Senior tight end for Sam Houston. 2025: 7 catches, 65 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 240 lb · Elmaton, TX
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
7 catches · 9.3 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 36 yds, vs Jacksonville State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Sam Houston. 2025: 7 catches, 65 receiving yards.
Austin Smith
Four head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 36 rec yds, 2 receptions against Jacksonville State, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Memphis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 26–23
vs Delaware
1 rec · 5 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With C. Gerrand — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · L. Locke — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -14 rush yds (4 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-55@ Texas | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-37@ New Mexico State | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-29vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 36 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-23vs Delaware | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 7 | 65 | 8.7 | 0 | 27 |
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Sam Houston
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126