NFL suspends Jets receivers coach Miles Austin for violating league’s gambling policy
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Austin, 38, is in his second season coaching the Jets wide receiving corps and began his coaching career as an offensive quality control coach with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019. He had spent the two previous seasons as a pro and college scouting intern with the Dallas Cowboys, the team he played for in eight of his 10 NFL seasons.
With the Cowboys, Austin made two Pro Bowls and was voted the 2009 Most Improved Player by the Pro Football Writers’ Association of America. Austin spent the final two seasons of his career with the Cleveland Browns (2014) and Philadelphia Eagles (2015).Â
Austin played collegiately at Monmouth and is a New Jersey native.Â
In April 2014, after his time with the Cowboys had concluded, Austin made a deep run in the World Poker Tour World Championship but finished short of the prize threshold.Â
This is the second gambling controversy connected to the NFL this year. In March, Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley — then on the Atlanta Falcons — was suspended for a year because he made less than 10 bets while on injured reserve with a non-football illness. Ridley, however, was betting on NFL games and sometimes the Falcons, the league said.Â
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