Cody O'Connell

{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|currentnumber=76

|currentposition=Guard

|school=Washington State Cougars

|class={{redshirt}}Senior

|major=

|pastschools=Washington State (2013–2017)

|bowlgames=

• 2015 Sun Bowl
• 2016 Holiday Bowl
• 2017 Holiday Bowl

|highschool=Wenatchee (WA)

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1994|11|25|mf=yes}}

|birth_place=Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=9

|weight_lb=352

|highlights=

• 2× Consensus All-American (2016, 2017)
• First-team All-Pac-12 (2017)

|espn=550638

}}

Cody O'Connell (born November 25, 1994), nicknamed "The Continent", is an American former college football player who was a guard for the Washington State Cougars.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsucougars.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1536|title=Cody O'Connell – 2013 Football Roster – WSUCougars.com – Washington State University Athletics|publisher=}}{{Cite web |last=Grippi |first=Vince |date=2016-12-13 |title=Grip on Sports: The mystery of WSU's All-American Cody O'Connell is hard to unravel |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/dec/13/grip-sports-mystery-wsus-all-american-cody-oconnel/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Spokesman.com}}{{cite web | last=Loh | first=Stefanie | title=Massive improvement: How WSU's Cody O'Connell went from backup to unanimous All-American in a year | website=The Seattle Times | date=2016-12-19 | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/massive-improvement-wsus-354-pound-cody-oconnell-has-gone-from-backup-to-unanimous-all-american/ | access-date=2024-11-05}} He earned consensus All-American honors as a junior in 2016, when he only received honorable mention for the all-conference team in the Pac-12.{{cite news|last=Loh|first=Stefanie|title=Cody O'Connell becomes WSU's first consensus All-American since 2005|date=December 12, 2016|newspaper=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/cody-oconnell-becomes-wsus-first-consensus-all-american-since-2005/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603183536/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/cody-oconnell-becomes-wsus-first-consensus-all-american-since-2005/|archivedate=June 3, 2017|url-status=live}} He was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a senior.{{cite news|last=Loh|first=Stefanie|title=Hercules Mata'afa, Cody O'Connell lead WSU Cougars as first team All-Pac-12 selections|date=December 5, 2017|newspaper=The Seattle Times|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/hercules-mataafa-cody-oconnell-lead-nine-wsu-cougars-as-all-pac-12-selections/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207105543/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/hercules-mataafa-cody-oconnell-lead-nine-wsu-cougars-as-all-pac-12-selections/|archivedate=December 7, 2017|url-status=live}} He redshirted the 2013 season coming off a knee injury suffered during his senior year at Wenatchee, then failed to appear in a game the following year. After a year of duty on special teams, he got his chance to start in 2016. That year, he finished as an Outland Trophy finalist and unanimous All-American (the second in school history, with former NFL kicker Jason Hanson) and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference selection after playing in all 13 games, starting 12 for the cougars. In 2017, O'Connell was named first team All-Pac-12 as he started all 13 games at left guard. The Associated Press voted him second-team All-American, as well.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/cody-o'connell?id=32462018-0002-5598-311a-72b87183c760|title=NFL Draft & Combine Profile – Cody O'Connell|website=www.nfl.com|language=en-US|access-date=October 29, 2018}}

In May 2018, he attended rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with both the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins.{{cite web | url=https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018/05/05/complete-list-of-players-at-chiefs-rookie-minicamp/ | title=Complete list of players at Chiefs rookie minicamp | publisher=chiefswire.usatoday.com | date=May 5, 2018 | accessdate=6 October 2024 | author=Goldman, Charles}}{{cite web | url=https://www.commanders.com/news/redskins-hosting-46-tryout-players-at-2018-rookie-minicamp | title=Redskins Hosting 46 Tryout Players At 2018 Rookie Minicamp | publisher=commanders.com | date=May 11, 2018 | accessdate=6 October 2024}}