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Jersey Number 54
Austin Harnetiaux
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Washington
- High School:
- Seattle Prep
Joins fellow Nevada linebacker Stone Combs in transferring to Rice for his final season and brings 28 career games and 82 career tackles to South Main.
Nevada
2025
Appeared in all 12 games ... Finished the season with 37 tackles including 1.5 tackles-for-loss ... Opened season with seven tackles (four solo) at No. 2/3 Penn State (Aug. 30) ... Made six tackles against Sacramento State (Sept. 6) ... Had a tackle-for-loss at New Mexico (Oct. 18) ... Broke up a pass and made four tackles against Boise State (Oct. 24) ... Shared a tackle-for-loss among four tackles at Utah State (Nov. 8) ... Made five tackles against both San José State (Nov. 15) and Wyoming (Nov. 22).
2024
Appeared in all 13 games, making three starts ... Finished with 44 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and a forced fumble ... Made a tackle against SMU in his Nevada debut (Aug. 24) ... Had career-high six tackles (two solo) at Minnesota (Sept. 14) ... Made six tackles again against Eastern Washington (Sept. 21) ... Had seven solo tackles at Boise State, in his first start (Nov. 9) ... Posted a career-best 12 tackles against Air Force (Nov. 23) ... Forced a fumble and made four tackles at UNLV (Nov. 30).
Washington
2023
Saw action in a pair of games (Tulsa & California)… Earned the Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad MVP at Washington’s postseason banquet following the run to the 2023 CFP championship game in Houston.
2022
Made his collegiate debut vs. Colorado with three snaps on defense and one kickoff coverage, and was credited with his first career tackle on one of his defensive snaps.
Seattle Prep
3A Metro League Co-Defensive Player of the Year and to SBLive Washington’s All-State team in 2021 under coach Aaron Maul after finishing with 152 tackles while leading the Panthers to a 6-5 overall record and the first round of the 3A state playoffs ... Helped lead Prep to a 5-2 record in 2020 (no playoffs were held that season) ... Helped the Panthers to a 6-4 and the 3A state playoffs as a sophomore in 2019.. Also played basketball at Prep
Personal
Full Name: Austin James Harnetiaux… Birthday: April 10… Parents: Ryan and Katie Harnetiaux…one brother, one sister… Younger brother Leo is a quarterback at Seattle Prep while his sister Reilly was an All-State volleyball player at Holy Names Academy... Father was a member of the Olympic Developmental Program for soccer for three years as a youth and, with his wife, owns Spokane Velocity FC of the United States Soccer League… Rice College: GSA
Nevada
2025
Appeared in all 12 games ... Finished the season with 37 tackles including 1.5 tackles-for-loss ... Opened season with seven tackles (four solo) at No. 2/3 Penn State (Aug. 30) ... Made six tackles against Sacramento State (Sept. 6) ... Had a tackle-for-loss at New Mexico (Oct. 18) ... Broke up a pass and made four tackles against Boise State (Oct. 24) ... Shared a tackle-for-loss among four tackles at Utah State (Nov. 8) ... Made five tackles against both San José State (Nov. 15) and Wyoming (Nov. 22).
2024
Appeared in all 13 games, making three starts ... Finished with 44 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, and a forced fumble ... Made a tackle against SMU in his Nevada debut (Aug. 24) ... Had career-high six tackles (two solo) at Minnesota (Sept. 14) ... Made six tackles again against Eastern Washington (Sept. 21) ... Had seven solo tackles at Boise State, in his first start (Nov. 9) ... Posted a career-best 12 tackles against Air Force (Nov. 23) ... Forced a fumble and made four tackles at UNLV (Nov. 30).
Washington
2023
Saw action in a pair of games (Tulsa & California)… Earned the Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad MVP at Washington’s postseason banquet following the run to the 2023 CFP championship game in Houston.
2022
Made his collegiate debut vs. Colorado with three snaps on defense and one kickoff coverage, and was credited with his first career tackle on one of his defensive snaps.
Seattle Prep
3A Metro League Co-Defensive Player of the Year and to SBLive Washington’s All-State team in 2021 under coach Aaron Maul after finishing with 152 tackles while leading the Panthers to a 6-5 overall record and the first round of the 3A state playoffs ... Helped lead Prep to a 5-2 record in 2020 (no playoffs were held that season) ... Helped the Panthers to a 6-4 and the 3A state playoffs as a sophomore in 2019.. Also played basketball at Prep
Personal
Full Name: Austin James Harnetiaux… Birthday: April 10… Parents: Ryan and Katie Harnetiaux…one brother, one sister… Younger brother Leo is a quarterback at Seattle Prep while his sister Reilly was an All-State volleyball player at Holy Names Academy... Father was a member of the Olympic Developmental Program for soccer for three years as a youth and, with his wife, owns Spokane Velocity FC of the United States Soccer League… Rice College: GSA
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