04/11/2026
Most people don't know this about our agency.
Before Mike Augustyniak founded Augustyniak Insurance Group, he was a walk-on at Purdue. No scholarship. No guarantees. He got cut by the New Orleans Saints and went home thinking he was done with football.
Then his dad made a phone call Mike didn't know about.
That call led to a tryout with the New York Jets. Mike fought Mark Gastineau in practice. He made the final 45-man roster as an undrafted free agent — and became the starting fullback. Fans called him "Augie."
In 2017, Indiana put him in the Football Hall of Fame.
We just updated his full story on the website — career stats, training camp details straight from a 1981 newspaper article, and what Bruce Harper said about him that says it better than we ever could.
Worth a read, especially if you're a Jets fan.
🔗 https://www.weshopinsurance.com/news/2017/09/mike-augustyniak-former-new-york-jets-fullback-will-join-indiana-football-hall-of-fame