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Name: Austin Aune (Transfer from Arkansas)
College: North Texas
Number: 2
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 215
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rJr/2023
40 Low: 4.83 40 Time: 4.88 40 High: 4.92
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Data Scout Notes: X-Secondary Leagues/30 Years Old for 2023/Former Basbeall Player...Bad 2021/52%-9-7 2022: 12-22-22 Transfer from North Texas-Withdrawn/HMC...Transfer from Arkansas...2021: NAC...2020: NAC
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Weight: 215
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Dates: 03/29/23
Hand: 10 1/4 Arm: 32 1/4
Wingspan: 75 1/8
Height: 6020
Weight: 215
40 Yrd Dash: 4.88
20 Yrd Dash: 2.63
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Broad Jump: 09'00"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.23
3-Cone Drill: 6.95
40 Time Range: 4.87-4.88/Projected 4.96
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Austin Aune, North Texas, Player News
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North Texas quarterback Austin Aune said before the 2022 season began that it would be his final year playing college football. There were a few twists along the way, but that is exactly where the former Argyle standout ended up on Monday, when he declar ed for the NFL draft. Aune made the announcement on his Instagram account just days after a standout season that saw him guide UNT to an appearance in the Conference USA championship game and the Frisco Bowl.The announcement ended what will be rem embered as one of the more unusual and memorable careers for a UNT player - and for a college football player in general. The former Argyle standout spent six seasons playing minor league baseball and turned 29 during the 2022 season. He had one season o f eligibility remaining, which led to an interesting few days. Aune got married and had a daughter late in his college career. It seemed unlikely he would return for another year on the college level, especially after he said before the season that he wa s ready to wrap up his time in college. - Denton Record
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023  QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: QB: Austin Aune, North Texas,...Earning honorable mention honors from the conference were: junior quarterback Austin Aune, junior defensive back DeShawn Gaddie, junior long snapper JP Hadley, senior kicker Ethan Mooney, junior wide receiver Jyaire Shorter, sophomore tight end Jake Roberts and sophomore defensive back Logan Wilson. - North Texas Football
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North Texas quarterback Austin Aune is planning to enter his name in the NFL draft following the Mean Green's game against Boise State in the Frisco Bowl. Aune nearly left UNT after last season and said this fall that this would be his final year with th e Mean Green. The former Argyle standout wavered late in the season, but ultimately decided to move on. - Denton Record
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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Austin Aune threw two touchdown passes and North Texas fought off Rice for a 21-17 win Saturday to secure a bid in the Conference USA title game against UTSA in the Alamodome on Dec. 2. The Mean Green (7-5, 6-2) will get a chance to avenge their 31-27 lo ss to the Roadrunners - also played in the Alamodome - which occurred on Oct. 22. With the win, North Texas denied Rice (5-7, 3-5) a chance at bowl eligibility. North Texas' defense secured the win on Rice's final drive when Kevin Wood sacked AJ Padgett for an eight-yard loss to set up a second-and-18 from Rice's own 43-yard line with 1:20 remaining.On third down, Padgett, lined up in shotgun formation, dropped the ball and kneeled to pick it up but was ruled down as officials believed his knee t ouched the ground on the recovery attempt. Facing fourth-and-23, North Texas linebacker KD Davis intercepted Padgett to end it. Davis and fellow linebacker Larry Nixon III each recorded 13 tackles. Ikaika Ragsdale ran for 122 yards on 17 carries with a t ouchdown for North Texas. His 6-yard touchdown catch with 10:35 left put North Texas up for good. Padgett threw for 229 yards and a touchdown for the Owls. - North Texas/AP College Football
