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Career Stats
Game Logs: 2015 | 2014
Austin has played in 15 games off the bench with all of the stats other than three games played as a 2015 sophomore coming during his 2014 redshirt freshman season following a redshirt campaign in 2013. He had a promising 2015 spring at wide receiver that he capped with a strong spring game in which he recorded a game-high-tying four receptions for a game-high 76 yards receiving including one scoring grab on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Chase Forrest. He also had a memorable one-handed diving grab in the spring game that prompted@Pac12Networks to ask if it was the “Catch of the Year already??” in a tweet. Austin is also one of the team’s top special teams players and contributed five tackles in that role in his first action at Cal during his 2014 redshirt freshman campaign. In addition, he is the team’s backup holder. He is also Cal's nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, a prestigious off-the-field honor that recognizes dedication to community service by paying tribute to a select group of student-athletes who have worked positively to impact the lives of others and has included former Golden Bears Nick Forbes (2013) and Jeffrey Coprich (2014) in recent years.
Cal Career (2013 – Present)
• Has played in 15 games off the bench and made five tackles with all of the stats other than three games played as a 2015 sophomore coming during his 2014 redshirt freshman season following a redshirt campaign in 2013
• Has equaled a single-game career-high single stop five times
• Twice been named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week, once as a true freshman and once as a sophomore
• Has worn four different numbers at one point or another during his career (9, 20, 21, 80)
Junior (2016)
• Listed in the No. 3 spot at the "H" inside receiver position on the preseason depth chart
• Cal's nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, a prestigious off-the-field honor that recognizes dedication to community service by paying tribute to a select group of student-athletes who have worked positively to impact the lives of others and has included former Golden Bears Nick Forbes (2013) and Jeffrey Coprich (2014) in recent years
• Had two receptions for 18 yards in the spring game
Sophomore (2015)
• Played in three games off the bench but did not record any statistics other than participation while battling injuries that kept him out of the team's other 10 contests
• Saw action in the season-opener against Grambling State, missed the next eight games then returned for back-to-back appearances vs. Oregon State and Stanford before missing the final two contests due to injury
• Was the team's backup holder but never called into action in the role
• Selected as the Jonathan and Hoff Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Interview)
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Had a game-high-tying four receptions for a game-high 76 yards receiving including one scoring grab on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Chase Forrest in the spring game
• Had a diving one-handed grab in the spring game that@Pac12Networks tweeted asking if it was the “Catch of the year already?? #CalSpring #12Best”
Freshman (2014)
• Played in all 12 games off the bench primarily on special teams and contributed five tackles, making a career-high-tying single stop on five different occasions at Northwestern and vs. Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Stanford
• Wore four different numbers at one point or another during the season (9, 20, 21, 80)
• Had two receptions for 15 yards in the spring game
Freshman (2013)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Scholar-Athlete of the Week
Chino Hills HS (Class of 2013)
• Posted combined career totals of 135 receptions, 2,069 yards receiving and 17 touchdown catches during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons from 2010-12, while adding five rushes for 52 yards, five punt returns for 75 yards, six kick returns for 121 yards and 11 100-yard receiving games
• Played on teams that qualified for the Southern Section playoffs during each of his three prep campaigns, including a semifinal appearance as a 2010 sophomore
• Selected to play in the Cal State Game after his senior season in which he earned All-Southern Section Inland Division, Sierra League Offensive Most Valuable Player and All-Inland Valley honors after registering career highs of 71 receptions for a league-leading 1,228 yards and six touchdowns as the top-rated receiver in the Sierra League according to MaxPreps for a team that won the Sierra League title
• Set single-season school records for most receptions and offensive yards as a senior, while adding five punt returns for 75 yards and six kick returns for 121 yards
• Had single-game career highs of 14 receptions and 210 yards receiving in his senior season vs. Great Oak, which was one of his six 100-yard receiving games during the campaign
• Had four straight 100-yard receiving games at one point and posted a season-high two touchdown catches against Ayala as a senior
• Earned San Gabriel Valley All-Area, All-Inland Valley and All-Sierra League honors while being rated the No. 1 receiver in the Sierra League by MaxPreps as a junior when he had 62 receptions for 921 yards receiving to rank third in the conference in the latter, while adding 11 touchdown grabs and also contributing three rushes for 55 yards
• Registered a season-high 10 receptions vs. Charter Oak as a junior, while he had a season-high 170 yards receiving and a career-high three touchdown receptions vs. Bear Creek
• Had five 100-yard receiving games during his junior campaign, including four in a row at one point
• Had two receptions for 20 yards as a sophomore
• Also participated in track and field in the sprints, relays and jumps, with bests of a freshman school-record 43’ 8” in the triple jump, 20’ 1” in the long jump and 49.9 seconds in the 400 meters
• Was his school’s Most Improved Track and Field Athlete as a sophomore in 2011
• Also played one season of soccer as a freshman in 2009-10
• Commissioner of the Sierra League Associated Student Body
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2013)
• A three-star recruit according to 247Sports Composite, 247Sports, ESPN, Rivals and Scout
• Ranked among the nation’s top wide receivers by ESPN (No. 75), Scout (No. 84), 247Sports Composite (No. 129) and 247Sports (No. 183)
• Checked in on the 247Sports Composite list of the nation’s top players overall at No. 943
• Ranked among the top players overall in his region by ESPN (No. 91)
• Among the top players overall in California according to ESPN (No. 64), 247Sports Composite (No. 106) and 247Sports (No. 154)
Other
• Full name is Jack C Austin
• Born May 4, 1995
• Parents are Jean C and Vanessa Austin
• Heavily involved in community service working with a long list of the groups he has worked and activities he has participated in including College Sports Day, Oakland Tech High School Christmas Charity Event, Washington Elementary School Mentor, Boys & Girls Clubs Of Oakland, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and San Quentin State Prison
• Currently the President of the Golden Bear Advisory Committee, which is a student-athlete organization that is Cal’s version of SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) after serving in previous roles as the VP of Activities and VP of Philanthrophy
• Played a key role in the planning of the Oski’s awards show run almost exclusively by Cal student-athletes that is modeled after the ESPYS
• Represented Cal at the 2014 APPLE Conference, an event for student-athletes that promotes student-athlete wellness and substance abuse prevention and then originated the “stay golden” wellness campaign at Cal, which features a monthly wellness tip and connects student-athletes to on-campus resources and related events such as hydration tips, hazing prevention and sleep support
• Also involved in community service prior to his arrival at Cal mentoring middle school students as they transition to high school though his high school and church
• Father played defensive back at Rutgers from 1983-87 and was a team captain during his 1987 senior season
• Major is legal studies
Austin's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 1 (five times, last vs. Stanford, 2014)
Last Updated
July 11, 2016
