AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Football junior JACK Joseph Ossai was selected as a second-team All-American by Sporting News this week. It is the fourth All-America honor for Ossai this season, having also earned first-team honors from the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America, and second-team recognition from the American Football Coaches Association.
Ossai served as a team captain and started all nine games of the regular season for the Longhorns. In that time, he recorded 55 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss – the most in the Big 12 and second-most nationally at the end of the regular season – five sacks, three forced fumbles, one recovery, two pass breakups and two quarterback hurries.