Auston Mims is an offensive lineman from Akron, Ohio, who attended Chaminade College Prep in California. He began playing football as a junior and started as a senior in 2022, leading his team to the CIF D2 Southern Section semifinals. Mims enrolled at Oregon and redshirted in 2023 before appearing in no games as a redshirt freshman in 2024. Standing 6'2" and weighing 316 pounds, the redshirt junior wears number 68 for the Ducks and is pursuing a business degree.