Austin Herink
American football player and coach (born 1995)
Austin David Herink (born August 16, 1995) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is currently the senior offensive analyst for the UCF Knights. He played college football at East Tennessee State. After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft, Herink signed with the Vienna Vikings for the spring 2019 season. He subsequently retired, became an assistant coach at East Tennessee State, and briefly at Vienna Vikings. He is one of the most prolific quarterbacks in the history of East Tennessee State. He led the 2018 team to the third-best record in school history and the program's first playoff game in over 20 years, as well as a share of the Southern Conference Championship. He was also a four-time team captain from 2015 to 2018.
Early life
Herink was born to Jeff and Donita Herink and grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he played football for coach Ron Crawford at Cleveland High School. He also won letters in basketball. In his career, he passed for over 6,000 yards, combined for 67 touchdowns (52 passing/15 rushing) and completed 66.8 percent (472-of-706) of his passes.
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