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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Austin Aune threw for 317 yards and three touchdowns to get North Texas off to a quick start and the Mean Green finished strong to defeat Western Kentucky 40-13 on Saturday. Kaylon Horton turned a screen pass into a 28-yard score on the first possession for North Texas (5-4, 4-1 Conference USA) and Aune found Damon Ward for a 56-yard score on the second. The Hilltoppers (5-4, 3-2) got back in the game with Austin Reed's 5-yard TD pass to Joshua Simon and a couple of field goals to trail 20-13 at the hal f. Western Kentucky had four drives before the clock ran out to end the game on the final possession, but missed a field goal, punted and threw an interception before losing the ball on downs. North Texas scored on its final three drives, starting with A une's TD pass to Ikaika Ragsdale. Ayo Adeyi followed with a 39-yard burst to the end zone before Ragsdale closed it out with an 11-yard run with 2:08 remaining. Reed threw for 320 yards. - North Texas/AP College Football
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Austin Aune threw for two touchdowns, North Texas rolled up 475 yards on the ground and the Mean Green beat Louisiana Tech 47-27 on Saturday for their eighth straight Conference USA win. Parker McNeil's 58-yard pass to Tre Harris got the Bulldogs (2-4, 1 -1) within seven points heading into the fourth quarter, but the Mean Green (4-3, 3-0) got a pair of field goals from Ethan Mooney and a Kaylon Horton TD run of 66 yards to pull away. Isaika Ragsdale's 1-yard TD run gave UNT the game's first points and t he Mean Green would lead thereafter, taking a 27-17 at halftime behind Ayo Adeyi's 92-yard TD run and Aune's 51-yard pass to Jvaire Shorter. UNT outgained Louisiana Tech 671-504 with the Mean Green defense collecting seven sacks, three by Mazin Richards and 2 1/2 by Roderick Brown. Aune threw for 196 yards with an interception. Adeyi had 122 yards rushing, Oscar Adaway III 113 and Kaylon Horton 97. McNeil threw for 424 yards and two scores. Smoke Harris had 156 yards receiving and Tre Harris 129. - Nort h Texas/AP College Football
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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Austin Aune threw three touchdown passes to Jyaire Shorter in the first half to guide North Texas to a 45-28 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Aune hit Shorter for a 25-yard touchdown to open the scoring. Aune sandwiched touchdown throws to Shor ter covering 2 and 25 yards around a pick-6 by Ridge Texada and North Texas (3-3, 2-0 Conference USA) led 28-7 with 5:36 left in the second quarter. Florida Atlantic (2-4, 1-1) got within seven points at halftime after Teja Young picked off an Aune pass and returned it 64 yards for a touchdown.N'Kosi Perry threw a 35-yard scoring strike to Larry McCammon with 21 seconds left before intermission. The Mean Green pulled away in the third quarter on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs by Ikaika Ragsdale and Isaiah Johnson, taking a 42-21 lead. Aune completed 14 of 20 passes for 180 yards. Ragsdale carried 16 times for 119 yards. Perry completed 26 of 50 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions for FAU. LaJohntay Wester had 10 catch es for 113 yards and a score. North Texas finished with 300 yards on the ground, rushing 51 times. - North Texas/AP College Football
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Austin Aune threw four touchdown passes, Ayo Adeyi had 10 carries for 135 yards - including a 59-yard touchdown - and North Texas never trailed Saturday night in the Mean Green's 52-29 win over Texas Southern. Andrew Body threw a 18-yard TD pass to AJ Be nnett that trimmed Texas Southern's deficit to 24-17 with 9:34 left in the second quarter but North Texas (2-1) responded when Aune connected with Roderic Burns for a 70-yard touchdown 46 seconds later, Oscar Adaway III added scoring runs of 3 and 1 yard before halftime and Var'Keyes Gumms caught a 17-yard TD pass from Aune early in the third quarter to make it 52-17. Body finished 19-of-29 passing for 239 yards and a touchdown. Derek Morton had seven receptions for 115 yards and LaDarius Owens added 10 carries for 94 yards and a TD for Texas Southern (0-2). The Mean Green ran for 348 yards and four touchdowns on 48 carries and finished with 608 total yards and 32 first downs. - North Texas/AP College Football
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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AUG 29 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: QB Austin Aune, North Texas,...Making his first opening day start since his senior year of high school in 2011, Aune continued his success against UTEP in his career. The junior from Argyle completed 16 -29 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns. He helped UNT go a perfect 5-for-5 in the red zone and score a road conference win to begin the year for the first time since 2005. Aune completed passes to eight different receivers. It was also UNT's first double-digit win on the road to open a season since taking down Ball State 20-10 in 2009. Aune continued his stellar career against the Miners in his third start against them, as he now has 778 passing yards, nine touchdown passes and no interceptions w ith a 3-0 record. - Conference USA Football
