6′0″ · 210 lb · Vallejo, CA
Evan Austrie: DB · UNLV · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Evan Austrie
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent four seasons in the UNLV secondary. On tape: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Wyoming, Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Las Vegas Review-Journal Oct 21Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-23vs Southern Utah | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-43vs Arkansas State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-30@ Northwestern | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-53@ Wyoming | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-38vs No. 16 Boise State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-10@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-56@ Fresno State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-20vs San Diego State | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-37@ Colorado State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-21vs Hawai'i | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs San José State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 33-30@ Nevada | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | 60 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 6 |
Week 1 · 2019
W 56-23
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 9 tackles
Dominant 33-point win at home against Southern Utah.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%5 TFL80 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks · 6 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Tony Sanchez — 17-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 6.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
46.9%
387 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
80 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UNLV, 172 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tony Sanchez → Marcus Arroyo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
