Austin Ertl: DL · Miami (OH).
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Austin Ertl
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A two-star recruit with five seasons on the field at Miami (OH) since. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Buffalo — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 39 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 5 |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 30 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 37 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2020 | Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 116 | 40 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-38@ Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-28@ Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24@ Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 62-20vs Delaware State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-3@ Kent State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-0vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-21@ Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21vs Toledo | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-16@ Ohio | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 19-0vs Akron | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-10vs Buffalo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 17-15@ Ball State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-14vs No. 23 Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 9-13vs App State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
15%6 hurries39 tackles · 2 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Chuck Martin — 34-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
38.3%
294 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
54.9
14 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
39 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #46 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Miami (OH), 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chuck Martin.