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Austin Aune threw three touchdown passes, including two in a pivotal third quarter, and North Texas pulled away for a 31-13 victory over UTEP in a season opener on Saturday. Aune, who completed 16 of 29 passes for 236 yards, connected with Tommy Bush for an 11-yard TD to tie the game at 7-7 in the second quarter. Aune turned a 14-13 halftime lead into a 28-13 advantage for the Mean Green heading into the final quarter with scoring passes of 9 yards to Isaiah Johnson and an 11-yarder to Jake Roberts. Gav in Hardison completed 21 of 48 passes for 293 yards. Hardison gave the Miners a 7-0 lead in the second quarter with a 32-yard scoring strike to Tyrin Smith, who had seven receptions for 127 yards. Gavin Baechle kicked two field goals in the period. Ethan Mooney capped the scoring for the Mean Green with a 28-yard field goal in the final quarter. UTEP outgained North Texas 400-399 on offense. - North Texas/AP College Football
(DS#42 QB) rJr/2023 QB Austin Aune, North Texas
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There hasn't been a UNT player in years who is as big of a lightning rod as Austin Aune. UNT's nontraditional quarterback is a former minor league baseball player, a dad and is 28. Aune lost the starting job heading into last season before winning it bac k. He went on to throw for 1,991 yards and nine touchdowns. UNT brought in transfers JD Head and Stone Earle to compete with Aune in spring practice. Neither came close to knocking Aune out of the lineup.The Mean Green could still find a late tran sfer, but the bottom line is Aune steadily improved last season and continued that growth in spring practice. The former Argyle standout will be a much better player heading into what he has said will be his final year of college football than he was to start last year. That alone puts UNT well ahead of where it was a year ago. - Denton Record
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Austin Aune thought long and hard about his future after North Texas' loss to Miami (Ohio) in the Frisco Football Classic last fall. Aune spent six seasons playing minor league baseball, a semester at Arkansas and three seasons at UNT before finally grab bing the starting quarterback job for an extended period last season. The former Argyle standout considered walking away after his daughter, Palmer, was born earlier this year. The chance to build on a five-game winning streak to cap the regular season l ast fall led him to come back, with one caveat. "I have two years of eligibility left, but this for sure will be my last year playing football," Aune told the Denton Record-Chronicle on Wednesday as UNT prepared for the opening of spring practice on Frid ay. "I want to get in a full year of playing, have fun and try to win a conference title and a bowl game." Aune, 28, is juggling working toward that goal and caring for his infant daughter. (He had to duck out of a phone interview to change a diaper.) "H aving a daughter changed our lives a lot, but it's so fun being a dad," Aune said. "The biggest thing is learning to function without a lot of sleep. Other than that, it's great. My wife [Kristin] and I team up to take care of her." - Denton Record
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Austin Aune threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, Ethan Mooney made a 27-yard field goal with 7 seconds left and North Texas held on to beat UTEP 20-17 on Saturday. On third-and-8 from the 32, Aune hit Detraveon Brown for a 58-yard gain to th e to 10 and, after a North Texas timeout, Mooney's kick put the Mean Green in front. UNT (4-6, 3-3 Conference USA) took a 17-7 lead into the fourth quarter before a 17-play, 98-yard drive ended when Isaiah Johnson was stopped for no gain on fourth-and-go al from the 2.UTEP's Gavin Hardison went 4-of-5 passing - including completions to Jacob Cowings of 46 yards on the first play of the drive and 27 yards to the Mean Green 4 - on a seven-play, 98-yard march capped by Ronald Awatt's 4-yard touchdown run. After North Texas went three-and-out, Gavin Baechle made a 37-yard field goal to make it 17-all with 55 seconds left. Cowings finished with five receptions for 174 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown, and Awatt ran for 85 yards on 17 carries for U TEP (6-4, 3-3). UNT has won three in a row following a six-game losing streak to keep its hopes for bowl eligibility alive. The Mean Green play at Florida International next Saturday before completing their regular season at home against No. 23 UTSA on N ov. 27. - North Texas/AP College Football
