Austin Gentle

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-3
Weight:
295
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Chattanooga, Tenn.
High School:
McCallie School
Prev School:
Harvard

Honors

• 2024 Phil Steele First Team All-Ivy League
• 2024 Second Team All-Ivy League
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District Selection
• 2024 Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-Ivy League
• 2023 Phil Steele Second Team All-Ivy League
• 2023 FCS Football Central Second Team All-Ivy League
• 2023 Second Team All-Ivy League
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District Selection
• 2023 Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-Ivy League
• 2022 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
• 2022 Phil Steele Second Team All-Ivy League

2021-2024 (at Harvard)

• Appeared in 31 games, logging 30 starts
• Totaled 79 knockdowns for an average of 7.9 per game
• Only allowed two sacks in 10 starts in 2024.
• Earned an overall PFF grade of 78.3 (pass blocking: 82.1, run blocking: 74.3) in his senior season
• Blocked for Ivy League leading rusher Aidan Borguet, who averaged 118.2 rushing yards per game in 2022

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Native of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Was a three-sport athlete at the McCallie School, spending four years on the football team, four years throwing shot put and two years as a wrestler
• Helped McCallie School to two TSAA Division II AAA State Championships
• Was a 2020 Sports Illustrated All-American candidate
• Was named to the 2020 Preseason All-State team by USA Today and MaxPreps
• Earned All-State, All-Region, All-Area and All-City honors in 2019 while also being named to the All-Region and All-City teams in 2018.
• Finished fourth in the state of Tennessee in wrestling in 2018.
• Son of Terry Gentle, who played football for Middle Tennessee.