Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kansas State
Austin Romaine
LB • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Hillsboro, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Romaine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Austin Romaine built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Hillsboro, MO wearing No. 45, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Austin Romaine's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Austin Romaine, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State. Austin Romaine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 184
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 14
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Austin Romaine quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 184
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hillsboro · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Hillsboro · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 66 tackles · LB 189th (top 15%) · Big 12 40th (top 6%) · National 316th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas State | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2024 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 67 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 89 | 6.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 10 | 66 | 7 | 0.5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.6 |
Related Context
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Austin Romaine played LB for Kansas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Austin Romaine recorded 184 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 17.5 primary output with 45 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 42.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2024 Postseason · Kansas State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
42.7
Usage
9.9
Consistency
54.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 1. UT Martin: 0. Tulane: 4. Arizona: 2. BYU: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 1.5. Colorado: 1. West Virginia: 0. Kansas: 0. Houston: 2.5. Arizona State: 1. Cincinnati: 1. Iowa State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rutgers: 7 by 39.2. UT Martin: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 8 by 73.3. Arizona: 7 by 49.2. BYU: 9 by 42.5. Oklahoma State: 7 by 44.2. Colorado: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 12 by 50. Kansas: 6 by 25. Houston: 12 by 75. Arizona State: 2 by 18.3. Cincinnati: 6 by 35. Iowa State: 12 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
75 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/26 | vs Rutgers | W 44-41 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | @ Iowa State10+ tackles | L 21-29 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Cincinnati | W 41-15 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | vs Arizona State | L 14-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Houston10+ tackles · Splash game | L 19-24 | 12 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | vs Kansas | W 29-27 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ West Virginia10+ tackles | W 45-18 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/13 | @ Colorado | W 31-28 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Oklahoma State | W 42-20 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | @ BYU | L 9-38 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 31-7 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Tulane2+ sacks · Splash game | W 34-27 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UT Martin | W 41-6 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Austin Romaine story
Austin Romaine built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Hillsboro, MO wearing No. 45, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Austin Romaine's career was his defensive production: 184 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Romaine's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas State | 7 | 18 | 7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Kansas State | 15.5 | 42.7 | 9.9 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas State | 15.5 | 42.7 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 17.5 | 45 | 12.1 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 10 · L 20-43 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Tulane
Week 2 · W 34-27
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 58 Kansas
Week 9 · W 42-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
vs North Dakota
Week 1 · W 38-35
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Houston
Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
17.5 primary output · 45 efficiency · 12.1 usage
77.6
#2
2024 Postseason · Kansas State
67
15.5 primary · 42.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kansas State
67
15.5 primary · 42.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
11
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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