2017 Football Roster
Hudson, Austin

Jersey Number 23
Austin Hudson
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 214
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Plant
Bio
OVERVIEW
2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
2014 (FRESHMAN)
- Arrived on campus in May and will have two years to play two seasons
2016 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
- Appeared in 11 games totaling eight tackles
- Set career-best with four tackles at Syracuse (9/17)
- Transferred to USF in the summer of 2015 and sat out the season under NCAA transfer rules
2014 (FRESHMAN)
- Enrolled at Wisconsin in January 2014 as an early enrollee
- Earned playing time as a true freshman playing in all 14 games, mostly on special teams
- Recorded 19 tackles (13 in Big Ten action), one sack and one forced fumble
- Set career-high with four tackles against Maryland (10/25)
- Three-star recruit logged a 4.45 time in the 40-yard dash and a 40-inch vertical
- Posted 90 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 12 pass breakups, three interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior
- Also recorded 20 receptions for 447 yards and six touchdowns as a receiver helping Plant to a second-consecutive district championship and the Florida Class 8A state semifinals
- Participated in track and field
- Son of Eric Hudson and Samantha Hudson Geiger
- Uncle, Buzz Geiger, played football at Virginia Tech and for the Washington Redskins
- Earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from USF
- AP scholar in high school
- Pursuing a master’s degree in counseling with an option in clinical mental health counseling
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