Jake O'Connell in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Miami (OH), 2004–⁠08

Jake O’Connell

Hometown
Naples, FL
Born
Nov 6, 1985, in Naples, Florida

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Jake O’Connell played tight end at Miami (OH) (2004–⁠08). The Kansas City Chiefs took O’Connell in round 7, No. 237 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
258
Receiving yards, 2008 (Miami (OH), 2–⁠10)
Drafted
No. 237
Round 7, 2009 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006Miami (OH)7436.1211
2007‡Miami (OH)1010010.0120
2008Miami (OH)2525810.3030
Career424019.5330

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2007 (Oct 20 at Temple): the source has no box score for it.

Game by game

2008 Miami (OH) 10 games, 25 catches, 258 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 28vs.VanderbiltL 13–⁠34361030
Sep 6atMichiganL 6–⁠161303
Sep 13vs.Charleston SouthernW 38–⁠27215011
Sep 20atCincinnatiL 20–⁠45111011
Oct 4vs.TempleL 10–⁠28546015
Oct 11atNorthern IllinoisL 13–⁠171505
Nov 4atBuffaloL 17–⁠37430012
Nov 11vs.Ball StateL 16–⁠31122022
Nov 21atToledoL 14–⁠42222011
Nov 28vs.OhioL 26–⁠41543019
2007 Miami (OH) 5 games, 10 catches, 100 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 15vs.CincinnatiL 10–⁠471909
Sep 29vs.SyracuseW 17–⁠141505
Oct 6atKent StateW 20–⁠13231120
Nov 14vs.AkronW 7–⁠0441017
Nov 24atOhioL 29–⁠3821407

No box score in the source for Oct 20 at Temple, so that game is not listed.

2006 Miami (OH) 6 games, 7 catches, 43 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 9atPurdueL 31–⁠381212
Sep 23atSyracuseL 14–⁠341707
Oct 14atBuffaloW 38–⁠311111
Oct 21atAkronL 13–⁠24221011
Nov 15atBowling GreenW 9–⁠71707
Nov 24vs.OhioL 24–⁠341505

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

In the NFL

4 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2009Kansas City Chiefs4–00
2010Kansas City Chiefs8200
2011Kansas City Chiefs7–00
2012Kansas City Chiefs2100
NFL career21300

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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