Austin Weiner

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-6
Weight:
240
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Gardner, Kansas
High School:
Gardner Edgerton

2021: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played his senior year at Gardner Edgerton under head coach Ryan Cornelsen... Rated the seventh-best player in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by both Rivals and 247Sports... A first team all-state selection as a senior from Sports in Kansas, while he picked up honorable mention all-state honors from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle... Previously played at Milton (GA) High School as he earned honorable mention all-district honors as a junior... Named to the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America preseason watch list... Also competed in basketball.

PERSONAL: Austin Weiner (WHY-ner) was born June 15, 2001, in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Todd and Sunny Weiner... Has three siblings, Audrey, Asher and Aaron... Father, Todd, was a three-year letterwinner for the Wildcats from 1995 to 1997, earning First Team All-America honors as a senior and a pair of All-Big 12 honors... Todd was selected by Seattle in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft, playing for the Seahawks (1998-2001) and Atlanta Falcons (2002-08)... Mother, Sunny (formerly Jacobson), played basketball at K-State during the 1996-97 season... Nephew of former K-State women’s basketball player Brit Jacobson and men’s basketball player Josh Reid... Majoring in secondary education.