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#17 Donnie Avery

Position	WR2
DOB	6/12/84
Height	5-11
Weight	183
College	Houston
NFL Exp.	2

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by St. Louis in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft (4/26/08).

2008 SEASON: First wide receiver selected in 2008 NFL Draft�played in 15 games with 12 starts as a rookie�finished second on the team with 53 catches for 674 yards and tied for the team lead with three receiving touchdowns�53 catches are second-most by a Rams rookie receiver behind Eddie Kennison�s 54 receptions in 1996�added one rushing touchdown�Week 2 vs. New York Giants (9/14): Made NFL debut�returned one kickoff for 21 yards�Week 4 vs. Buffalo (9/28): Scored first NFL touchdown on a 37-yard end-around run�Week 7 vs. Dallas (10/19): Scored his first career receiving touchdown on a 42-yard catch in the first quarter�Week 8 at New England (10/26): Recorded six receptions for a career-high 163 yards with one touchdown on a career-long 69-yard catch�163 yards were the third most by a Rams rookie in franchise history�Week 11 at San Francisco (11/16): Tallied 93 receiving yards on a career-high nine receptions.

Became the fifth player in University of Houston history to amass over 4,000 all-purpose yards (4,213) in a career�ranks fourth in Houston history with 210 receptions �only the third player in school history to gain over 3,000 receiving yards (3,289) in career�led Conference USA and ranked fourth in the nation with 112.0 receiving yards per game as a senior�1,456 receiving yards during senior season rank second in school history and set a Conference USA record�As a senior in 2007, earned consensus All-Conference USA first-team honors as a receiver, adding second-team honors as a return specialist�became the first player in Conference USA history to gain more than 300 receiving yards in a game when he posted 346 yards against Rice (10/13/07)�his 427 all-purpose yards in that game set a school and conference record and rank fifth in NCAA history.

Born Donnie D. Avery in Houston, Texas�unanimous first-team All-District selection as both wide receiver and return specialist in his senior season at Hastings High in Alief, Texas�as a senior, caught 36 passes for 502 yards and two touchdowns to lead the District 19-5A receivers in 2002�majored in sports administration�has a daughter, Dionna Avery.