Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Oregon State
Austin Hudson
S • 6'2" • 214 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Hudson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Florida • Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Austin Hudson built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a safety from Tampa, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Oregon State and South Florida. The clearest part of Austin Hudson's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Austin Hudson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Oregon State. Austin Hudson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Austin Hudson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · S
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Washington State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Plant · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Plant · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · S 206th (top 50%) · Pac-12 169th (top 32%) · National 1,868th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 3 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon State | 4 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 52.4 |
Related Context
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Austin Hudson played S for South Florida and Oregon State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Austin Hudson recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 6 primary output with 36.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.9 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Florida, Oregon State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Loss with 5 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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Season Explorer
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2017 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
36.9
Usage
6.4
Consistency
19.4
Best Game by takeover score
Washington State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado State: 0. Minnesota: 0. Washington State: 5. Washington: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. Washington State: 12 by 100. Washington: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0 · Games = 2 · -3 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 2 · +3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Washington State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Washington State
Player Story
Austin Hudson story
Austin Hudson built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a safety from Tampa, FL wearing No. 23, spending time with Oregon State and South Florida. The clearest part of Austin Hudson's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Hudson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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South Florida
2015-2016
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon State
2017
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon State | 6 | 36.9 | 6.4 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington State
Week 3 · L 23-52 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington
Week 5 · L 7-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Minnesota
Week 2 · L 14-48
0
Havoc Plays
12.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 3 · W 45-20
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 4 · L 35-55
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Havoc Plays
5.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Oregon State
6 primary output · 36.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage
52.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · South Florida
40.7
0 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · South Florida
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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