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Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

2016 Football

10 Austin Swenson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Position QB
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wauconda, Ill.
  • Highschool Wauconda
  • Major Biomedical Engineering

Biography

Career: Austin set 23 Rose-Hulman passing school records in a historic four-year career...set five single-game, nine single-season and nine career school records...member of HCAC Championship Teams in 2013 and 2016...starting quarterback for the first NCAA Division III Playoff Team in school history in 2016...single-game school records: pass completions (45), pass attempts (71), passing yards (603), passing touchdowns (7) and total offensive yards gained (603)...single-season school records: pass completions (289), pass attempts (449), passing yards (3,402), passing touchdowns (31), completion percentage (68.3%), passing efficiency (165.6), passing yards per game (340.2), total offensive yards (3,528) and total offense per game (352.8)...career school records: pass completions (756), passing attempts (1,185), passing yards (8,293), passing touchdowns (81), completion percentage (63.8%), passing efficiency (140.6), passing yards per game (243.9), total offense yards (8,706) and total offensive yards per game (256.1)...passed for 600+ yards in a game once, 500+ yards in a game once, 400+ yards in a game three times, and 300+ yards in a game 11 times at Rose-Hulman...second-team all-HCAC selection in 2014 and 2015...honorable mention all-HCAC in 2016...HCAC Player of the Week selection in 2014, 2015 and 2016...as a sophomore in 2014, finished 289-of-442 for 3,402 yards and 31 touchdowns passing...as a junior in 2015, was 196-287 for 2,374 yards and 26 touchdowns with just three interceptions...as a senior in 2016, completed 266-449 passes for 2,431 yards and 24 touchdowns with just seven interceptions...also rushed for 413 career yards and six touchdowns...set single-game school records with 603 passing yards and seven touchdowns in a 74-68 overtime win over Illinois College in 2014...set a single-game school record with 45 completions in 71 attempts (for 362 yards) in a 2016 win at No. 14 Franklin that propelled Rose-Hulman into the NCAA Playoffs...finished 42-57 for 472 yards and five touchdowns against Illinois College in 2015...also crossed the 400-yard mark at Hanover in 2014 with a 44-64 performance for 467 yards and four touchdowns...threw four or more touchdown passes in a game nine times...named D3football.com National Quarterback of the Week for his efforts against Illinois College in 2014.

At Rose-Hulman: Austin is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.

Prep Career: Three-sport athlete in football, baseball and basketball...team Most Valuable Player, all-conference, all-area and all-county in football...all-area and all-conference in both baseball and basketball...academic all-league.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2013Freshman

    QB
    6'1" 185 lbs
    5
  • 10

    2014Sophomore

    QB
    6'1" 205 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2015Junior

    QB
    6'2" 220 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2016Senior

    QB
    6'2" 225 lbs
    10