Player Dossier

2018-2021

Nebraska

Austin Allen

TE • 6'8" • 260 lbs • Aurora, NE, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Austin Allen reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a tight end

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Player Story

Austin Allen built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a tight end from Aurora, NE wearing No. 11, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Austin Allen's career was his receiving role: 63 catches,...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.895

Philip Simmons · Charleston, SC

Committed To
Georgia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Austin Allen, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nebraska. Austin Allen reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
946
Receptions
63
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Austin Allen quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · TE
Career Receiving Yards
946
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
Top game
Wisconsin
Recruit profile
4-star · Philip Simmons · Georgia Tech
High school pipeline
Philip Simmons · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Junior
2021 Receiving yards rank
602 receiving yards · TE 15th (top 4%) · Big Ten 16th (top 7%) · National 159th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska2254046.4
2019 Regular SeasonNebraska8783036.1
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska716207159.3
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska1138602273.1

Related Context

Austin Allen played TE for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austin Allen recorded 2 rushing yards, 946 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 602 primary output with 80.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 80.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

54.7

Efficiency

80.6

Usage

18.4

Consistency

50.4

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 61. Illinois: 23. Buffalo: 8. Oklahoma: 43. Michigan State: 28. Michigan: 59. Minnesota: 121. Purdue: 28. Ohio State: 33. Wisconsin: 143. Iowa: 55

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. Fordham: 4 by 100. Illinois: 2 by 76.7. Buffalo: 1 by 53.3. Oklahoma: 6 by 47.8. Michigan State: 4 by 46.7. Michigan: 2 by 100. Minnesota: 5 by 100. Purdue: 3 by 62.2. Ohio State: 2 by 100. Wisconsin: 7 by 100. Iowa: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins34.5 · Games = 2 · -24.7 vs Losses
Losses59.2 · Games = 9 · +24.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

100 vs Iowa

Result
Fri 11/26vs IowaL 21-2825527.527.50028
Sat 11/20@ Wisconsin100 receiving yardsL 28-35714320.420.40038
Sat 11/6vs Ohio StateL 17-2623316.516.50026
Sat 10/30vs PurdueL 23-283289.39.30018
Sat 10/16@ Minnesota100 receiving yardsL 23-30512124.224.20140
Sat 10/9vs MichiganL 29-3225929.529.50146
Sat 9/25@ Michigan StateL 20-2342877014
Sat 9/18@ OklahomaL 16-236437.27.20014
Sat 9/11vs BuffaloW 28-3188808
Sat 9/4vs FordhamW 52-746115.315.30026
Sat 8/28@ IllinoisL 22-3022311.511.50014

Player Story

Austin Allen story

Austin Allen built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a tight end from Aurora, NE wearing No. 11, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Austin Allen's career was his receiving role: 63 catches, 946 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Austin Allen'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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    Nebraska

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska5493.45.2
2019 Regular SeasonNebraska8361.79.629
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska20780.613.2124
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska60280.618.4395

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wisconsin

Week 12 · L 28-35 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

143

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

143 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 7 · L 23-30 · Conference game

121

Receiving Yards

92.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 11 · W 30-23 · Conference game

39

Receiving Yards

84.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 12 · L 23-41 · Conference game

43

Receiving Yards

83.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

43 receiving yards with a 57.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Maryland

Week 13 · W 54-7 · Conference game

30

Receiving Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Nebraska

602 primary output · 80.6 efficiency · 18.4 usage

73.1

#2

2020 Regular Season · Nebraska

59.3

207 primary · 80.6 efficiency · 13.2 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

46.4

54 primary · 93.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games