TRANSACTIONS
Chris Givens was traded by St. Louis to Baltimore for a conditional draft pick on 10/3/15…Originally selected by the Rams in the fourth round (96th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
CAREER
· Led the Rams with 698 receiving yards as a rookie in 2012, finishing the season with a career-high 42 catches (16.6 avg.), a 65-yard career-long gain and 3 TDs
· Posted 1,481 scrimmage yards (1,433 receiving & 48 rushing) and 640 return yards on 28 KORs (22.9 avg.) in his four-year Rams career
· Set a career high with 11 receptions for 92 yards in the Rams’ 16-13 OT victory on 12/2/12 vs. SF
· Tallied 5 receptions of 50-or-more yards, with 2 of them resulting in TDs, while with the Rams
2015: (with St. Louis – 3/0) Traded by St. Louis to Baltimore for a conditional draft pick on 10/3…Joined the Ravens after their Week 4 victory at Pit. (10/1)…Played the first three games of the season with St. Louis, securing 1 reception for 7 yards and 1 rush for 24 yards.
2014: (with St. Louis – 14/0) Totaled 159 receiving yards on 11 catches, including a 47-yard TD vs. NYG on 12/21…Also posted 5 KORs for 101 yards (20.2 avg.).
2013: (with St. Louis – 16/13) Saw action in all 16 games for the first time in his career, securing 34 catches for 569 receiving yards (16.7 avg.)…Recorded season highs in receptions (5), including a 47-yarder, and receiving yards (105) – his second-career 100-yard receiving game – at Atl. on 9/15…Led the Rams in receiving yards at Dal. on 9/22 (54), vs. Sea. on 10/28 (59) and vs. Ten. on 11/3 (55).
2012: (with St. Louis – 15/12) Led the Rams in receiving yards (698), yards-per-catch average (16.6) and receptions of 25-or-more yards (8) as a rookie…Set career highs in catches with 42 and TD receptions with 3…Established an NFL rookie record for most consecutive games with a reception of 50-or-more yards (5): vs. Sea. (9/30), vs. Ari. (10/4), at Mia. (10/14), vs. GB (10/21) and vs. NE (10/28)…Compiled 539 yards on 23 KORs (23.4 avg.), including a career-single-game-best 127 KOR yards on 5 attempts vs. NYJ on 11/18…Posted his first-career 100-yard receiving game with 115 yards on 6 catches, including a 37-yard TD reception, at Ari. on 11/25…Logged a career-high 11 receptions for 92 receiving yards vs. SF on 12/2…Scored his first-career TD on a 51-yard reception vs. Ari. on 10/4…Registered 1 special teams tackle at Det. on 9/9.
COLLEGE: Played in 36 games (26 starts) at Wake Forest, finishing his career with 2,473 receiving yards (fourth in school history) and 21 receiving TDs (tied for third) on 163 receptions (fifth)…Ranks ninth in program history with 3,509 all-purpose yards (2,473 receiving, 238 rushing, 773 KOR and 25 PR) and tied for sixth in overall TDs scored with 24…Led the Demon Deacons in all-purpose yards for three-consecutive seasons, and his 1,440 all-purpose yards in 2011 rank ninth in school history…Became the eighth player in Wake Forest history to record 2,000-career receiving yards and tallied 10-career 100-yard receiving games (two shy of the school record)…Caught 83 passes (second in school history) for a program-record 1,330 receiving yards and 9 TDs (tied for third), logging a school-record seven 100-yard receiving games, as a junior in 2011...Earned second-team freshman All-America honors by College Football News in 2009…Majored in psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL, PERSONAL: Attended Wylie (TX) HS, where he was a football and track standout… Totaled 340 rushing yards in two games as a senior before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in his third game…Also sustained a torn ACL in the first game of his junior year…Captured the Texas District 9-5A 100-meter title and ranked as high as fourthstatewide in the event in 2007.
COMMUNITY: Has participated in several community events and programs, including Play 60 Super School, Special Olympics’ Polar Bear Plunge, St. Louis Children’s Hospital visits, Lift for Life Gym - Givens’ Grades and the All-Community Team Ticket program CG13’s Crew.
