Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2023Western Michigan
Austin Hence
TE • 6'4" • 241 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Austin Hence reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
2223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Player Story
Austin Hence built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a tight end from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 88, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Austin Hence's career was his receiving...
Read the storyAustin Hence, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Austin Hence reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 269
- Receptions
- 25
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Austin Hence quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 269
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Syracuse
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 269 receiving yards · TE 72nd (top 17%) · Mid-American 43rd (top 25%) · National 491st (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 11 | 25 | 269 | 3 | 57.7 |
Related Context
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Austin Hence played TE for Western Michigan. Across 2 tracked seasons, Austin Hence recorded 269 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 269 primary output with 60.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 60.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
24.5
Efficiency
60.1
Usage
10.1
Consistency
37
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 9. Syracuse: 59. Iowa: 0. Toledo: 14. Ball State: 56. Mississippi State: 54. Miami (OH): 2. Ohio: 41. Central Michigan: 23. Northern Illinois: 3. Bowling Green: 8
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. St. Francis (PA): 1 by 60. Syracuse: 8 by 49.2. Iowa: 1 by 0. Toledo: 1 by 93.3. Ball State: 3 by 100. Mississippi State: 5 by 72. Miami (OH): 1 by 13.3. Ohio: 2 by 100. Central Michigan: 1 by 100. Northern Illinois: 1 by 20. Bowling Green: 1 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins29.3 · Games = 3 · +6.7 vs Losses
Losses22.6 · Games = 8 · -6.7 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
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
100 vs Central Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | vs Bowling Green | L 10-34 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Wed 11/15 | @ Northern Illinois | L 0-24 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Wed 11/8 | vs Central Michigan | W 38-28 | — | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 23 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Ohio | L 17-20 | — | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Miami (OH) | L 21-34 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Mississippi State | L 28-41 | — | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 10.80 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Ball State | W 42-24 | — | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Toledo | L 31-49 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Iowa | L 10-41 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ SyracuseHigh volume | L 7-48 | — | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 7.40 | 0 | 10 |
| Thu 8/31 | vs St. Francis (PA) | W 35-17 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
Player Story
Austin Hence story
Austin Hence built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a tight end from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 88, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Austin Hence's career was his receiving role: 25 catches, 269 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Hence's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2022-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 269 | 60.1 | 10.1 | 269 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Syracuse
Week 2 · L 7-48
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59
Receiving Yards
81.5 takeover
59 receiving yards with a 49.2 efficiency score.
#2
vs Ball State
Week 5 · W 42-24 · Conference game
56
Receiving Yards
78.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Mississippi State
Week 6 · L 28-41
54
Receiving Yards
71.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
54 receiving yards with a 72 efficiency score.
#4
@ Ohio
Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game
41
Receiving Yards
63.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 11 · W 38-28 · Conference game
23
Receiving Yards
50.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
23 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
269 primary output · 60.1 efficiency · 10.1 usage
57.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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