{"id":260243,"date":"2025-11-04T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260243\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:00:08","slug":"from-north-alabama-to-cfl-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260243\/","title":{"rendered":"From North Alabama to CFL Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205476\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-03-at-6.58.22-PM-1024x571.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former North Alabama standout\u00a0Joseph Ossai\u00a0has quickly become a rising star in the\u00a0CFL, showcasing the same relentless motor and versatility that made him a force in college. Since making the jump to the professional level, Ossai has evolved into one of the league\u2019s most disruptive defensive playmakers \u2014 consistently pressuring quarterbacks, defending the run, and setting the tone for his defense. His journey from North Alabama to CFL stardom is a testament to his work ethic, adaptability, and passion for the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NFL-Draft-Diaminds_Hula-Bowl.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Facebook<br \/>\nTwitter<br \/>\nLinkedIn<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Former North Alabama standout\u00a0Joseph Ossai\u00a0has quickly become a rising star in the\u00a0CFL, showcasing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-260243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}