
Receiver, North Carolina, 2014–17
Austin Proehl
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
- Born
- Jun 17, 1996, in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Austin Proehl played receiver at North Carolina (2014–17). The Buffalo Bills took Proehl in round 7, No. 255 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8catches, career highvs. Louisville, 2017120receiving yards, career highvs. Louisville, 2017Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina | 15 | 106 | 7.1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2015 | North Carolina | 12 | 225 | 18.8 | 1 | 61 |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 43 | 597 | 13.9 | 3 | 46 |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 21 | 337 | 16.0 | 1 | 47 |
| Career | 91 | 1,265 | 13.9 | 5 | 61 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | North Carolina | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 5 | 49 | 0 |
| Career | 6 | 77 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina | 7 | WR | ||
| 2015 | North Carolina | 7 | WR | ||
| 2016 | North Carolina | 7 | WR | ||
| 2017 | North Carolina | 7 | WR | 5′10″ | 185 |
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina | 20 | 0.32 | – | – | 6.4 | 2% |
| 2015 | North Carolina | 14 | 1.83 | – | – | 25.6 | – |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 75 | 0.42 | 30th (n=489) | 0.52 | 31.6 | 9% |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 29 | 0.81 | – | – | 23.3 | 7% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2017 North Carolina 6 games, 21 catches, 337 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | L 30–35 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. | L 35–47 | 8 | 120 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Sep 16 | at | W 53–23 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Sep 23 | vs. | L 17–27 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 | – |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 65–10 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 31 | – |
| Nov 25 | at | L 21–33 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | – |
2016 North Carolina 13 games, 43 catches, 597 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | L 24–33 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Sep 10 | at | W 48–23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 56–28 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 37–36 | 7 | 99 | 1 | 41 | – |
| Oct 1 | at | W 37–35 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 44 | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | L 3–34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 15 | at | W 20–13 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 8 | – |
| Oct 22 | at | W 35–14 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 46 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 48–20 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Nov 10 | at | L 27–28 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 41–7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 21–28 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. | L 23–25 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 21 | – |
2015 North Carolina 6 games, 12 catches, 225 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 53–14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 48–14 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 38–31 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. | W 50–14 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 61 | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. | W 66–31 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 21 | at | W 30–27 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | – |
2014 North Carolina 12 games, 15 catches, 106 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 56–29 | 2 | −5 | 0 | −2 | – |
| Sep 20 | at | L 41–70 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Sep 27 | at | L 35–50 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. | L 17–34 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 11 | at | L 43–50 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 48–43 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at | W 28–27 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 1 | at | L 20–47 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 40–35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Nov 20 | at | W 45–20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. | L 7–35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | L 21–40 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅛″ |
| Weight | 182 lb |
| Arm length | 28⅞″ |
| Hand size | 8½″ |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| Bench press | 11 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.75 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.07 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | XFL | Seattle Dragons |
| 2023 | XFL | St. Louis Battlehawks |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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