K.J. Osborn, Miami Football News: Draft Scout Player News

04/17/20 - WR K.J. Osborn, Sr/2020, Miami

Some folks have their favorite song as a cellphone ringtone. K.J. Osborn has his dream. Since Osborn transferred to the University of Miami from Buffalo last year, every time the Hurricanes' 2019 leading receiver gets a text message, he is reminded of that dream. "It's the tune they play when someone gets picked in the NFL Draft,'' Osborn, 22, told the Miami Herald this week during a phone interview. "It goes like 'doo-doo-doo dooo-dooo doo-doo.' It never gets old. You know how people silence their phones during long group texts? I don't because I love hearing it." That Osborn sang the tune in almost perfect pitch was impressive. That he ends up on an NFL roster would be, for him, spectacular. Osborn is one of eight Hurricanes who were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine. All eight have a decent chance to be drafted, but the widely held projections have them selected in the third and final day of the draft on Saturday - rounds four through seven.

Osborn is the Hurricane who turned heads at the Combine. The thickly built 5-11 1/2, 203-pound graduate transfer impressed NFL personnel by running a 4.48-second 40 and bench-pressing 18 reps, sixth most among the 33 wide receivers who chose to lift. AT UM, Osborn started all 13 games last season and led the Canes in receptions (50), receiving yards (547), punt returns (16), punt-return yardage (225) and all-purpose yards (1,018). He likely would have had more receiving yardage had UM's quarterback position not fallen apart the last half of the season. He finished his career, including Buffalo, with 96 catches for 1,490 yards and 12 touchdowns. - Miami Herald

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