Brent Austin is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at California.
Austin erases the deep middle of the field. The four seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Curt Cignetti, Damian Wroblewski, Alex Golesh and Justin Wilcox. First career honor, 2025: All-ACC. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Hawai'i — Bowl, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 13 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 42 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13 | -- |
| 2024 | South Florida | 48 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | James Madison | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | James Madison | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 110 | 74 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 24 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15@ Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-34@ San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24@ Boston College | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs No. 15 Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ No. 14 Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-35vs No. 25 SMU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 31-35@ Hawai'i | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 13 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
31%13 pass breakupsTackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL42 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 13 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Road7g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #119 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #18 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Curt Cignetti, Alex Golesh and Justin Wilcox.
