Austin Raught

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Farr West, Utah
High School:
Fremont

Austin finished his four-year career with the Wildcats in 2011. He appeared in 34 career games at Weber State and finished with 47 receptions for 494 yards and three touchdowns. He graduated from Weber State in April 2012 with a degree in Organizational Communication.

2011 (Senior)
Played in 10 games for the Wildcats and started in nine games...Had 21 receptions for 244 yards and two touchdowns...Finished third on the WSU squad in receiving at 24.4 yards per game...Had a career-high 50 receiving yards in WSU’s win at Northern Colorado on Sept. 24...Had a 17-yard touchdown reception in WSU’s 49-17 home win over Sacramento State on Sept. 20...Also had a career-high long 40-yard touchdown at Eastern Washington on Oct. 1...Was named to the Big Sky Academic All-Conference team for the second-straight season.

2010 (Junior)
Appeared in all 11 games for the Wildcats during the season...Had 18 receptions for a total of 184 yards and one touchdown...Ranked fourth on the team in receiving yards...Had 40 or more receiving yards in three games during the season...Caught four balls for a career-high 47 yards and had his only career touchdown in WSU’s four-overtime win over Northern Colorado on September 11...Had a career-high five receptions for 42 yards at Montana State and also had three catches for 40 yards in WSU’s win at Idaho State, including a season-long 42 yard reception...Also had one tackle on the season...
Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team.

2009 (Sophomore)
Saw action in four games for the Wildcats but did not have a reception.

2006 (Freshman)
Played in nine games for the Wildcats as a first-year freshman. ... Had eight catches for 66 yards. ... Had a single game high two receptions vs. Northern Colorado, Montana, and at Montana State. ... Had a single game high 24 receiving yards vs. Montana State, including a career long reception of 19 yards.

Fremont High School
Played for Coach Blaine Monkres at Fremont High...Left as the all-time leading receiver in Utah prep history with 231 receptions for 3,430 yards and 41 touchdown receptions...Most of those 231 receptions came from Joel Hancock...In 2004 he had 86 receptions which is a state single-season record.

Personal
Full name is Austin Raught...Last name pronounced: ROT...Was born on Jan. 2, 1988...Left after his freshman season to serve a two-year LDS Church mission...Is married to Kierstin Raught, who is a member of Weber State’s soccer team.