TE#81
Austin Hooper
gsis_id 00-0032392
ATL
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2024 weekly average
- Separation
- 3.26 yd
- Cushion
- 5.84 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 0.52
- Avg YAC
- 4.30
- Share of intended air yards
- 13.0%
- Catch rate
- 75.7%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 0
- Drops
- 0
- Drop rate
- 0.0%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 92.6
- Interceptions on targets
- 1
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 33 | 24 | 287 | 2 | 11.5 | 0.072 | 0.16 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 59 | 45 | 476 | 3 | 12.7 | 0.122 | 0.25 | 0 | 108.6 |
| 2023 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 234 | 0 | 10.4 | 0.068 | 0.13 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2022 | 17 | 60 | 41 | 444 | 2 | 26.2 | 0.139 | 0.31 | 0 | 97.4 |
| 2021 | 15 | 61 | 38 | 345 | 3 | 20.0 | 0.138 | 0.27 | 0 | 92.5 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 254 lb
- College
- Stanford (Pacific Twelve Conference)
- Draft
- 2016 · Rd 3 · Pk 81 · ATL
- Rookie season
- 2016
- Experience
- 11 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 12 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+position
93 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2024 · TE cohort of 33
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2024; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Dallas GoedertTE · PHI · distance 0.58
- Separation
- 3.20
- Cushion
- 5.93
- YAC over expected
- 1.36
- Share of air yards
- 10.6
- Catch rate
- 80.8
Will DisslyTE · LAC · distance 0.64
- Separation
- 3.33
- Cushion
- 5.98
- YAC over expected
- 0.85
- Share of air yards
- 6.7
- Catch rate
- 78.1
Juwan JohnsonTE · NO · distance 0.68
- Separation
- 3.40
- Cushion
- 5.99
- YAC over expected
- 0.38
- Share of air yards
- 12.9
- Catch rate
- 75.8
Sam LaPortaTE · DET · distance 0.76
- Separation
- 3.53
- Cushion
- 5.97
- YAC over expected
- 1.43
- Share of air yards
- 17.2
- Catch rate
- 72.3
Jonnu SmithTE · MIA · distance 0.85
- Separation
- 3.50
- Cushion
- 6.35
- YAC over expected
- 0.85
- Share of air yards
- 14.6
- Catch rate
- 79.3
Austin Hooper baseline
- Separation
- 3.50
- Cushion
- 5.45
- YAC over expected
- 1.27
- Share of air yards
- 10.8
- Catch rate
- 76.3