Personal
Zak is the son of Dianna and Steve DeOssie. Steve is a former NFL player who was a member of the Giants' Super Bowl XXV-winning team. As a result of the Giants' win in Super Bowl XLII, the DeOssies became the first father-son duo to win a Super Bowl as members of the same franchise. Growing up in North Andover, Massachusetts, DeOssie was a New England Patriots fan and served as a ball boy. He would later be on the Giants team that ended New England's undefeated run in Super Bowl XLII and afterwards on Super Bowl XLVI.
Zak has a twin sister, Christina who works at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and an older sister, Nichole. He is married to Kate Hammond DeOssie, whom he met at Brown.
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