Joseph Ossai

DE · CIN/NYJ · 2022–2026

Born April 13, 2000 · College Texas · Drafted 2021, round 3, pick 69 (CIN) · 6-4, 253 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2022	CIN	13	17	3.5	10	2	1	0
2022 playoffs	CIN	2	6	0.0	3	1	2	0
2023	CIN	10	10	1.0	7	1	1	0
2024	CIN	17	46	5.0	15	4	1	2
2025	CIN	14	43	5.0	12	9	0	2
2026	NYJ	2	9	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	NYJ	56	125	14.5	44	16	3	4

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2022	CIN	16	–	–	326	31.9
2022 playoffs	CIN	3	–	–	83	41.3
2023	CIN	14	–	–	175	20.2
2024	CIN	17	–	–	563	50.4
2025	CIN	14	–	–	608	67.6

Game logs

2026 game log (2 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
3	2026-09-27	@ DET	L 24–31	2	0.0	0	0
4	2026-10-04	@ CHI	L 12–23	7	0.0	0	0

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2025-09-07	@ CLE	W 17–16	1	0.0
2	2025-09-14	vs JAX	W 31–27	2	0.0
3	2025-09-21	@ MIN	L 10–48	1	1.0
4	2025-09-29	@ DEN	L 3–28	1	0.0
5	2025-10-05	vs DET	L 24–37	4	1.0
6	2025-10-12	@ GB	L 18–27	4	0.0
7	2025-10-16	vs PIT	W 33–31	2	0.0
8	2025-10-26	vs NYJ	L 38–39	4	0.0
9	2025-11-02	vs CHI	L 42–47	3	1.0
11	2025-11-16	@ PIT	L 12–34	3	0.0
12	2025-11-23	vs NE	L 20–26	6	0.0
13	2025-11-27	@ BAL	W 32–14	4	2.0
14	2025-12-07	@ BUF	L 34–39	5	0.0
15	2025-12-14	vs BAL	L 0–24	3	0.0

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs NE	L 10–16	2	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ KC	L 25–26	1	0.0	0
3	2024-09-23	vs WAS	L 33–38	2	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ CAR	W 34–24	4	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs BAL	L 38–41 OT	2	0.0	0
6	2024-10-13	@ NYG	W 17–7	3	0.0	0
7	2024-10-20	@ CLE	W 21–14	4	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs PHI	L 17–37	0	0.0	0
9	2024-11-03	vs LV	W 41–24	1	0.0	0
10	2024-11-07	@ BAL	L 34–35	3	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ LAC	L 27–34	3	1.0	0
13	2024-12-01	vs PIT	L 38–44	3	1.0	0
14	2024-12-09	@ DAL	W 27–20	3	1.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ TEN	W 37–27	1	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs CLE	W 24–6	5	1.0	0
17	2024-12-28	vs DEN	W 30–24 OT	8	0.5	1
18	2025-01-04	@ PIT	W 19–17	1	0.5	0

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
4	2023-10-01	@ TEN	L 3–27	1	0.0	0
5	2023-10-08	@ ARI	W 34–20	1	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs SEA	W 17–13	1	0.0	0
9	2023-11-05	vs BUF	W 24–18	0	0.0	0
11	2023-11-16	@ BAL	L 20–34	1	0.0	0
13	2023-12-04	@ JAX	W 34–31 OT	1	1.0	0
14	2023-12-10	vs IND	W 34–14	1	0.0	0
15	2023-12-16	vs MIN	W 27–24 OT	1	0.0	0
17	2023-12-31	@ KC	L 17–25	0	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs CLE	W 31–14	3	0.0	1

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2022-09-18	@ DAL	L 17–20	1	0.0	0
3	2022-09-25	@ NYJ	W 27–12	1	0.0	0
4	2022-09-29	vs MIA	W 27–15	1	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ NO	W 30–26	0	0.0	0
7	2022-10-23	vs ATL	W 35–17	1	1.0	0
8	2022-10-31	@ CLE	L 13–32	3	0.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ PIT	W 37–30	1	0.0	0
12	2022-11-27	@ TEN	W 20–16	1	0.0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs KC	W 27–24	1	1.0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs CLE	W 23–10	0	0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ TB	W 34–23	2	0.0	1
16	2022-12-24	@ NE	W 22–18	1	0.5	0
18	2023-01-08	vs BAL	W 27–16	4	1.0	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs BAL	W 24–17	1	0.0	1
P21	2023-01-29	@ KC	L 20–23	5	0.0	1