| Travin Howard | |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Longview, Texas, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 219 |
| High School: | Longview (TX) |
| College: | TCU |
| Draftyear: | 2018 |
| Draftround: | 7 |
| Draftpick: | 231 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Highlights: |
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| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 44 |
| Statlabel2: | Sacks |
| Statlabel3: | Forced fumbles |
| Statlabel4: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statlabel5: | Interceptions |
| Statvalue5: | 1 |
| Statlabel6: | Pass deflections |
| Statvalue6: | 6 |
| Statlabel7: | Defensive touchdowns |
| Pfr: | HowaTr00 |
Travin Howard (born May 10, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football at TCU.[1]
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.[2] He verbally committed to play at TCU and signed his national letter of intent with the Horned Frogs on February 5, 2014.[3]
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 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.[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 Conference in both seasons and again earned Defensive MVP honors in his final collegiate game, a win over Stanford in the 2017 Alamo Bowl.[7]
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | |
| TCU | Big 12 | SO | S | 12 | 64 | 43 | 107 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| TCU | Big 12 | JR | LB | 13 | 72 | 58 | 130 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 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 | ||||||||
Howard was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (231st overall) of the 2018 NFL draft.[8] He was waived by the Rams on September 1, 2018.[9] He re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 16, 2018.[10] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Rams on February 6, 2019.[11] On September 5, 2020, Howard was placed on injured reserve.[12]
Howard was given an exclusive-rights free agent tender by the Rams on March 4, 2021,[13] and signed it on March 26.[14] On November 2, 2021, Howard was placed on injured reserve.[15] 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,[16] sending the Rams to Super Bowl LVI. The Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20.[17]
On June 8, 2022, Howard was waived by the Rams,[18] but was then re-signed less than a week later[19] He was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list on August 30, 2022.[20] He was designated to return from the reserve/non-football injury list on October 24, 2022.[21] He was activated from the reserve/non-football injury list on November 5, 2022.[22]
On May 14, 2023, Howard signed with the Buffalo Bills,[23] but was released on August 29, 2023.[24]
Howard signed with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League on December 2, 2023.[25] He was released on March 10, 2024.[26]