#11

Austin Allen

Junior tight end for Nebraska. 2021: 38 catches, 602 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Nebraska · Jr. · #11

6′8″ · 260 lb · Aurora, NE

CFB Index 66 · #18 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNebraska 2021 alumnus

The story

3 tight end for Nebraska. 2021: 38 catches, 602 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Named Big Ten Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Year in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Nebraska, 946 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 143 yds at Wisconsin.Wisconsin · L 28-352021

202111 games

All-Big Tenfirst
Big Ten Kwalick–Clark Tight End of the Yearwinner

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Nebraska

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Scott Frost

Nebraska

Played his entire career under Scott Frost.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Scott Frost — 15-29 over that span.

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2019Nebraska5-7HC: Scott Frost · Run-heavy

2020Nebraska3-5HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #18 of 119?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#25 / 655 · 96th pct

27.3%

Yards / catch#93 / 655 · 86th pct

16.1

Catch rate#144 / 655 · 78th pct

84.1%

EPA / target#157 / 655 · 76th pct

0.86

TD rate#402 / 655 · 38th pct

4.5%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#10 / 146 · 93rd pct

15.8

Rec yards#15 / 146 · 90th pct

602

Receptions#24 / 146 · 83rd pct

Long catch#30 / 146 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#70 / 146 · 41st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	40.7	17.7	0.2
Road5g	4.8	71.6	14.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	49.0	14.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	64.8	18.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #18 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Nebraska	38	602	15.8	2	--
2020	Nebraska	16	207	12.9	1	--
2019	Nebraska	7	83	11.9	0	--
2018	Nebraska	2	54	27.0	0	--
Career		63	946	15.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 52–7

vs Fordham

4 rec · 61 yds

Dominant 45-point win at home against Fordham.

With A. Martinez — 254 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.9 · 33 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · S. Toure — 35 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Austin Allen 46 Yd pass from Adrian Martinez (Connor Culp Kick)
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 38 yds to the Wisc 7 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 34 yds to the Wisc 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Ohio State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 26 yds to the OhSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Logan Smothers pass complete to Austin Allen for 28 yds to the Iowa 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Minnesota · 1&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 9 yds for a TD, (Connor Culp KICK)
Week 3 · Oklahoma · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 6 yds to the Okla 34 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.25Logan Smothers pass complete to Austin Allen for 27 yds to the Neb 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Michigan State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 14 yds to the Neb 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.03Adrian Martinez pass complete to Austin Allen for 7 yds to the Wisc 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 22-30@ Illinois	2	23	11.5	0	14
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Fordham	4	61	15.3	0	26
Wk 2	W 28-3vs Buffalo	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 3	L 16-23@ Oklahoma	6	43	7.2	0	14
Wk 4	L 20-23@ Michigan State	4	28	7.0	0	14
Wk 6	L 29-32vs Michigan	2	59	29.5	1	46
Wk 7	L 23-30@ Minnesota	5	121	24.2	1	40
Wk 9	L 23-28vs Purdue	3	28	9.3	0	18
Wk 10	L 17-26vs Ohio State	2	33	16.5	0	26
Wk 12	L 28-35@ Wisconsin	7	143	20.4	0	38	Season-high 143 yds
Wk 13	L 21-28vs Iowa	2	55	27.5	0	28
Total		38	602	16.0	2	46

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology