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Mitchell Osborne
33   Mitchell Osborne

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Southlake, Texas

High School:
Southlake Carroll

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 210

Position:
Linebacker

Experience:
1L


03/02/2012

TULSA FOOTBALL PRE-SPRING DEFENSIVE OUTLOOK

TulsaHurricane.com goes position by position on defense

02/28/2012

TULSA SPRING FOOTBALL BEGINS MARCH 6

Key battles expected at quarterback, offensive line, tight end and middle linebacker

Tulsa - A returning letterwinner . . . 2010 - Was one of several true freshmen to earn a letter . . . played in all 13 games . . . saw most of his playing time on special teams . . . totaled 12 tackles, including 20 solos . . . was credited with a season-best four stops at Hawai'i in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl . . . also had three tackles against Tulane . . . had his first career tackle at Oklahoma State . . . was named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll . . . Overall - A very fast player . . . has great straight-ahead speed . . . provides versatility at the linebacker position . . . can provide depth at both the MIKE and WILL linebacker positions . . . missed part of spring drills with an injury.

High School - Was a three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Southlake Carroll High School . . . helped lead his team to the Bi-District Championship both as a junior and senior, and the Area Championship his sophomore campaign . . . had 206 career tackles, including 135 solos and 71 assists . . . was also credited with seven sacks, five forced fumbles and three interceptions in his career . . . was a first-team Dallas Morning News all-area selection his senior season . . . was ranked as the 119th top senior in Texas by Scout.com . . . played in the Max Emfinger All-American Bowl as a senior and returned an interception for a touchdown, while earning co-Defensive MVP honors . . . earned 6-5A All-District Team honors as a junior and senior . . . was credited with 102 total tackles, four sacks, three forced fumbles and three interceptions as a senior . . . totaled 104 stops and three sacks in his junior campaign . . . high school coach was Hal Wasson.

Personal - Favorite movie is Boondock Saints . . . his favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys, while his favorite NFL player is Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews . . . lists Remember the Titans and Any Given Sunday as his favorite football movies . . . the TV Game Show he would most like to appear on is "The Price is Right" . . . Comedy Central and the Discovery Channel are his two favorite TV channels . . . the person he would most like to meet, dead or alive, is Julius Caesar . . . the three words he uses to best describe himself are "loyalty, respect and trust" . . . his cousins, Scott Estes and Bobby Klink, played football at TU, while his great uncle Gene Estes was a basketball star at TU . . . parents are Dannie and Renee Osborne . . . his dad played football at New Mexico State and his mom played basketball at Cameron University . . . majoring in engineering . . . born October 2, 1991 in Fort Worth, Texas.