Player Dossier

2008-2010

Iowa State

Michael O'Connell

DB • 5'11" • Iowa City, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael O'Connell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Michael O'Connell built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a defensive back from Iowa City, IA wearing No. 37, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Michael O'Connell's career was his...

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Michael O'Connell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Iowa State. Michael O'Connell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Michael O'Connell quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Nebraska
Latest roster
No. 37 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonIowa State60-0--050
2009 Regular SeasonIowa State30-0--039.3
2010 Regular SeasonIowa State10-0--073.3

Related Context

Michael O'Connell played DB for Iowa State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Michael O'Connell recorded 11 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 0. Kent State: 0. Iowa: 0. UNLV: 0. Kansas: 0. Baylor: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

0 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 10/11@ BaylorL 10-38
Sat 10/4vs KansasL 33-35
Sun 9/21@ UNLVL 31-34
Sat 9/13@ IowaL 5-17
Sat 9/6vs Kent StateW 48-28
Fri 8/29vs South Dakota StateW 44-17

Player Story

Michael O'Connell story

Michael O'Connell built his college career from 2008 through 2010 as a defensive back from Iowa City, IA wearing No. 37, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Michael O'Connell's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 10 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 rushing yards and 89 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Michael O'Connell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2008-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2009 Regular SeasonIowa State16.71
2010 Regular SeasonIowa State1200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Nebraska

Week 8 · W 9-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas

Week 8 · W 28-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Baylor

Week 7 · L 10-38 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 6 · L 33-35 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

@ UNLV

Week 4 · L 31-34

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Iowa State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2008 Regular Season · Iowa State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Iowa State

39.3

1 primary · 6.7 efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games