2023 Football Roster
Osborne, Austin
vs
Liberty
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Jersey Number 18
Austin Osborne
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
- High School:
- Mission Viejo
- Prev School:
- Washington
Bio
Honors
Career
High School
Personal
- 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- 2021 Academic All-MAC
- 2023 Academic All-MAC
Career
- Finished BGSU career with 95 receptions for 867 yards and two touchdowns
- Caught one pass during Washington career to finish with 96 career college receptions
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games with nine starts
- Made two receptions for 15 yards at Liberty
- Made four receptions for 56 yards in win against Eastern Illinois
- Made two catches for 24 yards against Ohio
- Notched four receptions for 34 yards in win at Georgia Tech
- Notched one catch at Miami (OH)
- Led BGSU with three receptions for 59 yards at Buffalo
- Caught four passes for 34 yards in win over Ball State
- Caught one pass at Kent State
- Caught four passes for 48 yards against Toledo
- Made two receptions in win at WMU
- Appeared in four of BGSU's 13 games
- Made season debut against Kent State
- Missed the first nine games of the season with an upper body injury
- Caught only two passes of the season for 19 yards against New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl
- Appeared in all 12 of BGSU's games with nine starts
- Finished the year leading BGSU with 64 receptions with 546 receiving yards and two scores
- Had multiple receptions in all 12 of BGSU's games
- One of three MAC players to notch at least four receptions in 10 games
- Led BGSU with eight receptions in his Falcon debut at Tennessee
- Made five catches for 63 yards and first career touchdown at NIU
- Had 8 receptions for 79 yards and one score against Ohio
- Appeared five career games at Washington
- Caught lone career pass against Hawaii in 2019
- Named tot he Pac-12 Honor Roll
High School
- Played football for coach Bob Johnson at Mission Viejo
- Helped lead Mission Viejo to a No. 2 national ranking, 12-1 overall record and the 2017 CIF Division I state semifinals
- Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division I first team
- CalHiSports.com third-team all-state
- Notched 47 catches for 889 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior
- Averaged 26.7 yards per reception as a junior, hauling in 36 passes for 961 yards and 16 touchdowns
- Two-time first-team All-County (sophomore and junior years)
- Listed as the No. 5 prospect in the county by the Orange County Register, prior to his senior season
- Rated the No. 22 wide receiver and No. 115 overall recruit in the country by rivals.com
- Named to the ESPN 300 and No. 49 wide receiver, 247sports.com's No. 41 wide receiver recruit
- PrepStar All-America
- A sprinter on the track team who finished seventh in the state in the 4x100-meter relay after having won league and section titles in that event in 2017
Personal
- High school teammates at Mission Viejo with former Bowling Green quarterback Matt McDonald
- Spent two years as a teammate of McDonald at BGSU (2021, 2022)
- Working on a master's of education with a focus on sport administration
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