all-district selections] Longview News Journal He verbally committed to play at TCU and signed his national letter of intent with the Horned Frogs on February 5, 2014.{{cite web|work=247Sports.com|url=https://247sports.com/Player/Travin-Howard-28565/high-school-47298/|title=Travin Howard|accessdate=January 25, 2019}}

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.[https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400763412 Trevone Boykin tosses 4 TDs as No. 3 TCU routs Stephen F. Austin] ESPN He went on to start the next 11 games, and ended 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.[https://www.si.com/college-football/2016/01/02/tcu-oregon-alamo-bowl-comeback-triple-overtime-win TCU completes 31-point comeback in 3OT Alamo Bowl win over Oregon] Sports Illustrated

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.[http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nfl-draft-live-20180426-rams-take-another-linebacker-tcu-s-1524954030-htmlstory.html Rams take another linebacker, TCU's Travin Howard, in seventh round of NFL draft] Los Angeles Times He was named first-team All-Big 12 Conference in both seasons and again earned Defensive MVP honors in his final collegiate game, a win over Stanford in the 2017 Alamo Bowl.{{cite web |title=No. 13 TCU and Hill rally to beat No. 15 Stanford 39-37 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400953401 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |website=ESPN |date=December 29, 2017}}

=Statistics=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="5" \| ! ! colspan="5" \|Tackles ! colspan="5" \|Def Int ! colspan="4" \|Fumbles
Year !School !Conf !Class !Pos !G !Solo !Ast !Tot !Loss !Sk !Int !Yds !Avg !TD !PD !FR !Yds !TD !FF
*2015 \|TCU \|Big 12 \|SO \|S \|12 \|64 \|43 \|107 \|9.5 \|3.0 \|1 \|4 \|4.0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \| \| \|3
*2016 \|TCU \|Big 12 \|JR \|LB \|13 \|72 \|58 \|130 \|4.0 \|1.5 \|1 \|5 \|5.0 \|0 \|2 \|2 \| \| \|1
*2017 \|TCU \|Big 12 \|SR \|LB \|12 \|60 \|48 \|108 \|7.0 \|1.0 \|1 \|19 \|19.0 \|1 \|7 \|0 \| \| \|0
Career \| \| \| \| \| \|196 \|149 \|345 \|20.5 \|5.5 \|3 \|28 \|9.3 \|1 \|10 \|2 \| \| \|4

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! colspan="5" |

! colspan="5" |Tackles

! colspan="5" |Def Int

! colspan="4" |Fumbles

Year

!School

!Conf

!Class

!Pos

!Solo

!Ast

!Tot

!Loss

!Sk

!Int

!Yds

!Avg

!TD

!PD

!FR

!Yds

!TD

!FF

*2015

|TCU

|Big 12

|SO

|12

|64

|43

|107

|9.5

|3.0

|4.0

*2016

|TCU

|Big 12

|JR

|LB

|13

|72

|58

|130

|4.0

|1.5

|5.0

*2017

|TCU

|Big 12

|SR

|LB

|12

|60

|48

|108

|7.0

|1.0

|19

|19.0

Career

|196

|149

|345

|20.5

|5.5

|28

|9.3

|10

Professional career

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| weight = 211

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| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/travin-howard?id=3219484f-5741-8468-cb6f-eb9835f876ac |title=Travin Howard Combine Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 20, 2020}}

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=Los Angeles Rams=

Howard was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (231st overall) of the 2018 NFL draft.{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Rams select TCU LB Travin Howard|url=https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2018/4/28/17297226/2018-nfl-draft-results-los-angeles-rams-tcu-travin-howard|website=TurfShowTimes.com|date=April 28, 2018|accessdate=June 11, 2018}} He was waived by the Rams on September 1, 2018.{{cite web|title=Rams Make Final Round of Cuts|url=https://www.therams.com/news/rams-make-final-round-of-cuts|website=TheRams.com|date=September 1, 2018}} He re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 16, 2018.{{cite web|title=Rams Sign WR Nick Williams, Cut K Cairo Santos|url=https://www.therams.com/news/rams-sign-wr-nick-williams-cut-k-cairo-santos|author=Simmons, Myles|website=TheRams.com|date=October 16, 2018}} He signed a reserve/future contract with the Rams on February 6, 2019.{{cite web|title=Rams sign four players to free agent contracts|url=https://www.therams.com/news/rams-sign-four-players-to-free-agent-contracts|author=Simmons, Myles|website=TheRams.com|date=February 6, 2019}} On September 5, 2020, Howard was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web|title=Rams waive nine players, place Howard on injured reserve and Robinson on reserve/non-football injury list|url=https://www.therams.com/news/waive-nine-players-howard-injured-reserve|website=TheRams.com|date=September 5, 2020}}

