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2019 Football Roster

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  • WR
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Aurora, Colo.
    Hometown
  • 5'10
    Height
  • 183
    Weight
  • Overland
    High School
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Austin Conway
#25
Austin Conway
WR
Position
Senior
Class
Aurora, Colo.
Hometown

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Biography

UW This Season: A veteran leader for the Cowboys, Conway will once again be one of the top offensive threats for the Pokes. A valuable punt returner as well, Conway finished at the top spot in both positons after spring ball.

2018: Conway appeared in all 12 games for the Pokes recording a team-high 32 catches for 250 yards. He also rushed for 80 yards for the season. Conway added a rushing touchdown against New Mexico and grabbed a touchdown pass against Air Force. He recorded a career-high 11 catches against Wofford and finished the day with a season high 89 yards. Conway was also a strong punt returner with 156 return yards for the season on 27 returns. He had a season-long 31 yard return against San Jose State in Laramie. He also recorded a 28 yard return against Utah State.

2017: Conway was Josh Allen’s top target grabbing 62 catches for 553 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 70 yards on the season on 15 carries. Conway grabbed a career-high 11 catches for a career-best 135 yards with a touchdown against Gardner-Webb. He grabbed seven passes for 105 yards against Fresno State including a career-best 41 yard snag. He also recorded touchdowns against Texas State and Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. He recorded one rush for 40 yards against Colorado State in Laramie. Conway also went 2-of-2 passing for 22 yards. He recorded 22 punt returns for 228 yards averaging 10.4 per return. He recorded a season-long 55 yard punt return at San Jose State. He finished the season with 851 all-purpose yards.

2016: Austin Conway appeared in all 14 games at wide receiver and punt returner. He grabbed 11 catches for 103 yards. He also rushed for 110 yards on 17 carries with one touchdown. He scored a rushing touchdown against New Mexico. He also threw for a touchdown at Nevada. He also returned punts ranking fourth in the league and No. 47 in the country averaging 6.5 yards a return. He returned a punt for a touchdown at UNLV.  The 60 yard return was the  first by a Cowboy since Chris McNeil returned one 75 yards for a touchdown against UNLV on Oct. 15, 2011.
 
2015: Redshirted as a freshman on the Cowboy basketball team. 
 
High School: Conway was an outstanding football and basketball player at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo. He was named to The Denver Post’s All-Colorado team for all classifications as a dual-threat quarterback his senior season of 2014. During his senior season, he passed for 1,341 yards and 13 touchdowns and added 509 rushing yards and five rushing TDs. His junior season, Conway accumulated 1,847 passing yards and 1,130 rushing yards for 2,977 yards of total offense. He had a combined 31 touchdowns, 19 through the air and 12 on the ground. In basketball, Conway led Overland High to the Colorado Class 5A Final Four as a junior and guided the Trailblazers to their first basketball state championship as a senior.  According to Rivals.com, coming out of high school Conway had football scholarship offers from Army, Colorado, Colorado State, Nebraska, Rice and Utah State; and basketball scholarship offers from Indiana and Rice.
 
Personal: He is majoring in management at UW.