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Austin Hooper

Tight End, Atlanta Falcons · #81.

Player facts

Team: Atlanta Falcons
Position: Tight End
Number: 81
Born: Nov 4, 1994 (age 31)
Birthplace: San Ramon, CA, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 254 lbs
College: Stanford
Experience: 11 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
Regular Season	5	7	40	8.0	1	13	3	0	0
Last 5 Games	5	7	40	8.2	1	13	3	0	0
Career	435	591	4,481	10.3	31	88	231	2	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	8 targets	+0.83	75%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs BAL	L 30-23 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Oct 5	@ NO	W 45-24	1	1	9	9.0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	@ GB	W 35-14	2	2	11	5.5	1	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CAR	L 34-3	2	4	20	10.0	0	13	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PIT	L 20-13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Austin Manuel Hooper (born October 29, 1994) is an American professional football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Falcons in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. Hooper has also played for the Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, and New England Patriots.

From Wikipedia’s article on Austin Hooper, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Hooper attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, where he played for the football team. He was rated by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit and committed to Stanford University to play college football. Hooper was listed as a defensive end by Rivals and also by ESPN who had him rated as a four-star recruit and the #261 player overall in the nation regardless of position.

College career

After redshirting his first year at Stanford in 2013, Hooper played in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2014. He finished the season with 40 receptions for 499 yards and two touchdowns.

As a sophomore in 2015, Hooper had 34 receptions for 438 yards for six touchdowns, including a career best 79 yards and a touchdown in an upset of then #6 USC. He was a finalist for the John Mackey Award, and First-team All-Pac-12 Conference.