{"id":8535,"date":"2025-04-29T02:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8535\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T02:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:11:13","slug":"wyatt-bowles-signs-deal-with-los-angeles-rams-as-udfa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/8535\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyatt Bowles Signs Deal With Los Angeles Rams As UDFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOGAN, Utah- Wyatt Bowles is on the road to show that just because you didn\u2019t hear your name called on NFL Draft weekend doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t work your way into a playing spot as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Former Utah State interior offensive lineman and West Point, Utah native Wyatt Bowles has signed a deal with the Los Angeles Rams as a UDFA.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc9f\ud835\udcc7\ud835\udc52\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcc2\ud835\udcc8 \ud835\udcc9\ud835\udc5c \ud835\udcc7\ud835\udc52\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcc1\ud835\udcbe\ud835\udcc9\ud835\udcce<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wyatt_bowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@wyatt_bowles<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamsNFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@RamsNFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AggiesAllTheWay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#AggiesAllTheWay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0vWMUPJCX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/V0vWMUPJCX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USU Football (@USUFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USUFootball\/status\/1916506462248980878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wyatt Bowles At Utah State<\/p>\n<p>Wyatt was a freshman back in 2018, where he got some playing time but only appeared in four games and stayed below the playing limit for the year not to count against his eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Bowles was injured and awarded a medical redshirt and in 2020, COVID also kept him off the field for an entire season, allowing him to retain those two years of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/local-athletes\/locals-in-nfl\/jalen-royals-chiefs\/545253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RELATED: Kansas City Chiefs Select Jalen Royals In 2025 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the pandemic, Wyatt took off and was recognized as one of the best offensive linemen in the Mountain West Conference by the time he declared for the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 and 2022, Bowles got mostly special teams action in 24 games over the two seasons, but by the halfway point of his junior season in 2023, Wyatt was the starting left guard.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Wyatt Bowles started all 12 games in the trenches for the Aggies and played a team-high 873 snaps. He also only allowed one sack during Mountain West play.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Rams won the NFC West in 2024-25 with a 10-7 record.<\/p>\n<p>In the playoffs, the Rams blew out the Minnesota Vikings 27-9 in the Wild Card Round. They moved on to face the Philadelphia Eagles, where they were just a play away from completing a comeback and advancing to the NFC Championship Game, but a failed conversion on 4th &amp; 11 ended their season.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/best-offensive-lines-nfl-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pro Football Network<\/a>, Los Angeles was the 13th-ranked offensive line in 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p>For Bowles, the journey will start at OTAs and training camp, where he will fight for a coveted spot on either the 53-man roster or the 16-man practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>About #LocalsInTheNFL<\/p>\n<p>For over five years, KSL Sports has provided coverage on all NFL players with ties to the state of Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they attended Utah or BYU or grew up in the Beehive State, we keep you caught up with how the locals are performing on the highest stage.<\/p>\n<p>From highlights to trades and other breaking news,<a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/category\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0check out our Locals In The NFL coverage here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tanner Tripp is a sports writer for KSL Sports covering all teams across the state of Utah. Follow him on\u00a0X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tanner_tripp?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@tanner_tripp<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tanner.tripp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@tanner.tripp<\/a>\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>What more coverage of Locals in the NFL? Take us with you, wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader. You can stream live radio, video and stay up to date on all of your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanner_tripp\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @tanner_tripp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOGAN, Utah- Wyatt Bowles is on the road to show that just because you didn\u2019t hear your name&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,3472,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-8535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kslsports-com-utah-sports-news","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114418829580760869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}