Austin Romaine
Texas Tech Red Raiders
89
Great

Austin Romaine

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WLBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Kansas State
Projected Starter

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Austin Romaine is the projected starter at WLB for Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Senior · #15 · 6'2", 240 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Texas Tech Red Raiders

  1. 11589Austin RomaineStarter
  2. 2982Corey Platt Jr.

Texas Tech Starting Lineup

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Up next for Texas Tech

Texas Tech plays West Virginia at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 09:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Hillsboro, ranked #1,489 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 66 tackles, 7 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 87th-percentile production nationally — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,489 NatlTeam Share5%Percentile87th
Hillsboro, MO
Jersey
#15
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
240 lbs
Transfer
Kansas State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—6670.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8483
National Rank
#1489
High School
Hillsboro
Hometown
Hillsboro, MO

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 87th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.96 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 87% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 17% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.96)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WARIZTKL 14
TKL
14
SOLO
9
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-26

Oct 24LCINTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
5
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 37-24

Oct 17WASUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 53-25

Oct 3WCOLOTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 29-7

Sep 26WSHSUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
2
PD
0

Final W 49-14

Sep 19WHOUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 28-26

Sep 12WORSTTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-24

Sep 5WACUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-10

Austin Romaine's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

66 tkl · 7 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement45%
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