SUMMARY
- Experts are releasing mock drafts for the Los Angeles Rams as the team aims to strengthen its roster for the 2024 Pro Football League season.
- In the 2023 season, Aaron Donald demonstrated his defensive prowess, contributing 31 solo tackles and 10 sacks.
With the fading away of the confetti of the Super Bowl the fans soon shift to the next biggest event in the league that will decide its course in 2024. The mock draft of the Los Angeles Rams has been released by many experts. The team would prioritize building a stern roster for the Pro Football League. They need some help for their star defensive tackle Aaron Donald.
In the 2023 season, Aaron Donald has accounted for 31 solo tackles and 10 sacks. He has also been selected to a Pro Bowl team seven times. Aaron entered the league in 2014 with the Rams and was titled the NFL All-Rookie Team. His defensive tackle techniques were highly applauded by various sports analysts.
Aaron Donald (Credit: Pittsburgh Sports News)In 2022 he suffered an injury that made him restricted to the reserves. Aaron Donald has shown his prowess and adeptness in the game from the very first day he entered the league. He has won many accolades for himself and his team. Donald became the first non-quarterback to have averaged more than $30 Million per season. Let’s dig deeper into the player’s background.
Aaron Donald credits his parents for his success
Aaron Donald was born on May 23, 1991, to his lovable parents Archie Donald and Anita Goggins. His father, Archie was brought up in Pittsburgh and grew up in the same town as his wife Anita. The couple have raised three children including the player. The faculty of sportsmanship runs in the family. Archie was a soccer player in his school and was also a proclaimed weightlifter.
He had aspirations of playing in the NFL. However, he had to pull the plug on his sports career owing to his knee injury that occurred to him post his high school. Archie is a senior tax inspector by profession. Anita and Archie filed for a divorce in 1999 and the couple parted ways thereafter. Aaron Donald credits his dad for his career as he always supported his son to accomplish the vision that he once had.
Aaron Donald’s NFL stats and accomplishments
Donald is one of the highest-paid non-quarterback players in the NFL. In 2014, which is the year he joined, he was named the best defensive rookie of the year. He has consistently been ranking in the top ten in the top 100 NFL players. Aaron has also been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the year 2010.
Happy birthday, Aaron Donald!
Donald has 93 tackles for loss since 2017, 13 more than any other player pic.twitter.com/0rKe5yUM7S
— NFL Stats (@NFL_Stats) May 23, 2022
He has accounted for a total of 340 solo tackles in his entire career and has fumbled for 40 yards. His tackles in 2022 against the Kansas City Chiefs are still counted as an emulation for aspiring players. The 32-year-old American defense tackle indeed is one of the best players in the franchise’s history.