Joseph Ossai

lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)

• Signed through2028Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$11,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$5,455,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2029 · VoidOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

1. 2025 · CIN · DE · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 2 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 2 FF
2. 2024 · CIN · DE · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved25 solo tkl · 1 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 2 FF
3. 2023 · CIN · DE · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 1 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
4. 2022 · CIN · DE · 13 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJStarted. · 2 tackles (0-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2020 · Texas · defensive55 tkl · 5.5 sackHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2019 · Texas · defensive90 tkl · 5 sackHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2018 · Texas · defensive20 tkl · 1 sackHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2021 · round 3 · pick 69 · CIN · Texas

1. 2021 Combine · LB · Texas · 6-3 · 256 lb40 4.63 · bench 19 · vert 41.5" · broad 131"drafted 2021 · round 3 · Cincinnati Bengals

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

• 2026-07-28 → 2026-08-11 · NYJ · Reserve/PUP · ended: activatedPlaced WR Tim Patrick on the active roster and edge Joseph Ossai on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.NYJ transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-08-11 · NYJMoved Edge Joseph Ossai to the active roster and removed him from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.
• 2026-07-28 · NYJPlaced WR Tim Patrick on the active roster and edge Joseph Ossai on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.
• 2026-03-12 · NYJSigned DL Joseph Ossai, DL Kingsley Enagabre, DL David Onyemata, S Dane Belton and CB Nahshon Wright.
• 2026-03-11 · CINThe contracts for the following 12 players expired, rendering them unrestricted free agents: S Tycen Anderson , LB Brian Asamoah II , TE Noah Fant , QB Joe Flacco , DE Trey Hendrickson , DE Joseph Ossai , G/C Lucas Patri

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 1 seasons started · career through 2025

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present