Tavon Austin

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Tavon Austin

Austin in Rams training camp

No. 11 St. Louis Rams

Wide receiver / Return specialist / Running back

Personal information

Date of birth: March 15, 1991

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland

Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Weight: 176 lb (80 kg)

Career information

High school: Baltimore (MD) Dunbar

College: West Virginia

NFL Draft: 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8

Debuted in 2013 for the St. Louis Rams

Career history

St. Louis Rams (2013–present)

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

First-team All-American (2011, 2012)
First-team All-Big East (2011, 2012)
Big East Special Teams Player of the Year (2011, 2012)
PFWA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM (2013)

Career NFL statistics as of 2013

Receptions	40
Receiving yards	418
Total TDs	4
Stats at NFL.com

Tavon Austin (born March 15, 1991) is an American football running back, wide receiver and return specialist for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for West Virginia University and received All-American honors twice. He was widely considered one of the top NFL Draft prospects at his position, and was drafted with the 8th overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.^[1]^[2]

Early years

Austin attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland. He played running back. As a senior he had 2,660 yards rushing on 218 carries and scored 34 touchdowns.

College career

Austin enrolled in West Virginia University, where he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 2009 to 2012. He was converted into a wide receiver as a freshman in 2009.^[3] During his freshman season he had 15 receptions for 151 yards with a touchdown and also rushed for 47 yards on six carries with a touchdown and scored a touchdown on a kick return. As a sophomore in 2010 he had 58 receptions for 787 yards and a team leading eight touchdowns. He also had 15 rushing attempts for 159 yards and a touchdown.

As a junior in 2011 Austin had 100 receptions for 1,180 yards and eight touchdowns. He added 189 rushing yards on 18 carries and another touchdown. He also returned two kicks for touchdowns. He was named a first team All-American by CBS.^[4] During the Mountaineers 70-33 win in the 2012 Orange Bowl, he set an Orange Bowl record with four touchdown receptions.^[5] He was the 2012 All-Purpose Performer of the Year as announced by the College Football Performance Awards association.^[6]

College Statistics

Receiving

Regular and postseason

Tavon Austin WVU Receiving Stats

Season	Games	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Total	52	288	3,413	11.9	29

^[7]

Rushing

Regular and postseason

Tavon Austin WVU Rushing Stats

Season	Carries	Yards	Avg.	TD
2009	6	47	7.8	1
2010	16	161	10.1	1
2011	16	182	11.4	1
2012	72	643	8.9	3
Total	110	1033	9.4	6

Returns

Regular and postseason

Tavon Austin WVU Return Stats

Season	Punt Ret.	PR Yards	PR TD	Kick Ret.	KR Yards	KR TD
2009	0	0	0	17	426	1
2010	0	0	0	12	230	0
2011	19	268	0	36	938	2
2012	15	165	1	32	813	1
Total	34	433	1	97	2407	4

Professional career

2013 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
5 ft 8 in	174 lb	30 in	9 1/8 in	4.34 s	1.50 s	2.49 s	4.01 s		32 in	10 ft 0 in	14 reps
All values from NFL combine^[8]

2013 NFL Draft

Austin was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the 8th overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. The Rams traded up from pick 16 with the Buffalo Bills in order to select Austin. The Rams also selected former West Virginia wide receiver Stedman Bailey later in the third round of the draft, reuniting the teammates in the NFL.

References

External links

West Virginia Mountaineers bio

v t e Paul Hornung Award winners

2010: Marecic 2011: Boykin 2012: Austin 2013: Beckham, Jr.

v t e Jet Award winners

2011: Adams 2012: Austin 2013: Montgomery

v t e 2013 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Eric Fisher Luke Joeckel Dion Jordan Lane Johnson Ezekiel Ansah Barkevious Mingo Jonathan Cooper Tavon Austin Dee Milliner Chance Warmack D. J. Fluker D. J. Hayden Sheldon Richardson Star Lotulelei Kenny Vaccaro EJ Manuel Jarvis Jones Eric Reid Justin Pugh Kyle Long Tyler Eifert Desmond Trufant Sharrif Floyd Björn Werner Xavier Rhodes Datone Jones DeAndre Hopkins Sylvester Williams Cordarrelle Patterson Alec Ogletree Travis Frederick Matt Elam

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Cleveland / Los Angeles / St. Louis Rams first-round draft picks

Drake Davis Hall Cordill Mucha Wilson Holovak Butkovich Hirsch Sitko Wedemeyer Thomason Pasquariello West McFadin Carey Moomaw Barker Beatty Morris Marconi Horton Arnett Shofner Michaels Phillips Bass Dickson Cannon McKeever Gabriel Olsen Baker Guthrie Munson Williams Mack L. Smith Seymour Klein Reynolds Robertson Youngblood Cappelletti Fanning Harrah France McLain Brudzinski Peacock Andrews K. Hill Johnson Owens Redden Dickerson Gray Schad Green Cox Hawkins Gary Brostek Lyght Gilbert Bettis Gandy Carter Phillips Kennison Pace Wistrom Holt Canidate Lewis Archuleta Pickett Thomas Kennedy Jackson Barron T. Hill Carriker Long J. Smith Bradford Quinn Brockers Austin Ogletree

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v t e St. Louis Rams 2013 NFL Draft selections

Tavon Austin Alec Ogletree T. J. McDonald Stedman Bailey Barrett Jones Brandon McGee Zac Stacy

v t e St. Louis Rams current roster

Active roster	4 Greg Zuerlein 6 John Hekker 9 Austin Davis 10 Kellen Clemens 11 Tavon Austin 12 Stedman Bailey 13 Chris Givens 18 Austin Pettis 20 Darian Stewart 21 Janoris Jenkins 22 Trumaine Johnson 23 Rodney McLeod 24 Isaiah Pead 25 T. J. McDonald 26 Daryl Richardson 27 Matt Giordano 30 Zac Stacy 32 Brandon McGee 33 Quinton Pointer 34 Chase Reynolds 36 Benny Cunningham 38 Cody Davis 44 Jacob McQuaide 46 Cory Harkey 50 Ray-Ray Armstrong 51 Will Witherspoon 52 Alec Ogletree 53 Daren Bates 55 James Laurinaitis 58 Jo-Lonn Dunbar 61 Tim Barnes 62 Harvey Dahl 63 Scott Wells 65 Chris Williams 66 Shelley Smith 67 Barrett Jones 71 Matthew Conrath 72 Joe Barksdale 75 Mike Person 76 Rodger Saffold 82 Mike McNeill 83 Brian Quick 88 Lance Kendricks 89 Jared Cook 90 Michael Brockers 91 Chris Long 93 Jermelle Cudjo 94 Robert Quinn 95 William Hayes 97 Eugene Sims 98 Kendall Langford 99 Gerald Rivers

Reserve lists	3 Brady Quinn (IR) 8 Sam Bradford (IR) 31 Cortland Finnegan (IR) 37 Matthew Daniels (IR) 73 Graham Pocic (IR) -- Phillip Steward (IR) 77 Jake Long Template:Small (IR)

Practice squad	16 Emory Blake 19 Justin Veltung 35 Darren Woodard 57 Sammy Brown 64 Sean Hooey 70 Brandon Washington 96 Mason Brodine -- Justice Cunningham

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Persondata
Name	Austin, Tavon
Alternative names
Short description	American football player, wide receiver, kick returner
Date of birth	March 15, 1991
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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