Rodney Austin

Rodney Austin
No. 74, 44
Position	Offensive lineman
Personal information
Born	December 4, 1988 (age 36); St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	311 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school	East Mecklenburg ; (Charlotte, North Carolina)
College	Elon
NFL draft	2012: undrafted
Career history
	Detroit Lions (2012–2014); Baltimore Brigade (2018–2019);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Last updated September 27, 2025

Rodney Austin (born December 4, 1988) is an American former football offensive lineman. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Detroit Lions after the 2012 NFL draft. He played college football at Elon University.

College career

He played college football at Elon University.^[1]

Professional career

He was signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He was released on August 31, 2012 when the Lions established their final 53 roster but was signed to their practice squad the next day after he cleared waivers.

On April 21, 2015, Austin was released by the Detroit Lions.^[2]

on March 28, 2018, he was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade.^[3] On March 15, 2019, he was again assigned to the Brigade.

Personal life

Rodney is an avid flag football player.

References

↑ Twentyman, Tim. "Team". Detroitlions.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
↑ Twentyman, Tim (April 21, 2015). "Lions release guard Rodney Austin following arrest". Detroit Lions. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
↑ "Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

Detroit Lions bio Archived September 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Elon profile
ProfootballWeekly profile Archived August 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Twentyman, Tim. "Team". Detroitlions.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2012.

[2] Twentyman, Tim (April 21, 2015). "Lions release guard Rodney Austin following arrest". Detroit Lions. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

[3] "Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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