Last confirmed: New Mexico, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 220 lb · Pennsauken, NJ · Camden
Tirek Austin-Cave: LB · New Mexico · #41.
Tirek Austin-Cave
He has played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson and Neal Brown. One game to point at: 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma — Week 11, 2023.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| 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 |
| 2020 | Miami | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 2 games
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| 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@ No. 17 Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
37.6%
332 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
68.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Miami and West Virginia, 15 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Manny Diaz, Neal Brown and Bronco Mendenhall.
