Player Dossier

2012-2016

Northwestern

Austin Carr

WR • 6'1" • Benicia, CA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Austin Carr reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Austin Carr built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Benicia, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Austin Carr's career was his receiving role: 113...

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Austin Carr, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern. Austin Carr reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,649
Receptions
113
Touchdowns
14
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2016 · Northwestern · Player Highlight

Austin Carr college highlights at Northwestern.

Season
2016
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Austin Carr quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,649
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Ohio State
Latest roster
No. 80 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
1,247 receiving yards · WR 18th (top 2%) · Big Ten 1st (top 1%) · National 18th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonNorthwestern77100037.2
2015 PostseasonNorthwestern10226055.1
2015 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1014276255.1
2016 PostseasonNorthwestern13651088.4
2016 Regular SeasonNorthwestern13841,1961288.4

Related Context

Austin Carr played WR for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Carr recorded -7 rushing yards, 1,649 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Northwestern paired 1,247 primary output with 83.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 95.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2015 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

30.2

Efficiency

95.3

Usage

12.7

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 26. Eastern Illinois: 61. Ball State: 25. Minnesota: 14. Michigan: 39. Nebraska: 15. Penn State: 23. Purdue: 24. Wisconsin: 14. Illinois: 61

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. Tennessee: 2 by 86.7. Eastern Illinois: 2 by 100. Ball State: 1 by 100. Minnesota: 1 by 93.3. Michigan: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 1 by 100. Penn State: 1 by 100. Purdue: 2 by 80. Wisconsin: 1 by 93.3. Illinois: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins29.6 · Games = 8 · -2.9 vs Losses
Losses32.5 · Games = 2 · +2.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Illinois

Result
Fri 1/1@ TennesseeL 6-452261313019
Sat 11/28@ IllinoisW 24-1436120.320.30048
Sat 11/21@ WisconsinW 13-71143.514014
Sat 11/14vs PurdueW 21-142241212016
Sat 11/7vs Penn StateW 23-211232323023
Sat 10/24@ NebraskaW 30-281151515015
Sat 10/10@ MichiganL 0-3823919.519.50020
Sat 10/3vs MinnesotaW 27-01141414014
Sun 9/27vs Ball StateW 24-191252525125
Sat 9/12vs Eastern IllinoisW 41-026130.530.50144

Player Story

Austin Carr story

Austin Carr built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from Benicia, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Austin Carr's career was his receiving role: 113 catches, 1,649 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Austin Carr's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Northwestern

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2013 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00
2014 Regular SeasonNorthwestern10072.45.2100
2015 PostseasonNorthwestern30295.312.7202
2015 Regular SeasonNorthwestern30295.312.70
2016 PostseasonNorthwestern1,24783.432.1945
2016 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1,24783.432.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 9 · L 20-24 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

158

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

158 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Duke

Week 3 · W 24-13

135

Receiving Yards

95.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 13 · W 24-14 · Conference game

61

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

61 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Indiana

Week 8 · W 24-14 · Conference game

125

Receiving Yards

92.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Michigan State

Week 7 · W 54-40 · Conference game

130

Receiving Yards

87 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

130 receiving yards with a 78.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Northwestern

1,247 primary output · 83.4 efficiency · 32.1 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Northwestern

88.4

1,247 primary · 83.4 efficiency · 32.1 usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Northwestern

55.1

302 primary · 95.3 efficiency · 12.7 usage

Milestones

6

100+ receiving yards

4

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games