Austin Wolf

#82 · WR · Akron6′3″ · 210 lb · Lebanon, OH

Austin Wolf: WR · Akron · #82.

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Austin Wolf

WR · Akron · #82

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Akron since. A game that shows it: 71 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Troy — Week 4, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Akron in the news

Former Akron assistant Chuck Amato dies at 80Akron Beacon Journal Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Akron	33	476	14.4	5	43
2016	Akron	36	550	15.3	5	44
2015	Akron	10	212	21.2	2	41
2014	Akron	4	84	21.0	1	40
Career		83	1,322	15.9	13	44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 17-22@ Troy	6	71	11.8	0	24	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 5	W 34-23@ Bowling Green	3	68	22.7	1	43
Wk 6	W 31-3vs Ball State	4	57	14.3	1	24
Wk 8	L 21-48@ Toledo	4	44	11.0	0	18
Wk 9	W 21-20vs Buffalo	2	52	26.0	1	41
Wk 11	L 14-24@ Miami (OH)	3	45	15.0	0	18
Wk 12	W 37-34vs Ohio	5	57	11.4	1	23
Wk 13	W 24-14vs Kent State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 14	L 28-45vs Toledo	2	41	20.5	1	29
Bowl	L 3-50@ Florida Atlantic	3	26	8.7	0	12
Total		33	476	14.4	5	43

Signature game

Week 12 · 2017

W 37-34

vs Ohio

5 rec · 57 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Ohio at home in a shootout.

With N. Gasser — 39.6 yards per punt · 7 punts · 50 long · K. Nelson — 322 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 68.2 · 45 rush yds (14 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +3.77Kato Nelson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 18 yds to the MiaOh 37 for a
Week 5 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.35Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 43 yds for a TD, (Tom O'Leary PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 41 yds for a TD, (Tom O'Leary KICK)
Week 14 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Nelson to Wolf: a 29-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Nelson to Wolf: a 23-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Ball State · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.48Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 24 yds for a TD, (Tom O'Leary KICK)

4 more plays

Week 6 · Ball State · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 14 yds to the BalSt 35 for a
Week 4 · Troy · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 10 yds to the Troy 34 for a
Week 4 · Troy · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.10Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 15 yds to the Troy 37 for a
Week 8 · Toledo · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.05Thomas Woodson pass complete to Austin Wolf for 11 yds to the Toled 45 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Terry Bowden — 25-26 over that span.

2014Akron5-7HC: Terry Bowden · Pass-heavy

2015Akron8-5HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

2016Akron5-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2017Akron7-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#263 / 709 · 63rd pct

13.7

TD rate#271 / 709 · 61st pct

5.6%

EPA / target#420 / 709 · 41st pct

0.44

Explosive rate#535 / 709 · 25th pct

7.4%

Catch rate#610 / 709 · 14th pct

57.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#112 / 539 · 76th pct

Yards / catch#196 / 539 · 63rd pct

14.4

Rec yards#225 / 539 · 58th pct

476

Receptions#237 / 539 · 55th pct

Long catch#343 / 539 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

15th → 41st percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 25th percentile

Catch rate

4th → 14th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 61st percentile

Yards / catch

80th → 63rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	45.2	16.7	0.8
Road5g	3.8	50.8	13.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	4.0	55.5	14.4	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	42.3	16.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Terry Bowden

Pass share

49.4%

447 pass / 457 run

Plays / game

64.6

14 games

Team sack rate

7.9%

494 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

33 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Austin Wolf

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

33 catches in 10 games

Five seasons at Akron

2013