Raymond Austin - #28 - CB - Tennessee - Profile

COLLEGE: Acquired with the 145th overall pick in the 1997 draft,

a pick the Jets obtained from the Miami Dolphins in a 1996 exchange

for T James Brown ...was the 27th DB selected overall. ..a versatile DB

who is able to play both CB and S...an aggressive tackler and an aware

defender in zone coverages ...1996: elected a team captain prior to the

season ...earned AII-SEC 1st-team seiection ...started every game at

LCB and recorded 53 tackles (33 solo) and was credited by the Vols'

coaching staff with making 22 "big plays" ...had 9 PD, 4 INT for 54 yards

and 1 TD ...also had 2 FF and a FR...had 5 tackles (4 solo), 2 tackles for

losses and a FR vs. UNLV ...made 6 tackles (5 solo), a FF, had a PD

and recorded an INT with a 31-yard return vs. Georgia ...had 10 tackles,

an INT and 3 PD vs. Alabama ...had a big game vs. Kentucky when he

had 6 solo stops, 2 PD and an INT that he returned 26 yards for a

TD ...1995: started every game at SS and finished 3rd on the team in

tackles with 77 (52 solo) ...had 4 PD and 3 INT, 1 sack, 1 FR and 1

FF ...also blocked a pair of kicks ...opened the season with 10 tackles (9

solo) and 2 PD vs. East Carolina ...had 11 tackles (7 solo), a PD and

picked up a Danny Wuerffel fumble and returned it 46 yards for a TD vs.

Florida ...had 7 tackles (4 solo) and an INT vs. Oklahoma State ...recorded

6 tackles (5 solo), a sack, an INT and a blocked punt vs. Southern

Mississippi ...blocked a FG and had 9 solo tackles vs. Kentucky ...had 7

92 tackles, 2 PD and an INT vs. Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl. ..1994:

played in 9 games (started the 1st 7 at SS) and finished 5th on the team

with 50 tackles (40 solo) ...also had a sack, 2 tackles for losses, 2 FR

and a FF...had 7 tackles (5 solo) caused and recovered a fumble vs.

Georgia also had 7 tackles vs. Florida ...had a pair of tackles in the vs.

Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl ...1993: made the AII-SEC Freshrnan

team picked by the Knoxville News-Sentinel ...played every game both

SS and FS and finished 5th on the team in tackles with 51 (38

solo) ...had 6 tackles, a tackle for a loss, and a forced furnble vs.

Alabama ...earned his 1st career start at SS vs. Penn State in the Citrus

Bowl and posted 6 tackles (5 solo) and took home Defensive MVP

honors.

PERSONAL: Single ...psychology major ...earned Super Prep AII-America

honors and was rated 1 of the top 5 safety prospects in the

country during his senior year at Eisenhower HS in Lawton, OK ...was

all-state and 3 time all-district choice in football...started 3 years at FS

and the final 2 years at WR ...his sophomore year, his team posted a

14-0 record and the USA Today national title ...also was a standout

track performer and holds the school record in the 300-meter hurdles

(36.9), also ran the 110 meter high hurdles ...lists his 1st win over

Alabama in 1995 as his most memorable rnoment in athletics ...attended

the same high school his freshman year (Leilehua) (HI) HS) that Jets

RB Adrian Murrell attended ...and like Murrell, is also the son of a

career U.S. Army man ...boyhood idol was former Jets S Ronnie

Lott ...was born in Greensboro, NC.