Game Log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 37-7vs BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-59@ Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Tirek Austin-Cave
West Virginia 2023 alumnus
Tirek Austin-Cave
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jess Simpson and Neal Brown. One game to point at: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Oklahoma — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 8 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Danny Gonzales.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced
2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 2 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | West Virginia | 3 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology