#6

Austin Upshaw

WR · SMU · Sr. · #6

SMU 2022 alumnus
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Austin Upshaw

WR · SMU · Sr · #6

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
SMU
2020–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2020–2022

3 coaches
2021era →
2022era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced
2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2022SMU1818010.01--
2021SMU141037.40--
2020SMU1821812.11--
Career5050110.02--
SeasonTeam
2022SMU5-3------
2021SMU----18----
2020SMU----10----
Career5-328----

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Kearis Jackson’s 2022 season.

Georgia · 2022

#2

Marcell Barbee

Texas State · 2022

75%
#3

Kelly Akharaiyi

UTEP · 2022

74%
#4

Shedrick Jackson

Auburn · 2022

73%
#5

Jakarius Caston

Southern Miss · 2021

73%

Matches Kearis on

Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Height

Differs from Kearis on

TD rate (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Taco Dowler’s path through Montana State.

Taco Dowler

98%match

Montana State · 2025

#2

Donovan Faupel

New Mexico State · 2025

All-Conference USA
96%
#3

Koy Moore

UNLV · 2025

95%
#4

Miequle Brock

Nicholls · 2025

95%
#5

Derick Eugene

Long Island University · 2021

94%

Matches Taco on

Yards per reception
202020212022

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tim Grear Jr.'s junior season at Akron (2025).

Akron · 2025

#2

Kearis Jackson

Georgia · 2022

78%
#3

RJ Garcia II

Kansas State · 2023

77%
#4

Tre Shackelford

Tulane · 2025

77%
#5

Marcell Barbee

Texas State · 2022

All-Sun Belt
77%

Matches Tim on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Height

Player DNA

Players who play like Austin Upshaw

#1

Donovan Faupel

New Mexico State · 2025

96%
#2

Koy Moore

Auburn · 2022

95%
#3

Jalen Walthall

Hawai'i · 2022

93%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2020–2022
2182020
1032021
1802022

-17%

Down 17% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).