AustinSheehan

Has two years of experience in practice … Good route runner and catches the ball well … Looking to earn his first playing time this season.

2013 (Redshirt Freshman): Continued to practice with the team.

2012 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Part of Highlands High School teams that won four straight state titles, including undefeated 15-0 seasons sophomore and senior years … Named first-team all-state and Lexington Herald Leader “Class of the Commonwealth” top-22 players in Kentucky … Selected to the All-Northern Kentucky Team and Cincinnati Enquirer Northern Kentucky All-Star Team … Three-year letterwinner and two-year starter … Career game came against Cincinnati Elder, when he had seven catches for 197 yards and a touchdown … Senior year stats featured 29 catches for 1,013 receiving yards with a nation-leading 34.9 yards per reception, while scoring eight touchdowns and returning two punts back for scores … Played for Coach Dale Mueller … Lettered two years as a centerfielder for the baseball team … Lettered one year in track, competing in the 100-meter dash.

Personal: Born in Ft. Thomas, Ky. … Son of Mike and Ivy Sheehan … Great grandfather, Jim McGovern, was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and also played high school basketball for Coach John Wooden … Plans to major in business management.

Community Cats: Assisted with Big Blue U Move-In (2012) … Volunteered at Special Olympics event (2013).

Austin Says … My nickname is: Ozzy … If I could talk to anyone on Skype, it would be: Jesus … My game-day superstition is: belt loop on the left side … The coolest thing about UK is: being able to go to school with all my friends … Something people might not know about me is: I kick with my left foot and write with my right hand.