
A downhill, tackle-hungry linebacker with NFL traits
In the 2025 season, Austin Romaine showed why evaluators like him: he was Kansas State’s leading tackler before a hand injury ended his year, finishing with 66 tackles in nine games and flashing the size, trigger speed, and run-defense range teams covet at linebacker. He’s built like a modern MIKE at 6-foot-2, 245 pounds, and scouting reports praise his physicality and fit as a reliable box defender; the big caveat is availability, since injury cut short his 2025 season and he later transferred to Texas Tech.






