Austin Aune

Junior quarterback for North Texas. 2022: 3,547 passing yards, 33 TD, 15 INT.

QB · North Texas · Jr. · #2

6′2″ · 221 lb · Argyle, TX

CFB Index 73 · #23 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNorth Texas 2022 alumnus

The story

3 quarterback for North Texas. 2022: 3,547 passing yards, 33 TD, 15 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 7,324 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202214 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

2023

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Texas

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Seth Littrell — 21-28 over that span.

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #23 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (92nd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (89th percentile). Concern: interception rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#14 / 169 · 92nd pct

2.5%

Explosive rate#19 / 169 · 89th pct

13.8%

EPA / dropback#25 / 169 · 86th pct

0.39

Success rate#78 / 169 · 54th pct

46.3%

Interception rate#127 / 169 · 25th pct

3.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#8 / 177 · 95th pct

Pass yards#17 / 177 · 91st pct

3547

Yards / att#22 / 177 · 88th pct

8.7

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Rush yards#110 / 177 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#111 / 177 · 29th pct

Completion %#137 / 177 · 23rd pct

56.7%

Interceptions#176 / 177 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

25th → 86th percentile

Success rate

13th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

18th → 89th percentile

Sack rate

92nd → 92nd percentile

Interception rate

62nd → 25th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

228/397 (57.4%) · 33 TD · 15 INT

397 of 409 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

8.3425 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

2.4%18 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (18 of 206 QBs) and still 25 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

44%of completions

100 comp4.9 yds avg7 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

31%of completions

71 comp13.4 yds avg6 TD

Deep

20+ yds

25%of completions

57 comp35.2 yds avg17 TD

Overall 57.4% completion on 397 attempts · 57 deep completions averaging 35.2 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	233	2.7	9.2	1.0
Road8g	269	2.1	8.5	1.1

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	241	2.2	8.8	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	270	2.5	8.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #23 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	North Texas	232	409	56.7%	3,547	8.7	33	15	148.9	78	--	--
2021	North Texas	151	295	51.2%	1,991	6.7	9	9	111.8	31	--	--
2020	North Texas	101	185	54.6%	1,650	8.9	13	4	148.4	59	--	--
2019	North Texas	4	5	80.0%	136	27.2	1	0	374.5	--	--	--
Career		488	894	54.6%	7,324	8.2	56	28	137.8	60	--	--

Season	Team
2022	North Texas	44	52	1.2	1	--
2021	North Texas	80	325	4.1	3	--
2020	North Texas	27	29	1.1	2	--
2019	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		151	406	2.7	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 59–27

vs Texas Southern

218 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.4 · 15 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 32-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With R. Burns — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD · A. Adeyi — 135 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Texas Southern · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +6.74A.Aune pass complete to NTX 30. Catch made by R.Burns at NTX 30. Gain of 70 yards. R.Burns for 70 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 7 · Louisiana Tech · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +5.95Austin Aune pass complete to Jyaire Shorter for 51 yds for a TD, (Chris Cayton KICK)
Week 10 · Florida International · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +5.75Austin Aune pass complete to Jyaire Shorter for 57 yds for a TD, (Ethan Mooney KICK)
Week 8 · UTSA · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.93Austin Aune pass complete to Var'Keyes Gumms for 44 yds for a TD, (Ethan Mooney KICK)
Week 8 · UTSA · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.56Austin Aune pass complete to Jyaire Shorter for 58 yds to the TexSA 22 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +4.46A.Aune pass complete to TSO 35. Catch made by J.Maclin at TSO 35. Gain of 35 yards. J.Maclin for 35 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 9 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.37A.Aune pass complete to NTX 44. Catch made by D.Ward at NTX 44. Gain of 56 yards. D.Ward for 56 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 1 · Boise State · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.30Austin Aune pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 40 yds to the BoiSt 20 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UTSA · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.16Austin Aune pass complete to Roderic Burns for 54 yds to the TexSA 19 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Austin Aune pass complete to Jake Roberts for 70 yds to the FlaIn 7 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 31-13@ UTEP	16/29	236	3	0	8.1	82.7	3 TD passes
Wk 1	L 10-48vs SMU	14/29	186	0	2	6.4	69.0	3 TD passes
Wk 2	W 59-27vs Texas Southern	11/20	218	4	0	10.9	80.4	4 TD passes
Wk 3	L 27-58@ UNLV	17/29	305	2	2	10.5	81.0
Wk 4	L 34-44@ Memphis	27/49	371	3	2	7.6	27.5	3 TD passes
Wk 5	W 45-28vs Florida Atlantic	14/20	180	3	1	9.0	76.5	3 TD passes
Wk 7	W 47-27vs Louisiana Tech	11/20	196	2	1	9.8	85.8
Wk 8	L 27-31@ UTSA	15/31	325	3	1	10.5	60.2	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 40-13@ Western Kentucky	20/28	322	3	0	11.5	87.6	3 TD passes
Wk 10	W 52-14vs Florida International	25/34	414	5	2	12.2	89.3	Season-high 414 yds
Wk 11	L 21-41@ UAB	15/32	159	1	0	5.0	62.1
Wk 13	W 21-17vs Rice	16/29	203	2	0	7.0	39.5
Wk 14	L 27-48@ UTSA	14/28	194	1	2	6.9	—
Bowl	L 32-35@ Boise State	17/31	238	1	2	7.7	—
Total		232/409	3547	33	15	8.8	70.1

How he plays

Play style

Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

53.8%Completion %

33.9%Conversion/dropback

32.1%Land short of sticks

1INTs

53.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.9% conversion-per-dropback — 32.1% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design