Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024New Mexico
Tirek Austin-Cave
LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Pennsauken, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tirek Austin-Cave shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Miami • West Virginia • New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Tirek Austin-Cave, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Miami. Tirek Austin-Cave shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Tirek Austin-Cave quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · LB
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Camden · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Camden · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Virginia to New Mexico | P4 to G5/FCS | 78.4 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 2022 | Miami to West Virginia | P4 to P4 | 19.6 | Apr 13, 2022 |
Tirek Austin-Cave played LB for Miami, West Virginia, and New Mexico. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tirek Austin-Cave recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Miami paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, West Virginia, New Mexico.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
2.7
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Oklahoma: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Oklahoma
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Miami
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
New Mexico
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 0 | 7.3 | 1.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0.5 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | — | — | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma
Week 11 · L 20-59 · Conference game
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5
Havoc Plays
33.3 takeover
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Duke
Week 14 · W 48-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
9.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Central Connecticut
Week 4 · W 69-0
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida State
Week 4 · W 52-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Duke
Week 13 · W 47-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Miami
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
40.5
#2
2020 Postseason · Miami
39.1
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Miami
39.1
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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