Joseph Ossai stats

Jets

Defensive End · #46

Age 26 · 6' 4" · 253 lbs

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Joseph Ossai recorded 9 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 3 games of 2026 for the New York Jets. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
3
TOT
9
SOLO
5
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022CIN16176113.5010
2023CIN1410641.0010
2024CIN174626205.0012
2025CIN144321225.0002
2026NYJ39540.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
64
TOT
125
SOLO
64
AST
61
SACK
14.5
INT
0
PD
3
FF
4

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
6
SOLO
4
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
0

Per game

GP
3
TOT
3
SOLO
1.7
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2022CIN161.10.40.70.200.10.0
2023CIN140.70.40.30.100.10.0
2024CIN172.71.51.20.300.10.1
2025CIN143.11.51.60.400.00.1
2026NYJ33.01.71.30.000.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
64
TOT
2.0
SOLO
1
AST
1.0
SACK
0.2
INT
0
PD
0.0
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
26 yearsApr 12, 2000
Height
6' 4"
Weight
253 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Conroe, TX
Draft
2021Rd 3, Pk 69
College
Texas
Salary
$12.5 million2026

Latest performance

Joseph Ossai

Oct 11 · vs CLE · W 17-12

TOT
0
SOLO
0
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

45% of his club's defensive snaps a game (107 in 3 games); 32% in week 5.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
3DET2843%0
4CHI5761%5
5CLE2232%2

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Joseph Ossai has been on the NFL’s game-status report 7 weeks since 2026, ruled out 6 times.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202661Ankle, Foot

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2021 NFL combine

LB, 6'3", 256 lb · Texas

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.63s66th
Vertical jump41.5"98th
Broad jump10' 11"97th
Bench press (225 lb)19 reps20th

Percentile: the share of LBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2021 combine

Games

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vs BUFSun, Nov 15

vs BUF since 2023

3
GP
5
TOT
4
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 11vsCLEW 17-120000
Sun, Oct 04atCHIL 23-127500
Sun, Sep 27atDETL 31-242000
Sun, Dec 14vsBALL 24-03000
Sun, Dec 07atBUFL 39-345400
Thu, Nov 27atBALW 32-144320

What are Joseph Ossai's career stats?

Joseph Ossai has played 5 seasons for the Bengals and the Jets. He has recorded 125 tackles and 14.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2024: 46 tackles and 5.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 8 vs DEN on Dec 28, 2024, W 30-24 OT
  • Sacks: 2 @ BAL on Nov 27, 2025, W 32-14
Joseph Ossai's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202562.0
202481.0
202331.0
202241.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2022.

Joseph Ossai college stats

Joseph Ossai played 3 seasons at Texas Longhorns (2018 to 2020): 164 tackles, 11 sacks and 2 interceptions.

defensive

Joseph Ossai's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2018Texas Longhorns20137011000
2019Texas Longhorns9061291512240
2020Texas Longhorns542529253000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Joseph Ossai's college game log.

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Playoff games

Joseph Ossai played 3 games across 1 NFL postseason — 2 won, 1 lost.

Joseph Ossai's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2022BALW 24-1710.00
2022BUFW 27-1000.00
2022KCL 23-2050.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.