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Pat O'Connor

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#95

Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 31

Weight: 300 lbs

College: Eastern Michigan

2025 SEASON

  • Solo
    4
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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Recent Games

WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
1 @Packers L 13 - 27
2 Bears W 52 - 21 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
3 @Ravens W 38 - 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Browns W 34 - 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 @Bengals W 37 - 24 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 @Chiefs L 17 - 30 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2017 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 0
2019 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 0 4 2 6 4 0 0 0 0
2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 0 2 2 4 2 0.5 0 0 0
2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 0 3 3 6 3 0 0 0 0
2023 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0
2024 Detroit Lions 12 0 5 13 18 5 1 0 0 0
2025 Detroit Lions 6 3 4 4 8 4 0 0 1 0
TOTAL 86 3 23 27 50 22 2.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Super Bowl Champion: LV
  • Appeared in 12 games in 2024, tallying 13 tackles (three solo), two tackles for loss and 1.0 sack. He also added five special teams tackles (two solo).
  • A seven-year veteran who returned for a second stint with the Lions in 2024 after playing 68 games with the Buccaneers (2017-23).
  • Recorded his first-career sack and tackle for loss vs. Minnesota (12/13/20).

COLLEGE:

  • Appeared in 49 career games (36 starts) at Eastern Michigan (2012-16), recording 166 tackles (68 solo), 33.5 tackles for loss, 20.0 sacks, eight pass defenses, seven forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
    • Holds the EMU career sack record since 1998.
  • 2016: Started all 13 games, logging 42 tackles (17 solo), 14.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and three pass defenses.
    • First-Team All-MAC
    • Finished fifth in the NCAA and second in the MAC in forced fumbles.
    • Recorded the third-most sacks in the MAC.
    • Ranked fifth in the MAC in tackles for loss.
  • 2015: Awarded a medical redshirt after sitting out the season due to injury.
  • 2014: Started all 12 games, recording 64 tackles (27 solo), 14.0 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, two pass defenses and one fumble recovery.
    • First-Team All-MAC
    • Placed second in the MAC in sacks.
    • Ranked fourth in the conference in tackles for loss.
  • 2013: Played in all 12 games (11 starts), tallying 44 tackles (18 solo), 5.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and three pass defenses.
  • 2012: Appeared in all 12 games as a freshman, totaling 16 tackles (six solo).

PERSONAL:

  • Attended Saint Rita High School (Chicago, Ill.), where he was named a 2011 Chicago Tribune All-State Honorable Mention and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Honorable Mention as a senior.
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