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Player Dossier
2015-2017Nevada
Austin Paulhus
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Granite Bay, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Paulhus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Austin Paulhus built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Granite Bay, CA wearing No. 50, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Austin Paulhus' career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyAustin Paulhus, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nevada. Austin Paulhus shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 150
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Austin Paulhus quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · LB
- Career Tackles
- 150
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 112 tackles · LB 23rd (top 3%) · Mountain West 5th (top 1%) · National 30th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 9 | 38 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 112 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.7 |
Related Context
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Austin Paulhus played LB for Nevada. Across 3 tracked seasons, Austin Paulhus recorded 150 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Nevada paired 21 primary output with 52.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 52.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
52.2
Usage
13.6
Consistency
50.6
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 5. Toledo: 0. Idaho State: 3. Washington State: 1. Fresno State: 1.5. Hawai'i: 4. Colorado State: 0. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. San José State: 2.5. San Diego State: 1.5. UNLV: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 15 by 100. Toledo: 6 by 25. Idaho State: 8 by 63.3. Washington State: 7 by 39.2. Fresno State: 5 by 35.8. Hawai'i: 10 by 81.7. Colorado State: 7 by 29.2. Air Force: 21 by 50. Boise State: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 11 by 70.8. San Diego State: 8 by 48.3. UNLV: 10 by 66.7
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 3 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 9 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs UNLV10+ tackles · Splash game | W 23-16 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ San Diego State | L 23-42 | 8 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs San José State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 59-14 | 11 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Boise State | L 14-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Air Force10+ tackles | L 42-45 | 21 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | @ Colorado State | L 42-44 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Hawai'i10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-21 | 10 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | @ Fresno State | L 21-41 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Washington State | L 7-45 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | L 28-30 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Toledo | L 24-37 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash game | L 20-31 | 15 | 7 | — | 3.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Austin Paulhus story
Austin Paulhus built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Granite Bay, CA wearing No. 50, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Austin Paulhus' career was his defensive production: 150 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Paulhus' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nevada
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | 18.7 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nevada | 21 | 52.2 | 13.6 | 20 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 1 · L 20-31
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 Hawai'i
Week 6 · W 35-21 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#3
vs San Diego State
Week 11 · L 16-46 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Idaho State
Week 3 · L 28-30
3
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#5
vs San José State
Week 11 · W 59-14 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Nevada
21 primary output · 52.2 efficiency · 13.6 usage
75.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Nevada
16
1 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Nevada
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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