He played college football at Tennessee and was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft.

In 2017, Austin became one of the founders of Fan Controlled Football (FCF).

[6] FCF raised $3m from angels investors, $12m in a pre-seed, and $40m in a Series A in 2020 with Lightspeed Ventures leading the seed round, Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital leading the Series A.

[11] Austin is a co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of ATHLYT, a startup looking to connect college athletes with advertisers.

In 2022 the NCAA began allowing student athletes to profit from their name, image and, likeness (NIL) which allowed companies like ATHLYT to start helping college student athletes to start earning from their NIL.