Defensive back, Oregon State, 2019–⁠22

Alex Austin

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 191 lb
Class (2022): Sophomore
Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Born: May 22, 2001

Alex Austin played defensive back at Oregon State (2019–⁠22). The Buffalo Bills took Austin in round 7, No. 252 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 53; Tackles, 2022 (Oregon State, 10–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 252; Round 7, 2023 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Boise State, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

5–⁠72–⁠57–⁠610–⁠3AP 17

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2019	Oregon State	7	6	0	0	0	1
2020	Oregon State	29	19	0.5	0	0	2
2021	Oregon State	48	27	0.5	0	2	7
2022	Oregon State	53	39	1	1	2	9
Career		137	91	2	1	4	19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Oregon State	5	DB	Yr 1
2020	Oregon State	5	DB	Yr 2
2021	Oregon State	5	DB	Yr 3
2022	Oregon State	5	DB	So. (Yr 4)	6′1″	191

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Oregon State 11 games, 53 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Boise State	W 34–⁠17	9	8	0	0	1	0
Sep 10	atFresno State	W 35–⁠32	6	4	0	0	0	2
Sep 17	vs.Montana State	W 68–⁠28	3	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.USC	L 14–⁠17	5	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 1	atUtah	L 16–⁠42	6	5	0	0	0	0
Oct 8	atStanford	W 28–⁠27	5	3	0	0	0	2
Oct 15	vs.Washington State	W 24–⁠10	2	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 22	vs.Colorado	W 42–⁠9	3	3	0	0	1	1
Nov 4	atWashington	L 21–⁠24	6	5	0	0	0	1
Nov 12	vs.California	W 38–⁠10	1	1	1	1	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Oregon	W 38–⁠34	7	5	0	0	0	1

2021 Oregon State 13 games, 48 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 4	atPurdue	L 21–⁠30	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Hawai’i	W 45–⁠27	5	3	0	1	2
Sep 18	vs.Idaho	W 42–⁠0	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 25	atUSC	W 45–⁠27	9	4	0	0	1
Oct 2	vs.Washington	W 27–⁠24	4	2	0	0	1
Oct 9	atWashington State	L 24–⁠31	4	3	0	0	0
Oct 23	vs.Utah	W 42–⁠34	2	1	0	0	1
Oct 30	atCalifornia	L 25–⁠39	2	1	0	0	1
Nov 6	atColorado	L 34–⁠37	8	5	0	0	0
Nov 13	vs.Stanford	W 35–⁠14	1	0	0.5	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Arizona State	W 24–⁠10	1	0	0	1	0
Nov 27	atOregon	L 29–⁠38	3	2	0	0	0
Dec 18 ✦	vs.Utah State	L 13–⁠24	3	1	0	0	1

2020 Oregon State 7 games, 29 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Nov 7	vs.Washington State	L 28–⁠38	1	1	0	0
Nov 14	atWashington	L 21–⁠27	3	3	0	2
Nov 21	vs.California	W 31–⁠27	8	5	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Oregon	W 41–⁠38	5	3	0	0
Dec 5	atUtah	L 24–⁠30	5	2	0	0
Dec 12	vs.Stanford	L 24–⁠27	2	2	0	0
Dec 19	vs.Arizona State	L 33–⁠46	5	3	0.5	0

2019 Oregon State 2 games, 7 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 5	atUCLA	W 48–⁠31	4	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Utah	L 7–⁠52	3	3	0	0	0	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2023	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	6′1″
Weight	195 lb
Arm length	31⅞″
Hand size	8½″
Wingspan		76¼″^W
40-yard dash	4.55 s
10-yard split		1.54 s
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	10′2″
3-cone drill		7.06 s
20-yard shuttle	4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2023	New England Patriots	4	8	1
2024	New England Patriots	5	9	0
2025	New England Patriots	6	12	0
NFL career		15	29	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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