Senior tight end for Tennessee. 2019: 4 catches, 21 receiving yards.
6′4″ · 235 lb · Knoxville, TN
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 648 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Tennessee. 2019: 4 catches, 21 receiving yards.
Austin Pope
Three seasons at Tennessee, two different head coaches: Butch Jones and Jeremy Pruitt. The receipt: 10 rec yds, 1 receptions against Georgia — Week 6, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tennessee, 84 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.8 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-38vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Chattanooga | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-34@ Florida | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-43vs Georgia | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 10 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7vs UAB | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 10 |