Player Dossier

2021-2023

Western Kentucky

Austin Reed

QB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Saint Augustine Beach, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Austin Reed is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

86%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

69

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

75

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player 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...

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Austin Reed, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Austin Reed is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.5 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
8,403
Passing yards
8,071
Rushing yards
332
Touchdowns
83

Quick Answers

Austin Reed quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · QB
Career Total Offense
8,403
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
UTSA
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2023 Total offense rank
3,424 total offense · QB 27th (top 7%) · Conference USA 4th (top 4%) · National 27th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00000-
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1452249725476.3
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky144,4574,2502074476.3
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky123,4243,3241003561.2

Related Context

Austin Reed played QB for Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Austin Reed recorded 8,071 passing yards, 332 rushing yards, and 83 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 4,979 primary output with 64 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 60.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Win with 363 yards of offense and 76 efficiency. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

285.3

Efficiency

60.7

Usage

13.5

Consistency

85.4

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 363. Houston Christian: 267. Ohio State: 221. Troy: 264. Middle Tennessee: 320. Louisiana Tech: 301. Jacksonville State: 268. Liberty: 367. UTEP: 104. New Mexico State: 287. Sam Houston: 388. Florida International: 274

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 53 by 76. Houston Christian: 37 by 70.2. Ohio State: 44 by 53.1. Troy: 43 by 54.3. Middle Tennessee: 58 by 59. Louisiana Tech: 35 by 64.2. Jacksonville State: 50 by 68.8. Liberty: 47 by 58.7. UTEP: 24 by 45.6. New Mexico State: 39 by 65.9. Sam Houston: 46 by 52.2. Florida International: 36 by 60.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins288.1 · Games = 7 · +6.7 vs Losses
Losses281.4 · Games = 5 · -6.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

South Florida

Best efficiency game

76 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 11/25@ Florida International3+ TDW 41-28263528074.34060.21-6-600
Sat 11/18vs Sam Houston300-yard game · 3+ TDW 28-23284139268.33452.25-4-0.8005
Sat 11/11vs New Mexico State3+ TDL 29-38203627055.63165.93175.70113
Sun 11/5@ UTEPW 21-13112010255.01145.6420.5003
Tue 10/24vs Liberty300-yard game · 3+ TDL 29-42304436568.24158.7320.7006
Tue 10/17@ Jacksonville StateL 17-20244825050.02168.82189026
Fri 10/6@ Louisiana Tech3+ TDW 35-28193429755.93164.214404
Thu 9/28vs Middle Tennessee3+ TDW 31-10305229757.721596233.80116
Sat 9/23@ TroyL 24-27244027560.02054.33-11-3.7002
Sat 9/16@ Ohio StateL 10-63213720756.81153.1714204
Sat 9/9vs Houston Christian3+ TDW 52-22273325381.84070.24143.5018
Sat 9/2vs South Florida300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-24295033658.020763279116

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

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    Western Kentucky

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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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

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.

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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

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#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