Usage / Role
59%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Rice
Austin Walter
RB • 5'8" • 202 lbs • Crosby, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Austin Walter leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Austin Walter built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Crosby, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Austin Walter's career was his backfield work: 1,744...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Austin Walter, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Rice. Austin Walter leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,569
- Rushing yards
- 1,744
- Receiving yards
- 825
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Austin Walter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,569
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crosby · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Choctaw · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,089 scrimmage yards · RB 62nd (top 9%) · Conference USA 6th (top 2%) · National 93rd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 445 | 437 | 8 | 1 | 41.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 416 | 343 | 73 | 6 | 38.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 619 | 400 | 219 | 5 | 53.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 13 | 1,089 | 564 | 525 | 6 | 74.1 |
Related Context
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Austin Walter played RB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Walter recorded 1,744 rushing yards, 825 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Rice paired 1,089 primary output with 56.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 56.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Loss with 197 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Rice
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
83.8
Efficiency
56.2
Usage
25.2
Consistency
68.2
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston: 125. Prairie View A&M: 91. Hawai'i: 107. Southern Miss: 89. Wake Forest: 197. UTSA: 101. UAB: 36. Florida International: 50. North Texas: 33. UTEP: 110. Louisiana Tech: 101. LSU: 18. Old Dominion: 31
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston: 23 by 40.7. Prairie View A&M: 12 by 78.8. Hawai'i: 14 by 49.2. Southern Miss: 7 by 100. Wake Forest: 23 by 85.7. UTSA: 22 by 33. UAB: 22 by 17. Florida International: 18 by 25.6. North Texas: 16 by 22. UTEP: 7 by 62.5. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 100. LSU: 3 by 68.8. Old Dominion: 5 by 47.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins61 · Games = 2 · -26.9 vs Losses
Losses87.9 · Games = 11 · +26.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
100 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Old Dominion | W 27-13 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 6.2 |
| Sun 11/18 | @ LSU | L 10-42 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Sun 11/11 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 13-28 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 101 | 20.2 |
| Sat 11/3 | vs UTEP | L 26-34 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 15.7 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ North Texas | L 17-41 | 14 | 30 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Florida International | L 17-36 | 16 | 36 | 2.30 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs UAB | L 0-42 | 19 | 31 | 1.60 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.6 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs UTSA | L 3-20 | 14 | 31 | 2.20 | 0 | 8 | 70 | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Wake Forest100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 24-56 | 18 | 165 | 9.20 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 8.6 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Southern Miss | L 22-40 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12.7 |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Hawai'i | L 29-43 | 9 | 25 | 2.80 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 7.6 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Houston | L 27-45 | 19 | 55 | 2.90 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 5.4 |
| Sat 8/25 | vs Prairie View A&M2+ TD | W 31-28 | 11 | 83 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7.6 |
Player Story
Austin Walter story
Austin Walter built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Crosby, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Austin Walter's career was his backfield work: 1,744 rushing yards, 345 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 825 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Rice. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 825 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1,548 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Austin Walter moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Rice
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 445 | 52.9 | 10.6 | 445 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 416 | 45.5 | 11.6 | -29 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 619 | 58.5 | 14.4 | 203 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 1,089 | 56.2 | 25.2 | 470 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wake Forest
Week 5 · L 24-56
Loss with 197 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
197
Scrimmage Yards
95.2 takeover
197 scrimmage yards and 37.7 usage.
#2
@ UAB
Week 10 · L 21-52 · Conference game
122
Scrimmage Yards
84.2 takeover
Loss with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.
#3
@ Pittsburgh
Week 5 · L 10-42
112
Scrimmage Yards
80.9 takeover
Loss with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and 21.1 usage.
#4
vs Wagner
Week 1 · W 56-16
104
Scrimmage Yards
80.4 takeover
Win with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#5
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 9 · L 16-61 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Rice
1,089 primary output · 56.2 efficiency · 25.2 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Rice
53.7
619 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 14.4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Rice
41.2
445 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 10.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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