Player Career

Austin Reed Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Austin Reed story

Austin Reed built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a quarterback from Saint Augustine Beach, FL wearing No. 16, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Austin Reed's career was his passing role: 8,071 passing yards, 71 touchdown passes, 1,072 attempts, and 332 rushing yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 332 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: Austin Reed 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky0
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky4,9796423.34,979
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky4,9796423.30
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky3,42460.713.5-1,555

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Western Kentucky to Western KentuckyG5/FCS to G5/FCS91.2Dec 5, 2022
2022Unlisted to Western KentuckyUnlisted to G5/FCS86.1Feb 23, 2022

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 6 · L 28-31 · Conference game

Loss with 416 yards of offense and 68.5 efficiency.

416

Total Offense

82.7 takeover

416 total offense with 68.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 4 · W 73-0 · Conference game

381

Total Offense

82.5 takeover

Win with 381 yards of offense and 92.1 efficiency.

381 total offense with 92.1 efficiency.

#3

vs Troy

Week 5 · L 27-34

416

Total Offense

71.5 takeover

Loss with 416 yards of offense and 58.2 efficiency.

416 total offense with 58.2 efficiency.

#4

@ South Alabama

Week 1 · W 44-23 · Postseason

522

Total Offense

69.4 takeover

Win with 522 yards of offense and 74 efficiency.

522 total offense with 74 efficiency.

#5

@ Hawai'i

Week 1 · W 49-17

314

Total Offense

66.3 takeover

Win with 314 yards of offense and 69.7 efficiency.

314 total offense with 69.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

4,979 primary output · 64 efficiency · 23.3 usage

76.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

76.3

4,979 primary · 64 efficiency · 23.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

61.2

3,424 primary · 60.7 efficiency · 13.5 usage

Milestones

23

250+ passing yards

16

300+ total offense

19

3+ TD games

15

Above avg efficiency