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Jersey Number 93
Jarrell Owens
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Palestine, TX
- High School:
- Palestine
Bio
Pronounced juh-RELL
2018 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
An effective performer off the edge who showed the ability to make plays at key moments.
2018 (Senior): Earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as voted by the league’s coaches ... Set single-season career highs with 31 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, six sacks and five quarterback hurries ... His 0.46 sacks per game ranked him ninth in the Big 12 ... Played in all 13 games, starting 12 ... Set a career high with six tackles against Iowa State ... Had two sacks in the Cowboys’ win over No. 17 Boise State and added sacks against TCU, Baylor, Iowa State and Missouri State, respectively ... Logged two tackles for loss against Boise State, Iowa State and Baylor and had 1.5 tackles for loss against TCU ... Added a tackle for loss against Texas and Missouri State and assisted on a tackle for loss in wins over No. 7 West Virginia, Missouri and South Alabama ... Served as a game captain against Kansas ... Helped the Cowboys rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, tackles for loss and red zone defense.
2017 (Junior): Was slowed by injury, but still played in all 13 games, totaling six solo tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... Added two pass break ups and four quarterback hurries ... Had a sack for a loss of three yards in OSU’s win at Iowa State ... Had two tackles for loss in OSU’s win at South Alabama.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games and started 12 ... Credited with 25 tackles, which included 17 solo tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss ... Did his best work down the stretch, as he had at least three tackles in three of his last four games ... Made at least one tackle in 11 games, including a career-best five at Oklahoma and four against Colorado in the Cowboys’ win over the 10th-ranked Buffaloes in the Alamo Bowl ... His 2.5 sacks were the fourth-most on the team ... Made one sack in each of the first two games and another half sack vs. Iowa State ... Had a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss in the season opener ... Part of one of the most memorable plays of the year as he gained 29 interception return yards after receiving a lateral from Vincent Taylor, who received a lateral from Jordan Sterns, who intercepted a pass after it bounced off of a Kansas receiver ... That play was nominated for the Piesman Trophy.
2015 (Freshman): A regular contributor in the defensive end rotation who played in every game ... Finished with 11 tackles and eight solo stops ... Added 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and a forced fumble ... His first career tackle was a third-down sack at a critical juncture in the fourth quarter of OSU’s win over Texas in Austin ... Sacked Trevone Boykin for a 10-yard loss in OSU’s 49-29 win over No. 5 TCU ... Had another critical fourth-quarter sack that forced a fumble and turnover to seal OSU’s win at TTU.
2014: Redshirt.
High School: Coached by Lance Angel … Played primarily at running back, finishing his senior year with 81 carries for 678 yards and six touchdowns and 14 receptions for 232 yards and two touchdowns … Also tallied 23 tackles, six tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … Honorable mention all-East Texas, first team all-district and Waco Tribune top 50 Texas recruit as a senior … Second team all-district as a junior … Was a TCU commit before switching to OSU … A four-star recruit on Scout.com and the No. 37 defensive end prospect in the nation .... Played basketball, averaging nine points and five rebounds per game … Also offered by Texas Tech, Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State and recruited by Baylor, Iowa and Oklahoma.
Personal: Jarrell Owens was born Oct. 11, 1994 ... Son of Shelley Carter ... University studies/agricultural sciences and natural resources major.
2018 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
An effective performer off the edge who showed the ability to make plays at key moments.
2018 (Senior): Earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as voted by the league’s coaches ... Set single-season career highs with 31 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, six sacks and five quarterback hurries ... His 0.46 sacks per game ranked him ninth in the Big 12 ... Played in all 13 games, starting 12 ... Set a career high with six tackles against Iowa State ... Had two sacks in the Cowboys’ win over No. 17 Boise State and added sacks against TCU, Baylor, Iowa State and Missouri State, respectively ... Logged two tackles for loss against Boise State, Iowa State and Baylor and had 1.5 tackles for loss against TCU ... Added a tackle for loss against Texas and Missouri State and assisted on a tackle for loss in wins over No. 7 West Virginia, Missouri and South Alabama ... Served as a game captain against Kansas ... Helped the Cowboys rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, tackles for loss and red zone defense.
2017 (Junior): Was slowed by injury, but still played in all 13 games, totaling six solo tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss ... Added two pass break ups and four quarterback hurries ... Had a sack for a loss of three yards in OSU’s win at Iowa State ... Had two tackles for loss in OSU’s win at South Alabama.
2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games and started 12 ... Credited with 25 tackles, which included 17 solo tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss ... Did his best work down the stretch, as he had at least three tackles in three of his last four games ... Made at least one tackle in 11 games, including a career-best five at Oklahoma and four against Colorado in the Cowboys’ win over the 10th-ranked Buffaloes in the Alamo Bowl ... His 2.5 sacks were the fourth-most on the team ... Made one sack in each of the first two games and another half sack vs. Iowa State ... Had a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss in the season opener ... Part of one of the most memorable plays of the year as he gained 29 interception return yards after receiving a lateral from Vincent Taylor, who received a lateral from Jordan Sterns, who intercepted a pass after it bounced off of a Kansas receiver ... That play was nominated for the Piesman Trophy.
2015 (Freshman): A regular contributor in the defensive end rotation who played in every game ... Finished with 11 tackles and eight solo stops ... Added 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, a pass breakup and a forced fumble ... His first career tackle was a third-down sack at a critical juncture in the fourth quarter of OSU’s win over Texas in Austin ... Sacked Trevone Boykin for a 10-yard loss in OSU’s 49-29 win over No. 5 TCU ... Had another critical fourth-quarter sack that forced a fumble and turnover to seal OSU’s win at TTU.
2014: Redshirt.
High School: Coached by Lance Angel … Played primarily at running back, finishing his senior year with 81 carries for 678 yards and six touchdowns and 14 receptions for 232 yards and two touchdowns … Also tallied 23 tackles, six tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … Honorable mention all-East Texas, first team all-district and Waco Tribune top 50 Texas recruit as a senior … Second team all-district as a junior … Was a TCU commit before switching to OSU … A four-star recruit on Scout.com and the No. 37 defensive end prospect in the nation .... Played basketball, averaging nine points and five rebounds per game … Also offered by Texas Tech, Louisiana-Monroe and Texas State and recruited by Baylor, Iowa and Oklahoma.
Personal: Jarrell Owens was born Oct. 11, 1994 ... Son of Shelley Carter ... University studies/agricultural sciences and natural resources major.
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