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  Nick Osborn
Nick Osborn

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Kensington, Calif.

High School:
Berkeley St. Mary's High

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 260

Position:
Defensive Lineman

Birthdate:
11/21/1984

Experience:
3L

A returning starter for the Aztecs on the defensive side of the ball ... Has the size and strength to play tackle and the speed and athleticism to be a defensive end ... Started all 12 games at defensive tackle in 2005, but moved back outside as a junior ... Has at least one tackle in each of his last 26 outings ... SDSU scholar-athlete for the spring semester 2006.

2006: A Mountain West Conference honorable mention pick ... Started all 12 contests ... Had five tackles, including two for a loss of seven yards, against UTEP ... Five stops at Wisconsin ... Recovered a fumble and added six tackles in the loss to Utah ... Recovered a fumble for the second straight outing at SJSU, adding a sack for a loss of five yards and six tackles ... Three stops and blocked an extra point at BYU ... Made a season-high seven tackles and forced his first career fumble in the loss to Cal Poly ...Six stops and his first career PBU at Wyoming ... Four tackles against UNLV and three at TCU ... Five stops, including one for a loss, at New Mexico ... Six tackles in the finale with Colorado State.

2005: Started all 12 games ... Ended up with a career-best 47 tackles with 3.5 for loss ... Tallied a pair of sacks, tied for third on the team ... Had a breakout game at Utah, recording his first two career sacks and logging a career-high 10 tackles ... Recorded seven tackles (three solo) at UNLV ... Recovered his first career fumble in the win over BYU, returning it seven yards to set up an SDSU touchdown ... Chipped in with eight tackles at Air Force ... First career start versus UCLA.

2004: His debut was delayed by an elbow injury ... Saw his first action in the third game of the season against Nevada ... Had three tackles at Brigham Young and in the season finale against UNLV ... Was credited with a half-tackle for a loss at BYU ... Ended the season with eight tackles.

2003: Redshirted his first year on campus.

High School: Played tackle and tight end on offense and tackle on defense during his career ... Credited with 84 tackles and 7.5 sacks as a senior and caught 10 passes for 190 yards as a tight end ... Was his team's defensive MVP and voted most inspirational player ... Was an all-league selection and a top 20 player in the area, according to the West County Times ... Was an honor roll student ... Earned three varsity letters in soccer and one in track.

Personal: Born Nov. 21, 1984, in Berkeley, Calif. ... Son of John and Marcia Osborn ... Is a biology major and would like to pursue a career in DNA research ... His older brother, Martin, played football at Colorado State.

Osborn's Career Statistics

Career Statistics	    G	UA-AT-TT	TFL-Yds.	Sacks	Int.	PD	FF	FR
2004	               8	4-4-8	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
2005	              12	16-31-47	3.5-16	2.0-11	0	0	0	1-7
2006	              12	28-30-58	4.5-14	1.0-5	0	1	1	2-0

Totals 32 48-65-133 8.5-31 3.0-16 0 1 1 3-7

Career Highs:

Osborn GAME-By-GAME

		G	        UA-AT-TT	TFL-Yds.	Sacks	Int.	PBU	FF	FR
Idaho St. (9/4/04)				DNP
at Mich. (9/18/04)				DNP
Nevada (9/25/04)	1		0-0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at UCLA (10/2/04)	1		1-0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at WYO (10/9/04)	1		0-1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
CSU (10/16/04)	1		0-0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at UNM (10/23/04)	1		0-0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Utah (10/30/04)	1		0-0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
at BYU (11/6/04)	1		2-1-3	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
at AFA (11/13/04)				DNP
UNLV (11/20/04)	1		1-2-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0

UCLA (9/3/05) 1 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 at AFA (9/10/05) 1 2-6-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 at OSU (9/17/05) 1 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 SJSU (9/24/05) 1 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 BYU (10/1/05) 1 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1-7 at UNLV (10/8/05) 1 3-4-7 0.5-2 0 0 0 0 0 at Utah (10/15/05) 1 3-7-10 2.0-11 2.0-11 0 0 0 0 UNM (10/22/05) 1 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 TCU (10/29/05) 1 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 at CSU (11/12/05) 1 1-5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 WYO (11/19/05) 1 2-0-2 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 0 at UH (12/3/05) 1 0-2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0

UTEP (8/31/06)* 1 2-3-5 1.5-6 0-0 0 0 0 0 at Wisconsin (9/16/06) 1 2-3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 UTAH (9/23/06) 1 3-3-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-0 at SJSU (9/23/06) 1 2-4-6 1.0-5 1.0-5 0 0 0 1-0 at BYU (10/7/06) 1 0-3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 AFA (10/21/06) 1 2-0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 CAL POLY (10/28/06) 1 6-1-7 1.0-7 0-0 0 0 1 0 at WYO (11/4/06) 1 1-5-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 UNLV (11/11/06) 1 2-2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 at TCU (11/18/06) 1 2-1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 at UNM (11/25/06) 1 2-3-5 1.0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 CSU (12/2/06) 1 4-2-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0