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Joel Osborn has led the program to an overall record of 38-12 in four full seasons with three straight Heart South Championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The team finished the 2024 season ranked third in the NAIA. His Ravens also earned the Heart of America Athletic Conference Musco Team Sportsmanship Award in 2022 and again in 2023. 

Coach Osborn was officially introduced as the next head football coach for the Raven Football program on Jan. 19, 2021. He became the fifth head coach in the modern era of Benedictine College football, which began with the reinstatement of the team in 1973.

Individual

• 13 NAIA All-American selections including 2024 unanimous 1^st-team All-American Jacob Gathright
• 80 All-Conference selections including 48 1^st-team selections (5 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 15 in 2023, 16 in 2024)
• 3 Conference Players of the Year (2021 Jalen James LB, 2022 Garrett Kettle QB, 2024 Jackson Dooley QB)
• 2 Conference MVPs (2022 Garrett Kettle QB, 2024 Jacob Gathright WR)
• 1 Cliff Harris Award Finalist (2021 Jalen James LB) (best small college defensive player)
• 2022 and 2024 Coach Osborn HAAC South Coach of the Year
• 2022 Coach Koch HAAC South Assistant Coach of the Year
• 2022 Coach Papageorgiou NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year
• 2023 Reed Levi AFCA Allstate Good Works Team
• 5 Players signed professional contracts (Chim Okorafor played for UFL Michigan Panthers in 2024 and 2025)

Academics

• 45 NAIA Scholar-Athletes (7 in 2021, 8 in 2022, 12 in 2023, 18 in 2024)
• 2.83 Team GPA in 2024

Offense

• 2021 led the HAAC in scoring (7^th in NAIA) 
• 2021 led the HAAC in 3^rd down percentage (7^th in NAIA)
• 2021 finished 8^th in the NAIA in passing TDs
• 2022 led the HAAC in scoring and rush TDs
• 2022 Garrett Kettle finished 4^th in the NAIA in pass TDs and set school single-season records for total offense and passing yards
• 2022 finished 9^th in the NAIA in scoring, 7^th in passing yards, and 8^th in red zone scoring
• 2022 Jacob Gathright finished 5^th  in the NAIA in receiving yards
• 2022 set school records in completions, passing yards, and passing TDs
• 2023 led the HAAC in total yards (7th in NAIA)
• 2023 led the HAAC in rush yards per game
• 2023 finished 9^th in the NAIA in scoring
• 2023 finished 7^th in the NAIA in total yards
• 2023 Jackson Dooley finished 5^th in the NAIA in passing TDs
• 2023 Jacob Gathright finished 8^th  in the NAIA in receiving TDs
• 2024 Jacob Gathright finished 6^th in the NAIA in receiving TDs, 3^rd in receiving yards, and broke the school records for all-time receiving yards and single-season receiving yards
• 2024 Jackson Dooley set new school records in passing yards (2^nd in the NAIA) and passing TDs (4^th nationally)
• 2024 finished 6^th in the NAIA in scoring and 3^rd in total yards

Defense

• 2022 finished 3^rd in NAIA in takeaways
• 2022 finished 4^th in NAIA in sacks
• 2022 Joel Mewis led all NCAA and NAIA players with 239 interception return yards
• 2023 finished 4^th in NAIA in sacks
• 2024 finished 2^nd in NAIA in sacks, takeaways, and interceptions

Special Teams

• 2021 led the HAAC in blocked kicks (T-6^th NAIA)
• 2022 led the HAAC in blocked kicks (T-4^th NAIA)
• 2022 led the HAAC in KOR average (5^th NAIA) 
• 2023 tied for the NAIA lead in blocked kicks
• 2023 finished 4^th in NAIA in punt average
• 2023 finished 5^th in NAIA in punt return average
• 2023 led the HAAC in kickoff average (4^th NAIA)
• 2023 led the HAAC in KOR average (9^th NAIA)
• 2024 Harry Balke became the highest-scoring player in program history