Austin Osborne

#18 · WR · Sr. · Bowling Green6′2″ · 205 lb · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · Mission Viejo

Austin Osborne: WR · Bowling Green · #18.

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Austin Osborne

WR · Bowling Green · Sr · #18

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Chris Petersen and Scot Loeffler. A game that shows it: 59 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Buffalo — Week 7, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Bowling Green	29	302	10.4	0	42
2022	Bowling Green	2	19	9.5	0	10
2021	Bowling Green	64	546	8.5	2	36
2019	Washington	1	−2	−2.0	0	−2
Career		96	865	9.0	2	42

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 24-30vs Minnesota	1	8	8.0	8
Total		29	302	10.4	42

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 · T. Keith — 6 rec · 123 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Toledo · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 28 yds to the TOL 43 for a
Week 1 · Liberty · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 12 yds to the BGSU 47 for a
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 10 yds to the GT 27 for a
Week 2 · Eastern Illinois · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.08Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 19 yds to the EIU 35 for a
Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +1.92Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 15 yds to the GT 30 for a
Week 2 · Eastern Illinois · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 27 yds to the EIU 1 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.75Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 4 yds to the BGSU 47 for a
Week 7 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Camden Orth pass complete to Austin Osborne for 42 yds to the BUFF 7 for a
Week 4 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.42Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 16 yds to the BGSU 41 for a
Week 10 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.41Connor Bazelak pass complete to Austin Osborne for 23 yds to the BALL 32 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 35 (#371 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

35Below cohort / limited sample #371 of 497 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road6g	2.2	21.7	9.0	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

2023 season

Head Coach

Scot Loeffler

Pass share

46.0%

356 pass / 418 run

Plays / game

59.5

13 games

Team sack rate

7.2%

377 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

29 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

35 · #371 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Austin Osborne

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Style of play

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

29 catches in 12 games

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2018

2021 12 games