AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Football junior JACK Joseph Ossai earned National Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Tuesday. He is the first Longhorn to earn the Bednarik Award and Nagurski Trophy's weekly honors since 2014.
Ossai recorded the best game of his collegiate career to date on Saturday, logging 12 tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery – all career-high marks – in Texas' come-from-behind road win over No. 6/6 Oklahoma State. It was the Longhorns' first road win over a top-10 opponent since 2010.