2017 Football Roster
Roster
Applebee, Austin
Jersey Number 89
Austin Applebee
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Seneca, IL
- High School:
- McKendree
Bio
2018: Applebee will serve as a backup tight end as a senior in 2018. The one-time walk-on was awarded a scholarship in the middle of the 2018 season.
2017: Applebee, who transferred to USC in the spring of 2017, saw brief action in 4 games (Western Michigan, Oregon State, Arizona State, Colorado) as a reserve tight end as a walk-on junior in 2017, but he did not catch a pass.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: He was a sophomore tight end at Arizona Western College in Yuma (Ariz.) in 2016. Arizona Western finished No. 3 nationally and went 11-1, losing in the NJCAA national championship game.
McKENDREE: He had 4 tackles in 2015 as a redshirt freshman linebacker and tight end at NCAA Division II McKendree University.
He redshirted in 2014 as a first-year freshman linebacker at McKendree.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a 2013 senior tight end, defensive end and punter at Seneca (Ill.) High, he had 17 receptions for 324 yards (19.1 avg) with 2 touchdowns on offense, 55 tackles (14.5 sacks), 4 fumble recoveries and 3 forced fumbles on defense and a 34.3 average on 32 punts, 14-of-25 PATs and 2-of-2 field goals on special teams.
As a junior in 2012, he had 9 catches for 299 yards (12.5 avg) with 3 TDs on offense, 8 tackles on defense and a 34.9 average on 38 punts, 14-of-23 PATs and 2-of-3 field goals on special teams while earning All-Conference and Chicago Sun Times All-Area honorable mention.
He also played basketball and baseball at Seneca.
PERSONAL: He is a sociology major at USC. His sister, Alyssa, was a pole vaulter at Missouri (2014-16) and then competed at Tulane as a graduate student in 2017 (earning All-American honors with seventh place finishes at the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Meets).
2017: Applebee, who transferred to USC in the spring of 2017, saw brief action in 4 games (Western Michigan, Oregon State, Arizona State, Colorado) as a reserve tight end as a walk-on junior in 2017, but he did not catch a pass.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: He was a sophomore tight end at Arizona Western College in Yuma (Ariz.) in 2016. Arizona Western finished No. 3 nationally and went 11-1, losing in the NJCAA national championship game.
McKENDREE: He had 4 tackles in 2015 as a redshirt freshman linebacker and tight end at NCAA Division II McKendree University.
He redshirted in 2014 as a first-year freshman linebacker at McKendree.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a 2013 senior tight end, defensive end and punter at Seneca (Ill.) High, he had 17 receptions for 324 yards (19.1 avg) with 2 touchdowns on offense, 55 tackles (14.5 sacks), 4 fumble recoveries and 3 forced fumbles on defense and a 34.3 average on 32 punts, 14-of-25 PATs and 2-of-2 field goals on special teams.
As a junior in 2012, he had 9 catches for 299 yards (12.5 avg) with 3 TDs on offense, 8 tackles on defense and a 34.9 average on 38 punts, 14-of-23 PATs and 2-of-3 field goals on special teams while earning All-Conference and Chicago Sun Times All-Area honorable mention.
He also played basketball and baseball at Seneca.
PERSONAL: He is a sociology major at USC. His sister, Alyssa, was a pole vaulter at Missouri (2014-16) and then competed at Tulane as a graduate student in 2017 (earning All-American honors with seventh place finishes at the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Meets).
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