Cody O'Connell

Cody O'Connell
Washington State Cougars – No. 76
PositionGuard
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Senior
Personal information
Born: (1994-11-25) November 25, 1994 (age 29)
Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.
Height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight352 lb (160 kg)
Career history
CollegeWashington State (2013–2017)
Bowl games
High schoolWenatchee (WA)
Career highlights and awards

Cody O'Connell (born November 25, 1994), nicknamed "The Continent", is an American former college football player who was a guard for the Washington State Cougars.[1][2][3] He earned consensus All-American honors as a junior in 2016, when he only received honorable mention for the all-conference team in the Pac-12.[4] He was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a senior.[5] He redshirted the 2013 season coming off a knee injury suffered during his senior year at Wenatchee, then failed to appear in a game the following year. After a year of duty on special teams, he got his chance to start in 2016. That year, he finished as an Outland Trophy finalist and unanimous All-American (the second in school history, with former NFL kicker Jason Hanson) and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference selection after playing in all 13 games, starting 12 for the cougars. In 2017, O'Connell was named first team All-Pac-12 as he started all 13 games at left guard. The Associated Press voted him second-team All-American, as well.[6]

In May 2018, he attended rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with both the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins.[7][8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cody O'Connell – 2013 Football Roster – WSUCougars.com – Washington State University Athletics".
  2. ^ Grippi, Vince (December 13, 2016). "Grip on Sports: The mystery of WSU's All-American Cody O'Connell is hard to unravel". Spokesman.com. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Loh, Stefanie (December 19, 2016). "Massive improvement: How WSU's Cody O'Connell went from backup to unanimous All-American in a year". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Loh, Stefanie (December 12, 2016). "Cody O'Connell becomes WSU's first consensus All-American since 2005". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017.
  5. ^ Loh, Stefanie (December 5, 2017). "Hercules Mata'afa, Cody O'Connell lead WSU Cougars as first team All-Pac-12 selections". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "NFL Draft & Combine Profile – Cody O'Connell". www.nfl.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  7. ^ Goldman, Charles (May 5, 2018). "Complete list of players at Chiefs rookie minicamp". chiefswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Redskins Hosting 46 Tryout Players At 2018 Rookie Minicamp". commanders.com. May 11, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
[edit]