Player Dossier

2018-2020

Texas

Joseph Ossai

LB • 6'4" • 253 lbs • Conroe, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joseph Ossai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

96

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

Joseph Ossai built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a linebacker from Conroe, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Joseph Ossai's career was his defensive production: 165...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9257

Oak Ridge · Conroe, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 69
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Joseph Ossai, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Texas. Joseph Ossai shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
165
TFL
30
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Joseph Ossai quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas · LB
Career Tackles
165
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Texas
Top game
Oklahoma State
Recruit profile
4-star · Oak Ridge · Texas
High school pipeline
Oak Ridge · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 5 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 46 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
55 tackles · LB 148th (top 14%) · Big 12 24th (top 6%) · National 233rd (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonTexas78-0--013.7
2018 Regular SeasonTexas71211--013.7
2019 PostseasonTexas13963--073.9
2019 Regular SeasonTexas13817.5291073.9
2020 Regular SeasonTexas95515.55.522067.6

Related Context

Joseph Ossai played LB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joseph Ossai recorded 165 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Texas paired 30.5 primary output with 49.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 48.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Texas

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

48.2

Usage

14

Consistency

40

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 1.5. Texas Tech: 2. TCU: 5.5. Oklahoma: 2.5. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 9. West Virginia: 1. Iowa State: 0.5. Kansas State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 8 by 48.3. Texas Tech: 2 by 28.3. TCU: 11 by 95.8. Oklahoma: 10 by 66.7. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 12 by 100. West Virginia: 3 by 22.5. Iowa State: 3 by 17.5. Kansas State: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.8 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses2.8 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 12/5@ Kansas StateSplash gameW 69-3133210
Fri 11/27vs Iowa StateL 20-23300.5000
Sat 11/7vs West VirginiaW 17-1332100
Sat 10/31@ Oklahoma State10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 41-34127630
Sat 10/24vs BaylorW 27-1632000
Sat 10/10@ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash gameL 45-5310620.500
Sat 10/3vs TCU10+ tackles · Splash gameL 31-331123.5010
Sat 9/26@ Texas TechSplash gameW 63-5621002
Sun 9/13vs UTEPW 59-3820.5000

Player Story

Joseph Ossai story

Joseph Ossai built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a linebacker from Conroe, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Joseph Ossai's career was his defensive production: 165 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Joseph Ossai's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Texas

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonTexas214.83.5
2018 Regular SeasonTexas214.83.50
2019 PostseasonTexas30.549.216.128.5
2019 Regular SeasonTexas30.549.216.10
2020 Regular SeasonTexas2548.214-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oklahoma State

Week 9 · W 41-34 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

9 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah

Week 1 · W 38-10 · Postseason

9

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

vs TCU

Week 5 · L 31-33 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Oklahoma

Week 7 · L 27-34 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

79.6 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 12 · W 24-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Texas

30.5 primary output · 49.2 efficiency · 16.1 usage

73.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Texas

73.9

30.5 primary · 49.2 efficiency · 16.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Texas

67.6

25 primary · 48.2 efficiency · 14 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

13

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games