2017 Football Roster
Roster
Jordan Austin
- Position:
- Offensive Guard/Tackle
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Claremont, CA
- High School:
- Claremont
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CAREER: He has appeared in 25 games in his career.
2018: Austin will compete for playing time at offensive guard as a senior in 2018.
2017: Austin saw action in all 14 games as a backup at offensive guard and tackle and on special teams as a junior in 2017. He played most of the Pac-12 Championship Game against Stanford at right guard after starter Andrew Vorhees was sidelined early with a concussion. He won USC’s Community Service Award. He won the 2017 Cotton Bowl Scholar-Athlete Award.
2016: Austin saw action in 10 games (all but Alabama, Stanford, Utah) as a backup offensive guard and on special teams as a sophomore in 2016.
2015: Austin saw brief action in 1 game (Idaho) as a redshirt freshman offensive tackle and guard in 2015. He missed the Arkansas State opener with a right foot injury.
2014: Austin, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2014 after graduating a semester early from high school, redshirted as a first-year freshman offensive tackle in 2014. He was sidelined all season after having pre-season surgery on both hips.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2013 Prep Star All-West, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin All-Inland Valley first team and All-Sierra League first team as a senior offensive lineman at Claremont (Calif.) High.
He was a 3-year starter. Current Trojan Solomon Tuliaupupu also prepped at Claremont.
PERSONAL: He received his bachelor’s degree in international relations at USC in the spring of 2017 with a B average (3.03 GPA) and is now working on a master’s degree in studies in law. He made 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention. In the spring of 2018, he developed and coordinated with the USC Athletics Community Outreach Program an event on campus, “Embrace Your Inner Hero,” for 100 foster children that included a motivational talk, the screening of a Disney movie and a free duffle bag. His father, Ray, played football at UNLV and Southern Utah.
