Sources: Austin Aune to declare for NFL Draft after Frisco Bowl

The final college football game of Austin Aune's career will take place Dec. 17 when North Texas faces Boise State in the Frisco Bowl. Aune, who was honorable mention All-CUS, led the Mean Green to the C-USA championship game after throwing for 3,309 yards and 32 touchdowns compared to only 13 interceptions. The 29-year-old from Argyle completed 56.7 percent of his passes and added a rushing touchdown. North Texas was 7-6 in the regular season with a second-place finish behind UTSA in C-USA. North Texas head coach Seth Littrell was fired following the loss to the Roadrunners. 

Aune was the 89th overall pick of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft and spent six years in the New York Yankees organization. He was a three-star quarterback out of Argyle High School who signed with TCU after throwing for 3,411 yards and 33 touchdowns as a senior. He returned to football at Arkansas in the spring of 2018, and then to North Texas where he redshirted in 2018 and played sparingly in 2019, making his college debut in a win over UTSA on Sept. 21. Aune was 1 of 1 for 13 yards in relief. He became the full-time starter at North Texas midway through the 2021 season.