page_title: Miles Austin
section_title: 2010 season
hierarchical_section_title: Miles Austin / Playing career / Dallas Cowboys / 2010 season
caption_attribution_description: Tony Romo and Miles Austin
context_page_description: Miles Jonathon Austin III is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is an offensive quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He previously played in the NFL for 10 seasons and spent the majority of his career with the Dallas Cowboys. Austin played college football at Monmouth where he set the record for receiving yards.
  Signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2006, Austin spent eight seasons with the team and was named to two Pro Bowls. His most successful season was in 2009 when he led the National Football Conference in receiving yards and obtained the Cowboys' record for receiving yards in a single game at 250. In his final two seasons, he was a member of the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles. Austin pursued a coaching career following his retirement and rejoined the Cowboys as a pro and college scouting intern before being hired by the 49ers in 2019.
context_section_description: On September 9, 2010, Austin agreed to a six-year contract extension that began in 2011. The deal included $17 million in guaranteed salary. He signed a $3.168 million contract in June 2010 and his extension was worth $54 million, which brought the total value of his contract to $57 million. The team paid a very high first year salary ($17 million), by taking advantage that the NFL collective bargaining agreement wasn't renewed, and in the final year of the agreement there was no salary cap system in place. Even though the NFL initially approved the contract, in 2013 commissioner Roger Goodell would penalize the Cowboys by taking $10 million from the team's original $120.6 million salary cap space.
  With 10 catches in each of the first two games of the 2010 season, Austin became the second player in Cowboys history to record double-digit catches in consecutive weeks. On Thanksgiving Day, he scored a 60-yard touchdown on an end-around. However, the Cowboys lost 30–27 to the New Orleans Saints.
  He finished the season with 69 catches for 1,041 yards and 7 touchdowns. He made his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2010, replacing DeSean Jackson who sprained his MCL during practice for the Pro Bowl.
caption: Austin (bottom) and Tony Romo.
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