Daylen Austin
Arizona Wildcats
85
Great

Daylen Austin

Arizona WildcatsSolid
FSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Oregon
2nd String / Backup

Is Daylen Austin starting?

Daylen Austin is listed 2nd string at FS for Arizona Wildcats.

Daylen Austin is listed FS #2 for Arizona at 85 OVR.

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Depth at FS · Arizona Wildcats

  1. 11586Malcolm Hartzog Jr.Starter
  2. 2285Daylen AustinYou
  3. 32168Johno Price

What's Next

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Long Beach Poly, ranked #117 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 10 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #117 NatlTeam Share3%
Long Beach, CA
Jersey
#2
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
193 lbs
Transfer
Oregon

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1013

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9462
National Rank
#117
High School
Long Beach Poly
Hometown
Long Beach, CA

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 73th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 73% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 12% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

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

Sep 12LBYUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-17

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

The People's Ratings

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Great
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Team Role

10 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement43%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.