aflstatlabel aflstatvalue heightin birth_place weight status afl article_title heightft position highschool birth_date undraftedyear number college name currentteam
comp rating rushing td . / att . passing yards td-int qb 889 / 1,438 10,344 218-42 109.30 27 1 santa monica , california 200 active 12673 shane austin
 6 quarterback oxnard -lrb- ca -rrb- rio mesa 14 june 1989 2012 10 hawai'i shane austin cleveland gladiators
shane austin

shane austin -lrb- born june 14 , 1989 -rrb- is an american football quarterback for the cleveland gladiators of the arena football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
he played college football at university of hawai'i .
austin went undrafted in the 2012 nfl draft and signed with the everett raptors of the indoor football league -lrb- ifl -rrb- after the draft .
after starting the raptors final games of the season , austin was able to gain the attention of the pittsburgh power of the afl .
austin was named the starting quarterback for the power , but a broken hand caused him to miss two months of the season .
austin then was assigned to the cleveland gladiators where he was named the backup to chris dieker .
with dieker struggling for the gladiators , austin was given the opportunity to start and lead the gladiators to a 14-1 record as a starter and a berth in arenabowl xxvii .
the gladiators lost to arizona rattlers in the arenabowl , but austin was named second team all-arena .
