A biography for Tavon Austinhasn’t been written yet.
“That's something I've done my whole life. That's still my first position. It's all about whatever the coaches need. Running back is still in my heart.”
“Nobody can take too many big hits, not even comparing someone 5-foot-8 'cause some of the 6-foot-3 guys still get knocked out, too.”
“It feels good that teams appreciate my versatility and think that I can step in and be that player, making plays all over the field.”
“It feels good to have your own name on something.”
“The Rams believed in me and I believed in them.”
“My career has been up and down through injuries, through different coaches that I played for.”
“I kind of approach every game the same. At the end of the day, it's another game.”
“Since the first time I touched the football, people always told me I was blessed, that I had something special.”
“I love the Rams to death.”
“I'm just the type of guy who wants the ball in my hands any type of way.”
“You're always going to feel disrespected because you're getting traded. Evidently, you ain't doing something right or you ain't getting it done or they don't believe in you.”
“I just come in, do my job, walk off the field, that's just me.”
“I definitely will take the role on being in leadership.”
“I'm a little guy, but I play big.”
“You've always got to have a chip on your shoulder. No. 1, I'm a small player, so I've always had that chip on my shoulder my whole life.”
“Defenses know how to take you out of the game. I definitely don't get discouraged about it.”
“If you talk to my former coaches, they'll tell you that I'm really smart on the football field.”
“Now I think since I've hit the scene and did a little bit more, other teams are saying I'm one of the guys they have to stop.”
“To me, it's about being smart, knowing when to go down and if you're on the sidelines knowing when to go out of bounds, and I think I do a pretty good job of doing that.”
“For me, it's more about the mental game, learning coverages, learning the whole offensive playbook.”