Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022SMU
Austin Upshaw
WR • 6'1" • 192 lbs • La Porte, TX, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Austin Upshaw reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
Austin Upshaw built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a wide receiver from La Porte, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Austin Upshaw's career was his receiving role: 50...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Austin Upshaw, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · SMU. Austin Upshaw reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 501
- Receptions
- 50
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Austin Upshaw quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 501
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · La Porte · SMU
- High school pipeline
- La Porte · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 180 receiving yards · WR 499th (top 48%) · American Athletic 62nd (top 37%) · National 680th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 50.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 18 | 218 | 1 | 67.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 9 | 14 | 103 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Postseason | SMU | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 16 | 162 | 1 | 52.9 |
Related Context
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Austin Upshaw played WR for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Upshaw recorded 10 passing yards, 8 rushing yards, and 501 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2020 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
SMU paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 57.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2022 Postseason · SMU
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
18
Efficiency
57.8
Usage
8
Consistency
44.5
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 18. North Texas: 6. Lamar: 17. Maryland: 22. TCU: 0. UCF: 51. Navy: 10. Cincinnati: 2. Tulsa: 45. Tulane: 9
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. BYU: 2 by 60. North Texas: 2 by 20. Lamar: 2 by 56.7. Maryland: 2 by 73.3. UCF: 3 by 100. Navy: 1 by 66.7. Cincinnati: 1 by 13.3. Tulsa: 3 by 100. Tulane: 2 by 30
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19.5 · Games = 4 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses17 · Games = 6 · -2.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
100 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/18 | @ BYU | L 23-24 | — | 2 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| Fri 11/18 | @ Tulane | L 24-59 | — | 2 | 9 | 1.3 | 4.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Tulsa | W 45-34 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 38 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Cincinnati | L 27-29 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri 10/14 | vs Navy | W 40-34 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Wed 10/5 | @ UCF | L 19-41 | — | 3 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 34-42 | — | — | — | -3 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Maryland | L 27-34 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Lamar | W 45-16 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/3 | @ North Texas | W 48-10 | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Austin Upshaw story
Austin Upshaw built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a wide receiver from La Porte, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Austin Upshaw's career was his receiving role: 50 catches, 501 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 8 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 passing yards, 8 rushing yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Austin Upshaw's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020202120222022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | 0.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 218 | 77.5 | 10 | 218 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 103 | 43.3 | 7.1 | -115 |
| 2022 Postseason | SMU | 180 | 57.8 | 8 | 77 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 180 | 57.8 | 8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ East Carolina
Week 13 · L 38-52 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
80.4 takeover
78 receiving yards with a 65 efficiency score.
#2
@ Tulsa
Week 9 · W 45-34 · Conference game
45
Receiving Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ UCF
Week 6 · L 19-41 · Conference game
51
Receiving Yards
76.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 6 · W 31-24 · Conference game
37
Receiving Yards
68.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
37 receiving yards with a 61.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Tulsa
Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game
32
Receiving Yards
65.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
32 receiving yards with a 71.1 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · SMU
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2020 Regular Season · SMU
67.8
218 primary · 77.5 efficiency · 10 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · SMU
52.9
180 primary · 57.8 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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