Aidan O'Connell: QB · Purdue · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Aidan O'Connell
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Four seasons in the Purdue quarterback room to date. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2022. One game to point at: 424 passing yards and 7 rushing yards against Syracuse — Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
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. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (13.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 21 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@ No. 21 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 22-43vs No. 2 Michigan | 32/47 | 366 | 0 | 2 | 7.8 | — | |
| Total | 319/497 | 3481 | 22 | 13 | 7.0 | — |
Week 11 · 2022
W 31-24
at Illinois
237 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 87.8 · 33 rush yds (2 car)
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
With J. Ansell — 44.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 59 long · D. Mockobee — 106 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 26 yds
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 481 passing plays (311 completions) against the box score's 497 attempts (319 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.11113 of 206 QBsSack rate
4.4%62 of 206 QBsRarely 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 64.2% completion on 497 attempts · 39 deep completions averaging 29.9 yds.
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 23-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 257 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 305 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
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
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
56.0%
581 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
74.1
14 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #38 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 9,208 passing yards — drafted at #135 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Brohm.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
