Kassim Osgood

Kassim A. Osgood (born May 20, 1980) is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at San Diego State and Cal Poly.

He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Early years
Osgood was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Salinas, California, where he graduated from North Salinas High School. Osgood played in Jaycees All-Star game at Salinas High School in 1998. He scored 2 touchdowns in the game and the East beat the west by the largest margin in the history of the series 37-0, and this record still stands today.

College career
While wearing #1 for San Diego State, Osgood was named first-team All-Mountain West Conference in 2002 when he ranked second in the nation with 108 catches and fourth in nation with average of 119.4 yards per game for total of 1,552 yards. He and teammate J. R. Tolver combined to set NCAA records for receiving yards in a season by teammates with 3,337 yards and catches with 236. Kassim was also a Division I-AA All-America at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo before transferring to play for the San Diego State Aztecs. at Cal Poly-SLO, he led the nation in receiving yards as sophomore while ranking second in receiving yards per game and sixth in catches per game. Kassim set an NCAA I-AA record with 376 yards receiving in a game against Northern Iowa. Kassim earned his degree in Sociology.

San Diego Chargers
Osgood was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He saw some playing time in his first two seasons with the team, playing in all 16 games and catching two touchdowns each season. However, his time on the field has decreased since after the 2004 season and since then he has become primarily a special teams player. With TE Antonio Gates as the top target, the development of Vincent Jackson and Malcom Floyd (both similar receivers to Osgood) and the selection of LSU's Craig Davis in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft, Osgood's opportunities had become limited.

Prior to the 2006 season, he signed a four-year extension and assumed he would become a bigger part of the offense, but that did not happen. Osgood expressed frustration with his role in San Diego and remarked "I'm going to be a great receiver some day – probably not in San Diego."

Osgood was named as a member of the 2007 Pro Bowl, 2008 Pro Bowl, and 2010 Pro Bowl squads, each time as the AFC special teams representative.

Jacksonville Jaguars
On March 6, 2010, Osgood signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars to a three-year, $6.675 million contract, with a $2.2 million signing bonus.

Osgood was released by the Jaguars on March 13, 2012.

Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions signed Osgood on August 22, 2012.

Personal
In 2007, Osgood made a cameo appearance as a Marine in the first season finale of the CBS drama Jericho.