Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2024 CSFL Academic Honor Roll
 
2024 (Sophomore): Played in six games during the season, finishing 5-for-7 passing for 108 yards, while adding 48 yards rushing with a pair of touchdowns on the ground … Finished 3-for-3 for 78 yards passing at Molloy, adding 11 yards on the ground against the Lions … Completed passes against Penn and Caldwell, going for 29 yards against the Cougars … Had a season-high 32 yards rushing against Cornell, finding the end zone against the Big Red … Converted a quarterback sneak at Caldwell, plunging into the end zone from the one-yardline.
 
2023 (Freshman): Reserve quarterback who saw action in three games during rookie campaign … Finished the year 2-for-5 for 15 yards passing with five rushes for 11 yards … Made collegiate debut at home against Mansfield, going 1-for-1 for 15 yards passing with a rush for a yard … Saw action against Chestnut Hill with one rush for a season-high seven yards … Completed a pass at Cornell, while rushing the ball three times against the Big Red for three yards.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in football (2 years), basketball (2), and baseball (2) at Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn. … Named Metropolitan Independent Football League (MIFL) First Team All-League as a quarterback … Received the New Haven County Scholar-Athlete Award … Helped lead Hopkins to Metropolitan Independent Football League Championship as a junior … Team captain in football, basketball, and baseball as a senior … Earned Southern Connecticut “No I in Team” Award as a senior for baseball … Class of 2023 Representative on Student Council … Son of Mary and Jamie O’Connell.
 
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