Linebacker, Ohio State, 2005–09
Austin Spitler
- Number
- No. 38
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Bellbrook, OH
- Born
- Oct 26, 1986, in Dayton, Ohio
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Austin Spitler played linebacker at Ohio State (2005–09). The Miami Dolphins took Spitler in round 7, No. 252 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2009
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2009* | Ohio State | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007N | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 2.5 | 1 | – |
| 2008N | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 35 | 47 | 82 | 8 | 2 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ohio State | 38 | LB | 6′3″ |
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
2009 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs. Minnesota | W 38–7 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ |
| Weight | 243 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.70 s |
| Vertical jump | 32″ |
| Broad jump | 9′4″ |
| Bench press | 32 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.70 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 27 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Miami Dolphins | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Miami Dolphins | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 27 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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