#16

Aidan O'Connell

Former quarterback at Purdue. 2022: 3,481 passing yards, 22 TD, 13 INT.

QB · Purdue · Sr. · #16

6′3″ · 210 lb · Lincolnshire, IL

CFB Index 62 · #38 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceLas Vegas — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 33, #135 overall

The story

Former quarterback at Purdue. 2022: 3,481 passing yards, 22 TD, 13 INT.

Drafted round 4 by the Las Vegas in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 9,208 passing yards — drafted at #135 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202111 games

All-Big Tensecond

202212 games

All-Big Tensecond

2023

Drafted by Las Vegasround 4, pick 135

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Purdue

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #135

Las Vegas · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 4th NFL season

#135Rd 4 · Pick 33

Las VegasEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 23-22 over that span.

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #38 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (90th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#43 / 169 · 75th pct

49.8%

Sack rate#57 / 169 · 67th pct

4.8%

EPA / dropback#81 / 169 · 52nd pct

0.24

Interception rate#107 / 169 · 36th pct

2.6%

Explosive rate#124 / 169 · 27th pct

8.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#19 / 177 · 90th pct

3481

Pass TDs#37 / 177 · 78th pct

Completion %#55 / 177 · 69th pct

64.2%

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Yards / att#102 / 177 · 42nd pct

7.0

Rush TDs#111 / 177 · 29th pct

Rush yards#164 / 177 · 8th pct

-81

Interceptions#171 / 177 · 3rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

88th → 52nd percentile

Success rate

96th → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 27th percentile

Sack rate

89th → 67th percentile

Interception rate

34th → 36th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

311/481 (64.7%) · 22 TD · 13 INT

481 of 497 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.11113 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.4%62 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (62 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (113 of 206).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

57%of completions

176 comp5.2 yds avg9 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

31%of completions

96 comp13.5 yds avg5 TD

Deep

20+ yds

13%of completions

39 comp29.9 yds avg5 TD

Overall 64.7% completion on 481 attempts · 39 deep completions averaging 29.9 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	257	2.2	6.9	0.6
Road7g	314	1.6	7.5	1.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	324	2.3	7.6	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	257	1.3	6.8	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #38 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	319	497	64.2%	3,481	7.0	22	13	132.4	72	--	--
2021	Purdue	315	440	71.6%	3,712	8.4	28	11	158.5	86	--	--
2020	Purdue	88	136	64.7%	916	6.7	7	2	135.3	55	--	--
2019	Purdue	102	163	62.6%	1,099	6.7	8	4	130.5	--	--	--
Career		824	1,236	66.7%	9,208	7.4	65	30	141.7	75	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Purdue	43	-81	-1.9	1	--
2021	Purdue	25	-120	-4.8	1	--
2020	Purdue	12	-64	-5.3	0	--
2019	Purdue	15	-9	-0.6	0	--
Career		95	-274	-2.9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 20–10

at Minnesota

199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)

With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · D. Mockobee — 112 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -7.92A.O'Connell pass INTERCEPTED at PUR 17. Intercepted by C.Okechukwu at PUR 17. C.Okechukwu for 17 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 13 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.76Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 60 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 14 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -4.41Aidan O'Connell pass intercepted Will Johnson return for no gain to the Mich 1
Week 3 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.28A.O'Connell pass complete to PUR 45. Catch made by C.Jones at PUR 45. Gain of 55 yards. C.Jones for 55 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 6 · Maryland · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +4.22Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Payne Durham for 56 yds to the Mary 2 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Syracuse · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.14A.O'Connell pass complete to PUR 26. Catch made by C.Jones at PUR 26. Gain of 51 yards. Tackled by SYR at SYR 23.
Week 13 · Indiana · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.10Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 58 yds to the Ind 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Nebraska · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Aidan O'Connell pass complete to TJ Sheffield for 28 yds for a TD, (Mitchell Fineran KICK)
Week 14 · Michigan · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Aidan O'Connell pass complete to TJ Sheffield for 20 yds to the Mich 33 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Nebraska · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Charlie Jones for 18 yds to the Neb 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 31-35vs Penn State	29/58	356	1	0	6.1	69.4
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Indiana State	17/19	211	4	0	11.1	93.1	4 TD passes
Wk 3	L 29-32@ Syracuse	39/55	424	3	1	7.7	85.6	Season-high 424 yds
Wk 5	W 20-10@ Minnesota	27/40	199	0	2	5.0	67.5
Wk 6	W 31-29@ Maryland	30/41	360	2	1	8.8	78.3
Wk 7	W 43-37vs Nebraska	35/54	391	4	1	7.2	73.1	4 TD passes
Wk 8	L 24-35@ Wisconsin	31/46	320	1	3	7.0	43.2	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Iowa	20/43	168	0	2	3.9	18.5
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Illinois	25/40	237	3	1	5.9	87.8	3 TD passes
Wk 12	W 17-9vs Northwestern	16/25	159	2	0	6.4	45.3
Wk 13	W 30-16@ Indiana	18/29	290	2	0	10.0	73.0	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 14	L 22-43@ Michigan	32/47	366	0	2	7.8	—
Total		319/497	3481	22	13	7.2	66.8

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

63.3%Completion %

25.5%Conversion/dropback

54.8%Land short of sticks

0INTs

63.3% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.5% conversion-per-dropback — 54.8% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design