Linebacker, Syracuse (from Bowling Green), 2013–17
Austin Valdez
Lettered 2014–16 at Bowling Green (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 236 lb
- Hometown
- Sylvania, OH
- Born
- Feb 1, 1995
Austin Valdez played linebacker at Bowling Green (2013–16) and Syracuse (2017).
Career highs
10tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Boston College, 2017Team titles: MAC champions, 2013 and 2015
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015* | Bowling Green | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 58 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | Syracuse | 38 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 96 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
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. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 of 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 of 14 | 29 | 40 | 69 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bowling Green | 11 | LB | ||
| 2014 | Bowling Green | 11 | LB | ||
| 2015 | Bowling Green | 11 | LB | ||
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 11 | LB | ||
| 2017 | Syracuse | 11 | LB | 6′1″ | 236 |
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
2017 Syracuse 9 games, 38 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Central Connecticut | W 50–7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Central Michigan | W 41–17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at LSU | L 26–35 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at NC State | L 25–33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 27–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Miami | L 19–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Florida State | L 24–27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Louisville | L 10–56 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Boston College | L 14–42 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Bowling Green 10 games, 58 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Ohio State | L 10–77 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | vs. North Dakota | W 27–26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Middle Tennessee | L 21–41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Memphis | L 3–77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 25–28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Ohio | L 24–30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Toledo | L 35–42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Miami (OH) | L 26–40 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Northern Illinois | L 20–45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Buffalo | W 27–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Bowling Green 2 games, 2 INT
2014 Bowling Green 2 games, 2 returns, 36 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | vs.Northern Illinois | L 17–51 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. South Alabama | W 33–28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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