Vikings' KJ Osborn helped rescue man from burning car: 'Right place at the right time'

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When Minnesota Vikings wide receiver K.J. Osborn sat in his Uber in Austin, Texas, on Sunday night, he never thought he’d head home a hero. 

Osborn revealed on ESPN’s "The Adam Schefter Podcast" that he helped save a man from a burning car while on his ride home from a night out with friends on Sunday.

Osborn was in Austin training, and as his time there was coming to an end, he wanted to have a night out with his trainer, Detroit Lions running back D’Andre Swift and others before he moved on. But that fun night quickly turned into a dramatic scene when his Uber driver noticed a car crash that led to both of them springing to action to help the driver out of the burning vehicle. 

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K.J. Osborn #17 of the Minnesota Vikings warms up before the start of the game against the New York Giants at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 24, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings defeated the Giants 27-24. (David Berding/Getty Images)

"It’s a situation that I never imagined myself in a billion years," Osborn began to tell Schefter. "But I’m on my way home, I’m in the back of an Uber, and my head is down and I’m on my phone, just on my way home. My Uber driver just starts going crazy. He’s like, ‘Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!’ I look up, and I’m wondering what’s all the fuss about and there’s nobody on the street. He’s like, ‘This guy crashed,’ and I look to my right and there’s a car, if you were to picture it, under a bridge’s pillars. His car is head-on. He hit the pillar and his car is in flames."

"Initially, my Uber driver, who is also a hero – there was three other people there. All heroes. He got