Cliff Austin
Clifford Austin
Born: March 2, 1960
Atlanta, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 203
College: Clemson
High School: Avondale (Avondale Estates, GA)
Career: 1983-1987
Drafted: 1983 in Round 3, #66 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Cliff Austin played from 1983 to 1987 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Austin ran for 445 yards in his career on 109 attempts, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 11 passes for 118 yards.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 110 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 62 | 280 | 4.5 | 22 | 1 |
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 8 | 1 |
Totals | 109 | 445 | 4.1 | 22 | 2 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 23 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 39 | 838 | 21.5 | 94 | 1 |
1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 25 | 0 |
Totals | 57 | 1147 | 20.1 | 94 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1985 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 11 | 0 |
1984 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 0 |
1985 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 0 |
1986 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 1 |
1987 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 2 |