2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 41
Austin Mock
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- LS
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 240
- Prev School:
- Liberty Christian Academy
- Hometown:
- Lynchburg, Va.
2022 (R-Sr.):
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent first team
- Patrick Mannelly Award watch list
2021 (R-Jr.):
- Patrick Mannelly Award watch list
- Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent first team
- Liberty’s starting long snapper in all 13 games
- Helped punter Aidan Alves finished the season averaging a career-best 42.7 yards per punt (22 punts for 939 yards)
- Alves Recorded five punts of 50 or more yards
- Alves Finished the season with nine punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Alves was named the Special Teams MVP in Liberty’s win over Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl
2020 (R-Jr.):
- Liberty’s starting long snapper in all 11 games
- Helped kicker Alex Barbir earn VaSID All-State second team and Phil Steele Postseason All-Independent second team honors
- Barbir Led the Flames with 89 points scored
- Barbir Ranked No. 27 in the country in total points
- Barbir Ranked No. 44 in the country in field goals per game (1.18)
- Barbir connected on two game winning field goals during his first year at Liberty
- Barbir knocked down a 51-yard field goal with one second left in regulation to secure Liberty’s first-ever win at Virginia Tech
- Barbir connected on a 44-yard field goal in overtime to help Liberty defeat No. 9/11 Coastal Carolina in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl
- Also helped punter Aidan Alves finish the year averaging a then career-best 41.8 yards per punt (26 punts for 1,088 yards)
- Alves recorded six punts of 50 or more yards and eight inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Alves averaged 40 or more yards per punt in six of Liberty’s 11 games
2019 (R-So.):
- Liberty’s starting long snapper in all 13 games
- Helped punter Aidan Alves, who was named to the 2019 Ray Guy Award watch list member
- Alves averaged more than 4.0 yards per punt longer than his freshman season (37.0 average in 2018; 41.6 average in 2019)
- Alves averaged 40 or more yards per punt in nine games, including eight of the last 10 games
- Liberty had nine 50-plus yard punts in 2019, including a pair of 70-yard punts
- Kicker Alex Probert scored a career-best 89 points in 2019 with Mock as the long snapper
- Recorded a solo tackle in a road win at UMass
2018 (R-Fr.):
- Played in all 12 games
- Served as Liberty’s starting long snapper
Prep:
- Graduate of Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchburg, Va.
- Four-year varsity letter winner in football
- Played baseball
Personal:
- Son of Patricia and Stephen Mock
- Father Stephen was a four-year member of Liberty’s football program (1992-95)
- Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in May 2021
- Currently pursuing his master's degree in sport management and coaching
- Birthday is February 4
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