Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Utah State
Austin Cheney
CB • 5'9" • Boise, ID, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Cheney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
5
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Austin Cheney built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a cornerback from Boise, ID wearing No. 40, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Austin Cheney's career was his return-game role: 1...
Read the storyAustin Cheney, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Utah State. Austin Cheney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Austin Cheney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 2
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Utah State
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · CB 300th (top 89%) · Mountain West 365th (top 71%) · National 4,014th (top 71%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah State | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Austin Cheney played CB for Utah State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Austin Cheney recorded 2 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Utah State paired 0 primary output with 2.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 2.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Utah State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
2.8
Usage
0.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
San Diego State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Nevada: 0
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. Fresno State: 0 by 0. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San Diego State
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Nevada
Player Story
Austin Cheney story
Austin Cheney built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a cornerback from Boise, ID wearing No. 40, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Austin Cheney's career was his return-game role: 1 return touchdown across 3 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Utah State. 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 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 3 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Austin Cheney 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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Utah State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San Diego State
Week 9 · L 13-40 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 12 · L 37-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Fresno State
Week 8 · W 38-20 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Utah State
0 primary output · 2.8 efficiency · 0.4 usage
35.5
#2
2014 Regular Season · Utah State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Utah State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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