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THE PLAYERS 67

2012 Rockets

Austin Dantin

Quarterback 6-2 • 205 • Sr. Tallahassee, FL Leon H.S.

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2012

Listed at co-No. 1 at quarterback along with Terrance Owens in pre-season depth chart.

2011

Starting QB in frst 10 games, split-ting time withTerrance Owens...Sat out last two games of regular sea-son due to concussion symptoms... Ranked 21st in nation and third in MACinpassingefciency(149.7)...15 TD passes vs. four interceptions... Career-high fve TD passes vs. NIU,

all to Eric Page...Completed 20-of-33 passes for 322 yards vs. Huskies, second-most yards of his career...Hit on 14-of-16 vs. EMU and 12-of-14 vs. Temple, the best two percentage games of his career...EMU was tied for fourth-best game completion percentage (87.5%) inUT history...Completed 15-of-21 passes for 161 yards and three TDs vs. New Hampshire...14-of-26 for 155 yards and one TD vs. Ohio State...3-of-8 with one TD vs. Boise State...22-of-32 for 258 yards and one TD vs. Syracuse.

2010

StartingQB in frst nine games...Injured shoulder in frst quarter of EMU game on Oct. 30 andmissed rest of season...Resumed practice on Dec. 5 but did not play in bowl game...Ranked 10th in MAC in passing yards (139.3/game), sixth in passing efciency (124.7) and frst in completion percentage (66.1)... Second on team with 292 yards rushing...Tied for team lead with eight rushing TDs...Completed 14-of-18 for 197 yards and one TD in 31-24 win vs. Ball State...Also rushed for 58 yards and two scores...Completed 30-of-47 passes in 34-21 win vs. Kent State; career highs in attempts and completions... Ran for career-high 72 yards vs. KSU, including game’s fnal TD...Completed 13-of-18 passes for 167 yards vs. Boise State before leaving the game in the fourth quarter due to injury... Completed 24-of-31 passes for 209 yards and twoTDs in 31-20 win vs. Purdue...Also rushed for 64 yards and two TDs, includ-ing a 58-yard TD run...Named Rivals.com MAC Player of the Week for performance vs. Purdue...12-of-15 for 102 yards in 20-13 win vs. Ohio...11-of-18 for 173 yards and two TDs plus one rushing TD in 37-24 win vs. WMU.

2009

Played in sevengames, starting three...Completed66.4percent of his passes for 962 yards and four TDs...Ran for 51 yards...

Started in the Northern Illinois game on Oct. 17 and in the fnal two games of the season vs. EasternMichigan and Bowl-ing Green due to injuries to starter Aaron Opelt...Was 2-1 as a starter...Led Toledo to 20-19 victory over NIU on 17-of-24 passing for 202 yards...Led UT to a 47-21 win over EMU on 10-of-11 passing for 116 yards.

High School

Earned honorablemen-tion Class 4A all-state and first-team All-Big Bend (northern Florida) honors...Completed 62 percent of his passes for 1,856 yards and 18 touchdowns...Rushed for 254 yards and nine scores.

Personal

Full name is Austin Mi-chael Dantin...Birthdate:

Nov. 14, 1990...Parents are Keith and Debbie Dantin...Civil engineering major.

***21st in the Nation in Passing Efciency***

Austin Dantin’s Career Statistics

Passing Statistics

Year G/S Att. Comp. Pct. Yds. TD Int.

2009 7/3 119 79 66.4 962 4 4 2010 9/9 192 127 66.1 1254 7 8 2011 11/10 188 122 64.9 1404 15 4

Totals 27/22 499 328 65.7 3620 26 16

Rushing Statistics

Year G/S Att. Yds. Avg. TD LP

2009 7/3 44 51 1.2 0 15-BGSU 2010 9/9 103 292 2.8 8 58-Purdue 2011 11/10 59 183 3.1 1 20-Boise State

Totals 27/22 206 526 2.6 9 58-Purdue Career Highs

Completions: 30 (Kent State, 10-16-10)

Attempts: 47 (Kent State, 10-16-10)

Passing Yards: 326 (Bowling Green, 11-27-09)

Touchdowns: 5 (Northern Illinois, 11-1-11)

Rushing Yards: 72 (Kent State, 10-16-10)