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47 Austin Riggs

47 Austin Riggs

  • Position:
    LS
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 229
  • Hometown:
    Eagle, Idaho
  • High School:
    Eagle
  • Major:
    Supply Chain Management (Grad)

Summary

Biography

2025 Hampshire Honor Society
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2024 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List
2023 Fourth Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
2023 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List

Career: Played in 53 games ... a two-time member of the Mannelly Award watch list ... played in three bowl games ... finished career at Rutgers (2024) and named a consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten selection ... previously saw action in 40 games at BYU (2020-23).

2024 (Senior): Played in all 13 games ... invited to the NFL Scouting Combine (1/28) ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) by the coaches and media in the first year of the conference honoring long snappers ... selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/17) ... handled all snaps for field goals, extra points and punts throughout the season ... helped the field goal unit tie the school record with 13 consecutive makes to end the season ... part of group that downed 15 punts inside the 20 with a clean operation on all 50 attempts ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... team went 4-for-4 on field goals and 3-for-3 on extra points in snowy conditions at Michigan State (11/30) ... made Rutgers debut versus Howard (8/29) ... selected to the Patrick Mannelly Award watch list (7/29) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/23).

2023 (Junior at BYU): Played in all 12 games … served as primary long snapper … named Fourth Team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele … recovered a fumble on punt coverage versus Cincinnati (9/29) … picked up a tackle against Sam Houston State (9/2) … selected to the Patrick Mannelly Award watch list.

2022 (Sophomore at BYU): Played in seven games … served as primary long snapper.

2021 (Freshman at BYU): Played in all 13 games … handled long snapping duties on punts … helped team rank No. 14 nationally and first among independents in net punting (42.9 yards) … saw action in the Independence Bowl against UAB (12/18) … recorded a tackle on punt coverage at Georgia Southern (11/20).

2020 (Freshman at BYU): Played in eight games … recorded two tackles on special teams … saw action in the Boca Raton Bowl against UCF (12/22) … logged tackles versus Western Kentucky (10/31) and Texas State (10/24) … made collegiate debut at Navy (9/7).

Prior to College: Played Eagle High School … saw action at long snapper and defensive end … invited to the Top 12 long snapping camp … named 2018 all-state at defensive end … part of the 2017 region championship team … a member of the Honor Roll.

Personal: Father, Duane, played football at BYU … younger brother, Dalton, is a long snapper at BYU … served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (2018-20) … fluent in three languages common to Southern Africa: Ndebele, Xhosa and Shona.

Major: Supply Chain Management (Grad)
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