#18

Austin Osborne

Senior wide receiver for Bowling Green. 2023: 29 catches, 302 receiving yards.

WR · Bowling Green · Sr. · #18

6′2″ · 205 lb · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

CFB Index 35 · #371 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceBowling Green 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 212 nationally · Signed with Washington

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Bowling Green. 2023: 29 catches, 302 receiving yards.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Washington in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Bowling Green, 865 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 79 yds vs Ohio.Ohio · W 21-102021

2018

Signed with Washington4-star out of Mission Viejo

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#212 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

2021–2023

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Washington8-5HC: Chris Petersen · Balanced

2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #371 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#431 / 639 · 33rd pct

10.3%

Yards / catch#446 / 639 · 30th pct

10.5

Catch rate#510 / 639 · 20th pct

71.8%

EPA / target#570 / 639 · 11th pct

0.33

TD rate#532 / 639 · 8th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#284 / 566 · 49th pct

Long catch#346 / 566 · 37th pct

Rec yards#371 / 566 · 34th pct

302

Yards / catch#451 / 566 · 20th pct

10.4

Rec TDs#503 / 566 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.0	32.8	9.7	0.0
Road7g	2.0	19.7	8.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	28.9	10.8	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	20.0	6.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #371 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #371 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Bowling Green	29	302	10.4	0	--
2022	Bowling Green	2	19	9.5	0	--
2021	Bowling Green	64	546	8.5	2	--
2019	Washington	1	-2	-2.0	0	--
Career		96	865	9.0	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 38–15

vs Eastern Illinois

4 rec · 56 yds

Dominant 23-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.

With C. Bazelak — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · T. Keith — 4 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Toledo · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 28 yds to the TOL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Liberty · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 12 yds to the BGSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 10 yds to the GT 27 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Eastern Illinois · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 19 yds to the EIU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +1.92Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 15 yds to the GT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Eastern Illinois · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 27 yds to the EIU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 4 yds to the BGSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 42 yds to the BUFF 7 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 16 yds to the BGSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Ball State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.41Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 23 yds to the BALL 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-34@ Liberty	2	15	7.5	12
Wk 2	W 38-15vs Eastern Illinois	4	56	14.0	27
Wk 4	L 7-38vs Ohio	2	24	12.0	16
Wk 5	W 38-27@ Georgia Tech	4	34	8.5	15
Wk 6	L 0-27@ Miami (OH)	1	6	6.0	6
Wk 7	W 24-14@ Buffalo	3	59	19.7	42	Season-high 59 yds
Wk 8	W 41-14vs Akron	1	2	2.0	2
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Ball State	4	34	8.5	23
Wk 11	W 49-19@ Kent State	1	8	8.0	8
Wk 12	L 31-32vs Toledo	4	48	12.0	28
Wk 13	W 34-10@ Western Michigan	2	8	4.0	5
Bowl	L 24-30@ Minnesota	1	8	8.0	8
Total		29	302	9.2	42

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology