Steve Avila

OL

#73

Experience: 2 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 25

Weight: 338 lbs

College: TCU

2024 SEASON

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Year

Fumbles

Field Position

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	2	0	0	0	1	0	0

Game Halves

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2nd Half	3	0	0	0	1	0	0

Home vs Road

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Home Games	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Road Games	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	OWN FR
Ahead	1	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	1	0
Behind	2	1
Behind by 9-16 Points	2	1
Tied	10	0

Quarters

	G	OWN FR
4th Quarter	2	0
4th Quarter within 7	1	0
3rd Quarter	1	1

Stadium Surfaces

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Turf	10	0	0	0	1	0	0

Biography

The Los Angeles Rams selected TCU guard Steve Avila with the 36th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

NFL Career:

Started all 17 regular season games his rookie season and finished among the leaders on the team in snaps played (1,094). It was the most snaps for a Rams offensive lineman since 2021 and the most by a Rams rookie since Cooper Kupp in 2017.
Among rookie offensive linemen in the 2023 draft class, he ranked second in most snaps played.
Finished the 2023 season with the second-best pass blocking grade, the fifth-best offensive grade, and the 10th-best run blocking grade among rookie offensive linemen.
• Among rookie guards, Avila finished fifth in sacks allowed (2.0) in 2023.
Was voted to the PWFA All-Rookie Team in '23.

College: Avila's senior campaign at TCU in 2022 made him the school's first consensus All-American since wide receiver Josh Doctson in 2015. He was a team captain for a Horned Frogs team that competed in the College Football National Championship and the anchor of an offensive line that paved the way for one of the nation's most prolific offenses. He started all 15 games at left guard and didn't allow a sack for back-to-back seasons. He also led all TCU offensive players with 1,044 snaps played his senior season. He was a 2022 First-Team All-Big 12 selection, an Outland Trophy Semifinalist, an Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist, and an honorable mention for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year. Avila participated in the Senior Bowl ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft. In 2021, he started 11 games at center and saw action at right guard. He capped his junior season as a First-Team AP All-Big 12. He started all nine games played as a sophomore in 2020 and made starts at three different positions - six at center, two at right tackle, and one at right guard. He was the only player to start at three different spots on the offensive line that season. Avila saw action in 11 games his redshirt freshman year in 2019.

Personal: Was rated a four-star recruit by ESPN following his senior year of high school and ranked as the No.9 offensive guard in the state of Texas and No.42 in the country. He was named District 8-6A Co-Offensive Most Valuable Sophomore Player in 2015. Avila chose to play at TCU over Kansas State and Utah. He joined former TCU Offensive Lineman Joe Noteboom as well as college teammates Tre Tomlinson and Ochuan Mathis with the Rams.

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