TRANSACTIONS
Chris Givens was traded by St. Louis to Baltimore for a conditional draft pick on 10/3/15…Originally selected by the Rams in the fourth round (96th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.
CAREER
· Led the Rams with 698 receiving yards as a rookie in 2012, finishing the season with a career-high 42 catches (16.6 avg.), a 65-yard career-long gain and 3 TDs
· Posted 1,481 scrimmage yards (1,433 receiving & 48 rushing) and 640 return yards on 28 KORs (22.9 avg.) in his four-year Rams career
· Set a career high with 11 receptions for 92 yards in the Rams’ 16-13 OT victory on 12/2/12 vs. SF
· Tallied 5 receptions of 50-or-more yards, with 2 of them resulting in TDs, while with the Rams
2015: (with St. Louis – 3/0) Traded by St. Louis to Baltimore for a conditional draft pick on 10/3…Joined the Ravens after their Week 4 victory at Pit. (10/1)…Played the first three games of the season with St. Louis, securing 1 reception for 7 yards and 1 rush for 24 yards.
2014: (with St. Louis – 14/0) Totaled 159 receiving yards on 11 catches, including a 47-yard TD vs. NYG on 12/21…Also posted 5 KORs for 101 yards (20.2 avg.).
2013: (with St. Louis – 16/13) Saw action in all 16 games for the first time in his career, securing 34 catches for 569 receiving yards (16.7 avg.)…Recorded season highs in receptions (5), including a 47-yarder, and receiving yards (105) – his second-career 100-yard receiving game – at Atl. on 9/15…Led the Rams in receiving yards at Dal. on 9/22 (54), vs. Sea. on 10/28 (59) and vs. Ten. on 11/3 (55).
2012: (with St. Louis – 15/12) Led the Rams in receiving yards (698), yards-per-catch average (16.6) and receptions of 25-or-more yards (8) as a rookie…Set career highs in catches with 42 and TD receptions with 3…Established an NFL rookie record for most consecutive games with a reception of 50-or-more yards (5): vs. Sea. (9/30), vs. Ari. (10/4), at Mia. (10/14), vs. GB (10/21) and vs. NE (10/28)…Compiled 539 yards on 23 KORs (23.4 avg.), including a career-single-game-best 127 KOR yards on 5 attempts vs. NYJ on 11/18…Posted his first-career 100-yard receiving game with 115 yards on 6 catches, including a 37-yard TD reception, at Ari. on 11/25…Logged a career-high 11 receptions for 92 receiving yards vs. SF on 12/2…Scored his first-career TD on a 51-yard reception vs. Ari. on 10/4…Registered 1 special teams tackle at Det. on 9/9.
COLLEGE: Played in 36 games (26 starts) at Wake Forest, finishing his career with 2,473 receiving yards (fourth in school history) and 21 receiving TDs (tied for third) on 163 receptions (fifth)…Ranks ninth in program history with 3,509 all-purpose yards (2,473 receiving, 238 rushing, 773 KOR and 25 PR) and tied for sixth in overall TDs scored with 24…Led the Demon Deacons in all-purpose yards for three-consecutive seasons, and his 1,440 all-purpose yards in 2011 rank ninth in school history…Became the eighth player in Wake Forest history to record 2,000-career receiving yards and tallied 10-career 100-yard receiving games (two shy of the school record)…Caught 83 passes (second in school history) for a program-record 1,330 receiving yards and 9 TDs (tied for third), logging a school-record seven 100-yard receiving games, as a junior in 2011...Earned second-team freshman All-America honors by College Football News in 2009…Majored in psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL, PERSONAL: Attended Wylie (TX) HS, where he was a football and track standout… Totaled 340 rushing yards in two games as a senior before suffering a season-ending ACL tear in his third game…Also sustained a torn ACL in the first game of his junior year…Captured the Texas District 9-5A 100-meter title and ranked as high as fourthstatewide in the event in 2007.
COMMUNITY: Has participated in several community events and programs, including Play 60 Super School, Special Olympics’ Polar Bear Plunge, St. Louis Children’s Hospital visits, Lift for Life Gym - Givens’ Grades and the All-Community Team Ticket program CG13’s Crew.
