Austin Novosad QB Bowling Green |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Scouting Report: Weaknesses

• Essentially no FBS body of work, just 15 career pass attempts
• Never won a starting job behind a deep Oregon depth chart
• Insufficient sample to grade any trait with confidence
• Unproven processing, accuracy and pocket poise at the college level
• First real evaluation window does not come until 2026 at Bowling Green

Scouting Report: Summary

Novosad was a four-star recruit and a prolific high-school passer, but his Oregon career amounted to mop-up duty behind a deep depth chart, just 15 career pass attempts across blowout wins. The throwing motion is clean and projectable, and the pedigree is real, but there is almost nothing on the FBS resume to evaluate.

He transferred to Bowling Green for 2026 to compete for a starting job, which would provide the first meaningful tape of his college career. There is real pedigree and a clean motion, but fifteen college attempts is not enough to project anything with confidence; a team would be betting entirely on the recruiting profile and the high-school production, and even an optimistic read makes him a multi-year developmental project whose first real tape comes in 2026.

The evaluation has to wait. With 15 career attempts he has essentially no body of work, he never won a job behind the Oregon starters, and his processing, accuracy and pocket poise are all unproven at the college level. The realistic projection is a pedigree-driven developmental flier, and his 2026 season at Bowling Green is the first real window to judge whether the high-school tools translate. Everything about his standing depends on what that first season of real tape shows. For now he is a name on a watch list rather than a gradable prospect.