Miles Austin

Miles J. Austin (* 30 June 1984 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American professional American football player at the position of wide receiver. He plays for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League ( NFL).

Origin

Miles Austin was born as the son of Ann and Miles Austin. He attended Garfield High School and played in the local football team both wide receiver and in the defensive backfield. He was also active as an athlete and as a basketball player.

Playing career

College

From 2002 to 2005, Austin studied at Monmouth University. In their football team he played on the position of a wide receiver. Currently (2012 ) he holds several records at his college. In his last year he scored 51 pass catches, with whom he was able to achieve a gain of space of 1101 yards. Here, get him 14 touchdown.

NFL

The professional career of Austin began sluggishly. As a college player he was not able to make the NFL scouts attention.

In 2006 he was given the opportunity to attend a training camp the Cowboys. He knew to persuade and received a professional contract. In his rookie year he came as a kickoff returner for use. In 2007 he also received operating time on offense the Cowboys. In the same year the Cowboys succeeded in making the play -offs after they have won 13 of their 16 games. The Cowboys but ended up in the first round of the play -offs later Super Bowl champion New York Giants with 21:17 to admit defeat. Austin showed this a good game on special teams the team from Dallas. He succeeded with three kickoff returns a space gain of 67 yards. In the 2008 season, Austin showed for the first time its great potential. He was able to score three touchdowns after passports from quarterback Tony Romo.

After Terrell Owens, who was regarded as the leading wide receiver the Cowboys had left the club after the 2008 season, at the beginning of the 2009 season, the Treaty of Austin was extended by one year. It should be increasingly used time, but stood at the beginning of the season in the shadow of Roy Williams and Patrick Crayton. Benefiting from a violation of Williams, but also because of its good services to Austin could now establish itself as the wide receiver the Cowboys with the best statistical values ​​. On 11 October 2009, he was able to achieve a space gain of 250 yards with ten passes caught in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. This is a club record dar., surpassing the previous record of Bob Hayes to four yards.

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