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Former Eagle Patrick O'Connor Set for Super Bowl LV

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — For the second consecutive year, the Eastern Michigan University Football program will be represented on the National Football League's biggest stage, the Super Bowl. This year, it is Pat O'Connor who will have a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on either the Buffalo Bills or Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Feb. 7, in Tampa, Fla.

O'Connor is the 10th former Eastern Michigan University football player to take part in a Super Bowl. His appearance comes on the heels of classmate Andrew Wylie's 2020 trip to Super Bowl, LIV with the Chiefs.