AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed three active seasons with the Spartans... Has 32 game appearances and one starting call in his first three seasons... A wide receiver candidate and special teams player... Single-game career best two receptions twice... Longest reception was a 17-yard pass play once at Oregon (9/15/18) and once at BYU (10/28/17)... Signed a National Letter-of-Intent in February 2017... A 2018 and 2019 Academic All-Mountain West award recipient.
2019: Saw action in 11 games primarily as a special teams player... Was not credited with any tackles during the season... Named to the Mountain West all-academic team.
2018: Played in all 12 games either as a wide receiver or special teams player... Made his first major college start in the Washington State game (9/8)... Finished the season with five receptions for the second consecutive year... Season-high two catches for 19 yards in the season opener vs UC Davis (8/30)... Caught one pass at Oregon (9/15), vs. Nevada (11/17) and at Fresno State (11/24)... A Mountain West all-academic team honoree.
2017: Saw action in nine games as a reserve wide receiver and special teams player... Caught five passes for 47 yards... Season-high two receptions in the BYU (10/28) and Nevada (11/11) games... Season-long 17-yard catch at BYU... First major college catch was at Texas (9/9) for 14 yards... Had a special teams tackle at UNLV (9/30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Chuck Petersen) and basketball at Orange (Calif.) Lutheran High... Caught 59 passes for 1,102 yards and eight touchdowns in 20 games... Had 34 receptions for 828 yards and six touchdowns as a junior... A first-team All-Trinity League honoree... Also played defensive back and was one of the team's long snappers... Team captain in both football and basketball.
MORE ON AUSTIN: A business administration major... Was active in his school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) chapter...Holds a black belt in karate... He is a native of Newport Beach, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
RECEIVING | G | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG |
2017...FR | 9 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 17 |
2018...SO | 12 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 17 |
2019...JR | 11 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | --- |
CAREER | 32 | 10 | 98 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 |
DEFENSE | UT | AT | TOTAL | TFL/Yds. | ||
2017...FR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0/0 | ||
2018...SO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0/0 | ||
2019...JR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0/0 | ||
CAREER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0/0 | ||
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | TD | LG | |
2018...SO | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |