Miles Austin
Austin with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015
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| No. -- Free agent | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 30, 1984 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Summit, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Garfield (NJ) | ||||||||
| College: | Monmouth | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2015 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 361 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5,273 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 37 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Miles Jonathon Austin III (born June 30, 1984) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Monmouth and signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2006. Austin was a member of the Cowboys for eight seasons and was named to two Pro Bowls during his tenure with the team. He has also played for the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles. He has a nephew that is a rapper named Baby Boy also known as Erick Austin from Washington DC.
Austin was born in Summit, New Jersey to parents Miles, an African-American and mother Ann Austin, a Caucasian, who were born in Nebraska and New Jersey, respectively. He has one sister, Jennifer Austin. Austin grew up in Garfield, New Jersey and attended Garfield High School. He was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. In football, he played wide receiver and defensive back, and as a senior, he won All-Bergen County honors and All-State honors. In basketball, Austin garnered All-Bergen County honors as well.
Also a standout athlete, Austin was on the school's track & field team, where he was a top competitor in the sprinting, jumping and throwing events. He recorded the third-longest javelin throw in Bergen County history, with a throw of 65.44 meters. He placed third in the triple jump event at the 2001 New Jersey Meet of Champions, with a leap of 13.35 meters. He got a personal-best leap of 6.81 meters in the long jump. In sprints, he had career-best times of 10.8 seconds in the 100 meters and 22.28 seconds in the 200 meters.
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