Defensive back, Rutgers, 2015–18
Blessuan Austin
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Queens, NY
- Born
- Jul 19, 1996
Blessuan Austin played defensive back at Rutgers (2015–18). The New York Jets took Austin in round 6, No. 196 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Defense
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.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 of 12 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
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 | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rutgers | 1 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Rutgers | 1 | DB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Rutgers | 1 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Rutgers | 1 | DB | Sr. | 6′1″ | 195 |
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
2018 Rutgers 1 game, 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Texas State | W 35–7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2017 Rutgers 4 games, 12 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Washington | L 14–30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 13–16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Morgan State | W 65–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Nebraska | L 17–27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016 Rutgers 11 games, 42 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | atWashington | L 13–48 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Howard | W 52–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 17 | vs. New Mexico | W 37–28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Iowa | L 7–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | at Ohio State | L 0–58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Michigan | L 0–78 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Illinois | L 7–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | at Minnesota | L 32–34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Indiana | L 27–33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Penn State | L 0–39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | at Maryland | L 13–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Rutgers 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | at Wisconsin | L 10–48 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅝″ | |
| Weight | 198 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.69 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.59 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
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, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New York Jets | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | New York Jets | 11 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Seattle Seahawks | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 22 | 94 | 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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