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.

College Highlights:
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.

Personal Info:
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.