Michael O'Connor
LS · Senior
6'1" · 215 lbs · Special teams
Also wearing #58: Joseph Lakatos (OL)
Background
- Hometown
- Middletown, N.J.
- High school
- Red Bank Catholic
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2026 season
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Season by season
2026tap to read
Selected to the watch list for the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy (8/11) and a nominee for the Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team (7/20).
2025tap to read
Served as starting long snapper for all 12 games ... selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/8) ... honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/13) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) for the fourth time ... primary long snapper for field goals, extra points and punts throughout the season ... helped the team connect on 13 field goals and 35 extra points ... part of unit that ranked second in the Big Ten with a net punting average of 41.85 yards ... snapped for the tying and winning field goal inside the two-minute timeout at Purdue (10/25).
2024tap to read
Did not see game action ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/12) for the third time.
2023tap to read
Played in 11 games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) for the second time ... handled all long snaps in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded a tackle on punt coverage at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... made collegiate debut handling snaps for punts in win over Temple (9/9).
2022tap to read
Did not see game action ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/9).
2021tap to read
Did not see game action. Prior to Rutgers: Played for coach Mike Lange at Red Bank Catholic … named first team all-division by NJ.com as a senior in 2020 … converted all four field goal attempts and all 15 extra points … produced a touchback on 18-of-22 kickoffs with three squib kicks and one onside kick … rated 4.5 stars by Kohl's Kicking. Major: Leadership and Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School
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2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee
2026 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
2026 Hampshire Honor Society:
2026 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar:
2025 Academic All-Big Ten:
2024 Academic All-Big Ten:
2023 Academic All-Big Ten:
2022 Academic All-Big Ten:
2026 (Senior): Selected to the watch list for the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy (8/11) and a nominee for the Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team (7/20).
2025 (Senior): Served as starting long snapper for all 12 games ... selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/8) ... honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/13) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) for the fourth time ... primary long snapper for field goals, extra points and punts throughout the season ... helped the team connect on 13 field goals and 35 extra points ... part of unit that ranked second in the Big Ten with a net punting average of 41.85 yards ... snapped for the tying and winning field goal inside the two-minute timeout at Purdue (10/25).
2024 (Senior): Did not see game action ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/12) for the third time.
2023 (Junior): Played in 11 games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) for the second time ... handled all long snaps in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... recorded a tackle on punt coverage at No. 22 Iowa (11/11) ... made collegiate debut handling snaps for punts in win over Temple (9/9).
2022 (Sophomore): Did not see game action ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/9).
2021 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Played for coach Mike Lange at Red Bank Catholic … named first team all-division by NJ.com as a senior in 2020 … converted all four field goal attempts and all 15 extra points … produced a touchback on 18-of-22 kickoffs with three squib kicks and one onside kick … rated 4.5 stars by Kohl's Kicking.
Major: Leadership and Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School