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2016 Hobart Football Roster

71 Patrick O'Connell III

  • Position OL
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 290
  • Hometown Walkersville, Md.
  • Highschool Mount St. Joseph
  • Major Economics

Biography

2016: Captain ... Missed the entire season due to injury ... Led the team's Tackles & Touchdowns for Happiness House fundraiser for the third straight season ... Named Happiness House Volunteer of the Year.

Completed a summer internship with Marcus & Millchaps, a national commercial real estate firm, in Brooklyn.

2015: All-Liberty League second team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Started all 10 games at left tackle taking over for Tampa Bay Buccaneers' second round draft pick Ali Marpet ... Helped the Statesmen rush for a season-high 276 yards at Union ... Hobart also enjoyed its most prolific passing day against the Dutchmen, gaining 305 yards through the air ... Pass protection at Rochester allowed the Statesmen to throw a single game record six TDs ... Hobart completed 28 passes against St. Lawrence, the most allowed by the Saints' defense that season ... Spent the spring semester in the Colleges' study abroad program in Galway, Ireland.

2014: All-Liberty League second team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Scandling Scholar ... Started the first 11 games of the season at right tackle ... Missed the final two NCAA playoff games due to injury ... As a team, Hobart ranked sixth in the nation in sacks allowed (0.69/g) and tackles for loss allowed (3.54/g) ... Helped the Statesmen rush for a season-high 404 yards and six touchdowns against Merchant Marine ...  Provided protection for a season-high 273 passing yards without a sack in the Liberty League Championship clinching win at St. Lawrence ... Helped Hobart rush for 152 yards and pass for 237 yards in the win over sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins.

2013: Played in six games ... Helped the Statesmen gain a season-high 501 yards of total offense, including a season-high 265 yards passing, against WPI ... Helped clear the way for 329 yards rushing against Utica ... Was in the lineup for four of the six games when the Statesmen held the opposition without a sack.

Mount St. Joseph High School: Coached by Blake Henry ... Three-year letter winner, playing on the offensive line ... Played in the Maryland Crab Bowl All-Star Game ... Named first team All-MIAA ... Scholar-Athlete ... Also played lacrosse for the Gaels.

Family Ties: His grandfather, Jack Daniels, was the head football coach at Hobart from 1981 to 1986 ... Daniels rejoined the Hobart staff in 2014 as a special teams assistant coach.

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Historical Player Information

  • 71

    2013First-Year

    OL
    6'2" 275 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2014Sophomore

    OL
    6'2" 280 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2015Junior

    OL
    6'2" 285 lbs
    71
  • 71
    C

    2016Senior

    OL
    6'2" 290 lbs
    71
    C