Austin Lee: DB · BYU · #2.
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Austin Lee
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Scottie Montgomery and Kalani Sitake. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Toledo — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | BYU | 55 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | BYU | 34 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 104 | 67 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-30vs No. 14 Utah | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 29-26@ Tennessee | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 24 USC | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-45vs No. 22 Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-27@ South Florida | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-25vs No. 14 Boise State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-14@ Utah State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24vs Liberty | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-10vs Idaho State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-13@ San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 2 · 2019
W 29-26
at Tennessee
1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL55 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
50.8%
466 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at East Carolina and BYU, 104 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kyle Whittingham and Kalani Sitake.
