Columbia University Athletics

2024: Named team’s Lou Little Most Improved Player … Played in all 10 games, making eight starts … Racked up 66 tackles, 7.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks … Registered 13 tackles in win at Brown … Had 10 tackles with 1.5 TFLs at Harvard … Posted three tackles behind the line of scrimmage and seven for the game in win at Wagner.

2023: Appeared in all 10 games for the Lions as a sophomore linebacker … Totaled 26 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and one forced fumble as a sophomore … Registered a season-high five tackles against Princeton (Sept. 29) … Tallied one tackle, one tackle for loss, one sack and a forced fumble against Harvard (Nov. 4) … Contributed to the defensive unit that ranked 10th in the nation in scoring defense at the end of the season.

2022: Played in nine games for the Lions as a first-year linebacker … Had a season high two tackles at Georgetown (Sept. 24) … Made his college debut at Marist (Sept. 17) … Appeared in six Ivy League games.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2022 graduate of Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, N.J., where he played two years of varsity football for Head Coach Daniel Marangi … Named to the All-State Sectional Team as a senior … Earned All-North Jersey honors as a senior … Named to the Bergen County Record All-County team … All-League honoree … Earned Academic All-America honors … Named to the Jersey Sports Zone 2021 All-Zone Football Team … Named team captain as a senior … Played linebacker and wide receiver for the Green Knights … Finished with 83 solo tackles, two defensive touchdowns, intercepted four passes, and registered 19 tackles for loss as a senior … Contributed 54 tackles and an interception during junior year … As a sophomore, made 13 tackles … Helped guide the Green Knights to the 2018 football state title … Also played baseball for four years and basketball … Played center field in baseball … Earned two varsity letters in baseball … Led the Green Knights to a Triple Crown: league, county and state championships as a junior in 2021 … Played baseball with the Complete Performance Baseball Academy … Principal’s List student … Honor Roll student … National Honor Society member … National French Society member … Volunteered at a food bank and with the Special Needs Sports Association.
 
PERSONAL: Father played football for the Engineers and mother earned a master's at Columbia University's Teacher's College in 1998...A whole host of relatives attended Columbia University including Tom O’Connor, Daniel O’Connor, John O’Connor, James O’Connor, Joe O’Connor, Megan O’Connor, and DeNelle O’Connor … Grandfather Tom O’Connor ’63 played running back for the Lions, three great uncles Daniel ’82, John ’67 and James '69 also played football for the Lions...Enrolled at Columbia College.