Defensive back, Iowa State, 2008–⁠10

Michael O’Connell

Number
No. 37
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Iowa City, IA

Michael O’Connell played defensive back at Iowa State (2008–⁠10).

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2008*Iowa State10770
2009Iowa State2120
Career12890

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Iowa State1
2010Iowa State1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
20089156210000
2009132023431121
2010122732590.5121
On file62611231.5242

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Iowa State37DB
2009Iowa State37DB
2010Iowa State37DB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Iowa State 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultPRYdsInt
Oct 23atTexasW 28–⁠21––1
2009 Iowa State 3 games, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultPRYdsInt
Sep 26vs.ArmyW 31–⁠1016–
Oct 24atNebraskaW 9–⁠7––1
Nov 14vs.ColoradoW 17–⁠1016–
2008 Iowa State 6 games, 10 returns, 77 yards
DateOpponentResultPRYdsInt
Aug 28vs.South Dakota StateW 44–⁠17116–
Sep 6vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠28121–
Sep 13atIowaL 5–⁠1710–
Sep 20atUNLVL 31–⁠34325–
Oct 4vs.KansasL 33–⁠35315–
Oct 11atBaylorL 10–⁠3810–

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

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