Player Dossier

2009-2009

Ohio State

Austin Spitler

LB • 6'3" • Bellbrook, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Austin Spitler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Austin Spitler built his college career in 2009 as a linebacker from Bellbrook, OH wearing No. 38, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Austin Spitler's career was his defensive production: 1...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8117

Southwest Christian · Fort Worth, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2010
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 45
Overall
No. 252
NFL Team
Miami Dolphins

Austin Spitler, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Ohio State. Austin Spitler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Austin Spitler quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 1 games
Best season
2009 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
3-star · Southwest Christian
High school pipeline
Southwest Christian · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2010 · Round 7 · Pick 45 · Miami Dolphins
Latest roster
No. 38 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State10-0--073.3

Related Context

Austin Spitler is listed as a LB for Ohio State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Split Comparison

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

20 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 10/24vs MinnesotaW 38-71

Player Story

Austin Spitler story

Austin Spitler built his college career in 2009 as a linebacker from Bellbrook, OH wearing No. 38, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Austin Spitler's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 1 career game in the available record. That gives Austin Spitler's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonOhio State120

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Minnesota

Week 8 · W 38-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2009 Regular Season · Ohio State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games