Senior wide receiver for TCU. 2018: 17 catches, 149 receiving yards.
6′2″ · 198 lb · Grand Prairie, TX
The story
4 wide receiver for TCU. 2018: 17 catches, 149 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJaelan Austin
He has spent four seasons in the TCU receiving corps. The receipt on tape: 39 rec yds, 4 receptions against Kansas State, Week 10, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at TCU, 860 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gary Patterson.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Gary Patterson — 35-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush tds (86th percentile). Concern: long catch (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 17.6 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 12.2 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 18.0 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018
W 31–24
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Southern | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-12@ SMU | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-40vs Ohio State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Texas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-27@ Kansas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-13vs Kansas State | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 10-47@ West Virginia | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-9@ Baylor | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Oklahoma State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | W 10-7vs California | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 17 | 149 | 8.8 | 0 | 17 |