2025 Football Roster

4 Brent Austin

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Bernardino, CA
  • Prev School JMU / USF
  • High School Cajon HS

Biography

Accolades

  • Third-team All-ACC selection as a cornerback as a 2025 senior at Cal.

Senior (2025) - Cal

  • Tied for second in the ACC and tied for second nationally with a career-high 13 pass breakups.
  • Has added 35 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard), two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
  • Had one of Cal’s most memorable moments of the 2025 season when he forced a fumble just before the Cal goal line and recovered it in the end zone on North Carolina’s final offensive play to secure a 21-18 victory over the Tar Heels.
  • Also forced a fumble at Oregon State.
  • Had six pass breakups against Virginia to equal the most by an FBS player in a 2025 game.
  • Earned a spot on the Pro Football Focus ACC Defensive Team of the Week against Texas Southern on Sept. 6.
  • Has started all 12 games.

Junior (2024) - USF

  • Started all 13 games on the season, recording 48 total tackles, two interceptions and a team-best 10 pass break-ups.
  • Registered six tackles at Alabama.
  • Recorded four tackles, the second INT of his career, and one PBU vs. Miami.
  • Registered four tackles, all solo, at Tulane.
  • Recorded three tackles and two PBU vs. Memphis.
  • Picked up a career-high seven tackles and two PBU’s vs. UAB.
  • Registered six total tackles and one interception returned 14 yards for a touchdown at Charlotte.
  • Tied his career-high with seven total tackles at Rice.

Sophomore (2023) - JMU

  • Played in 11 games.
  • Had 12 tackles (five solo) to go with one interception and a pass breakup.
  • Had an 81-yard pick-six vs. UConn (Nov. 11) for first career interception.
  • Tied career high with three tackles vs. Georgia Southern (Oct. 14).
  • Dean's List (Fall 2023).
  • Named to SBC Commissioner’s List.
  • JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023).

Freshman (2022) - JMU

  • Played in five games and made eight tackles (six solo).
  • Season-high three tackles at Arkansas State (Oct. 8).
  • Also had a pair of stops vs. Texas State (Oct. 1).

Prep

  • First Team All-Citrus Belt League as a senior.
  • First Team All-Ambassador League as a junior and Second Team as a sophomore.
  • Part of Cajon’s 2019 CIF regional championship.
  • Dual-sport athlete who was also a sprinter for the track & field program.
  • Qualified for the DI CIF in the 100-meter dash was ranked #4 in California in the 4x100 relay.
  • Honor roll student.

Statistics

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