Howard was given an exclusive-rights free agent tender by the Rams on March 4, 2021,{{cite news |author=Simmons, Myles |title=Rams tender Travin Howard and Coleman Shelton |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/04/rams-tender-travin-howard-and-coleman-shelton/ |website=NBCSports.com |date=March 4, 2021 |access-date=March 8, 2021}} and signed it on March 26.{{cite news |author=Williams, Charean |title=Travin Howard signs tender |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/03/26/travin-howard-signs-tender/ |website=NBCSports.com |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2021}} On November 2, 2021, Howard was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web|title=Rams waive Jonah Williams, place Tutu Atwell and Travin Howard on IR|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/rams-waive-jonah-williams-place-201240929.html|work=Yahoo! Sports|date=November 2, 2021}} He was activated on December 21. Against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, Howard made the game-sealing interception on Jimmy Garoppolo in the final two minutes in the 20–17 win,{{cite web |title=Niners' blown lead ends magical playoff run and possibly the Jimmy Garoppolo era |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/40538/niners-blown-lead-ends-magical-playoff-run-and-possibly-the-jimmy-garoppolo-era |website=ESPN.com |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en |date=31 January 2022}} sending the Rams to Super Bowl LVI. The Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20.{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl LVI - Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals - February 13th, 2022 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202202130cin.htm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

On June 8, 2022, Howard was waived by the Rams,{{Cite web |last=Simmons |first=Myles |date=June 8, 2022 |title=Rams waive Travin Howard |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/08/rams-waive-travin-howard/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=ProFootballTalk |language=en}} but was then re-signed less than a week later{{cite web |title=Rams re-sign Travin Howard to 1-year deal |url=https://www.therams.com/news/rams-re-sign-travin-howard-to-1-year-deal |website=therams.com |access-date=June 14, 2022 |language=en |date=June 14, 2022}} He was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list on August 30, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Stu |date=August 30, 2022 |title=Analysis: Rams' initial 53-man roster for 2022 |url=https://www.therams.com/news/analysis-rams-initial-53-man-roster-for-2022 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=TheRams.com}} He was designated to return from the reserve/non-football injury list on October 24, 2022.{{Cite tweet |user=RamsNFL |number=1584634001251176448 |title=LA Rams Transactions: • Designated for Return/Returned to Practice DB Troy Hill, LB Travin Howard, WR Van Jefferson}} He was activated from the reserve/non-football injury list on November 5, 2022.{{Cite tweet |user=RamsNFL |number=1588937284828549122 |title=LA Rams Transactions: • Free Agent Signing T Chandler Brewer • Activated, from Reserve LB Travin Howard • Activated, from Practice Squad TE Jared Pinkney, RB Ronnie Rivers • Reserve/Injured LB Jake Hummel}}

=Buffalo Bills=

On May 14, 2023, Howard signed with the Buffalo Bills,{{Cite web |last=Wojton |first=Nick |date=May 14, 2023 |title=Bills sign 3 tryout players, including former first-round pick Shane Ray |url=https://billswire.usatoday.com/lists/buffalo-bills-sign-shane-ray-travin-howard-isaiah-bowser/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Bills Wire|publisher=USA Today}} but was released on August 29, 2023.{{cite web|title=Bills announce moves to get to 53-man roster|url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-announce-moves-to-get-to-53-man-roster|author=White, Alec|website=BuffaloBills.com|date=August 29, 2023}}

=Birmingham Stallions=

Howard signed with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League on December 2, 2023.{{cite tweet |user=USFLStallions |title=Free Agent Signings |number=1731022687596941534 |date=December 2, 2023 |access-date=December 2, 2023}} He was released on March 10, 2024.{{Cite news |title=UFL Teams Set their Training Camp Rosters to 58 |url=https://uflboard.com/news/ufl-teams-set-their-training-camp-rosters-to-58/ |website=UFLBoard.com |date=March 10, 2024 |access-date=March 10, 2024}}

References

External links

[http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/travin_howard_885478.html TCU Horned Frogs bio]

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:American football linebackers

Category:American football safeties

Category:Birmingham Stallions (2022) players

Category:Buffalo Bills players

Category:Longview High School alumni

Category:Los Angeles Rams players

Category:Players of American football from Longview, Texas

Category:TCU Horned Frogs football players