Austin Allen

#11 · TE · Jr. · Nebraska6′8″ · 260 lb · Aurora, NE

Austin Allen: TE · Nebraska · #11.

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Austin Allen

TE · Nebraska · Jr · #11

Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Nebraska. The first career honor came in 2021: Big Ten Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Year. One game to point at: 143 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Wisconsin — Week 12, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Nebraska in the news

$21M jumbotron deal fundedOct 29
Kamari Moulton out for seasonOct 28
Frost sues Nebraska boardOct 27
Fired Nebraska coach demands $5MCourthousenews Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Nebraska	38	602	15.8	2	46
2020	Nebraska	16	207	12.9	1	37
2019	Nebraska	7	83	11.9	0	30
2018	Nebraska	2	54	27.0	0	41
Career		63	946	15.0	3	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 22-30@ Illinois	2	23	11.5	0	14
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Fordham	4	61	15.3	0	26
Wk 2	W 28-3vs Buffalo	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 3	L 16-23@ No. 3 Oklahoma	6	43	7.2	0	14
Wk 4	L 20-23@ No. 20 Michigan State	4	28	7.0	0	14
Wk 6	L 29-32vs No. 9 Michigan	2	59	29.5	1	46
Wk 7	L 23-30@ Minnesota	5	121	24.2	1	40
Wk 9	L 23-28vs Purdue	3	28	9.3	0	18
Wk 10	L 17-26vs No. 6 Ohio State	2	33	16.5	0	26
Wk 12	L 28-35@ No. 19 Wisconsin	7	143	20.4	0	38	Season-high 143 yds
Wk 13	L 21-28vs No. 17 Iowa	2	55	27.5	0	28
Total		38	602	15.8	2	46

Signature game

Week 7 · 2021

L 23-30

at Minnesota

5 rec · 121 yds · 1 TD

With A. Martinez — 241 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.1 · W. Przystup — 48.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 54 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Martinez to Allen: a 46-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 38 yds to the Wisc 7 for a
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 34 yds to the Wisc 47 for a
Week 10 · Ohio State · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 26 yds to the OhSt 45 for a
Week 13 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Logan Smothers pass complete to Austin Allen for 28 yds to the Iowa 47 for a
Week 7 · Minnesota · 1st and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 9 yds for a TD, (Connor Culp KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · Oklahoma · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 6 yds to the Okla 34 for a
Week 13 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.25Logan Smothers pass complete to Austin Allen for 27 yds to the Neb 46 for a
Week 4 · Michigan State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 14 yds to the Neb 47 for a
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.03Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 7 yds to the Wisc 40 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Scott Frost — 15-29 over that span.

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 66 (#18 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

66Quality starter #18 of 119 · 2021?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#25 / 655 · 96th pct

27.3%

Yards / catch#93 / 655 · 86th pct

16.1

Catch rate#144 / 655 · 78th pct

84.1%

EPA / target#157 / 655 · 76th pct

0.86

TD rate#402 / 655 · 38th pct

4.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#10 / 146 · 93rd pct

15.8

Rec yards#15 / 146 · 90th pct

602

Receptions#24 / 146 · 83rd pct

Long catch#30 / 146 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	40.7	17.7	0.2
Road5g	4.8	71.6	14.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	49.0	14.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	64.8	18.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

Pass share

41.1%

342 pass / 490 run

Plays / game

69.3

12 games

Team sack rate

7.5%

373 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

66 · #18 of 119 TEs · 2021

Austin Allen

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Nebraska in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Nebraska

2021 11 games