Bowling Green State University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Osborne, Austin
Jersey Number 18
Austin Osborne
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- 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
Week 3 Cinematic Football Highlight vs. Liberty (2025)
Tuesday, September 16
BG Football Press Conference 9.15
Monday, September 15
BG Football Postgame 9.13 vs Liberty
Sunday, September 14
2025 BG Football Cinematic Recap at Cincinnati 9.6
Monday, September 08
