#43

Austin Wyatt-Thayer

Linebacker for San Diego State. 2016: 32 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · San Diego State · #43

6′5″ · Paradise, CA

San Diego State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 332 nationally · Joined San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for San Diego State. 2016: 32 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to San Diego State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at San Diego State, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with San Diego State2-star out of Sierra College

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#332 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016San Diego State11-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#208 / 2668 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#785 / 2668 · 69th pct

4.0

Tackles#1282 / 2668 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1375 / 2668 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.0
Road5g	3.6	0.1	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	San Diego State	32	17	4.0	4.0	--	--	--
Career		32	17	4.0	4.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2016

W 34–10

vs Houston

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 SACKS

Dominant 24-point win at home against Houston.

With T. Blain — 36 AVG · 42 LONG · 7 NO · D. Pumphrey — 115 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week