Pat O'Connor

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Super Bowl Champion: LV
• A seven-year veteran who returns for a second stint with the Lions 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.