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Isaiah Johnson and Ikaika Ragsdale combined for over 200 yards rushing and three touchdowns and North Texas beat Southern Mississippi 38-14 on Saturday. Johnson ran it 17 times for 119 yards and Ragsdale added 112 yards on 15 carries. Johnson's 8-yard to uchdown pulled North Texas (2-6, 1-3 Conference USA) to 14-7 at halftime. Ragsdale added a 2-yard score and a 44-yarder in the third quarter. The Mean Green's KD Davis recovered a fumble in the end zone with 3:44 remaining to cap the scoring. North Texas finished with 321 yards rushing. Austin Aune was 16-of-30 passing for 216 yards. Jake Lange threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jason Brownlee for Southern Miss (1-7, 0-4). Jay Stanley's 55-yard pick-6 gave the Golden Eagles an early 14-0 lead. - North Te xas/AP College Football
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It wasn't that long ago that quarterback Austin Aune and his teammates were essentially on their own. The COVID-19 pandemic forced UNT to shut down its athletics facilities last summer. The Mean Green's players trained any way they could, running in park s and lifting at home. Aune can see the difference the return to a regular routine has made for the Mean Green over the last few weeks. "Our offseason has been great," Aune said recently. "The biggest difference between this offseason and last year is we couldn't do the offseason program last year. We're in great shape to have a good year. The culture of the team is in a good place. Guys are pushing each other and holding each other accountable." UNT is hoping that change will help it build on a 4-6 sea son that culminated with a loss to Appalachian State in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. The Mean Green have played in bowl games in four of their five seasons under coach Seth Littrell. UNT will enter the fall looking to break through for its first bowl win since the Heart of Dallas Bowl at the end of the 2013 season. - Denton Record
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North Texas still has a long way to go before opening the 2021 football season. Summer workouts have yet to wrap up. There is still an entire fall camp for UNT to sort out how it will build on its fourth bowl appearance in five years. That didn't prevent UNT coach Seth Littrell from laying out where the Mean Green stand now when it comes to the race for the starting quarterback job on Thursday. "Right now, in June, it's Austin Aune," Littrell said during the first session of UNT's annual coaches' carava n. "Austin had a great spring and is having a great summer. Other guys did as well. We will see how it goes as we move forward as we always do. I feel very good about where we are at. Austin did a lot of great things this past season." The race for the s tarting quarterback job was just one of a host of topics UNT coaches and officials addressed during a wide-ranging series of interviews during a virtual event. - Denton Record
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Austin Aune made his first start for North Texas in its game against Southern Miss on Saturday at Apogee Stadium. The former Argyle standout enjoyed a few good moments, make a couple of mistakes and left it all with an empty feeling after the Golden Eagl es knocked off the Mean Green 41-31 at Apogee Stadium. "To me it's all wins and losses," Aune said. "I don't care if we run for 500 yards and get zero passing yards. I want to get the ball to our playmakers and win football games." UNT didn't come close to that goal on a night when it was shorthanded across the board due to injuries and the impact of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. UNT announced before the game that it would be without seven players, including starting linebackers Tyreke Da vis and Kevin Wood. UNT needed its offense to carry the team without those players. Aune threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns. It just wasn't enough for the Mean Green to pull out the win. Aune played in each of the Mean Green's first two games of the season. Aune enjoyed a breakout performance in UNT's loss to SMU on Sept. 19, throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns. That performance earned him the starting job on a night when Bean didn't play. - Denton Record
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