Hammer and Rails · Aug 16, 2022
16 Days to Purdue Football: Aidan O’Connell
What else can you say about today’s player except that his rise has been meteoric?
Aidan O’Conell - Sr. (6th)
Long Grove, IL (Stevenson HS)
6’3”, 210 Pounds
Quarterback
2022 Projection: Starter
Like others that bear his initials, no one had heard of AOC in 2017. When he came to Purdue as a preferred walk-on very little was expected of him. He arrived at the same time as Jeff Brohm and was well down the depth chart. David Blough and Elijah Sindelar were in the midst of their running battle to start. Jack Plummer and Nick Sipe were promising young prospects. Even Jared Sparks was still at quarterback before moving to receiver, and he was getting third team snaps.