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Aidan O’Connell ends 2021 season setting new single-season Purdue QB record
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Aidan O’Connell finished off the 2021 season by breaking a Purdue school record for quarterbacks.
The Boilermakers’ gunslinger is now the leader in single-season completion percentage, ending the season with a completion rate of 71.8%. He now has the best completion percentage by any Purdue quarterback, topping the likes of David Blough, Mark Hermann, and Robert Marve.
Purdue’s football account on Twitter confirmed the broken record with a post about it on Tuesday.
Top 4 single-season completion% by a Purdue QB 👀
𝟭. 𝗔𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗢’𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹: 𝟳𝟭.𝟴% (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭)
2. David Blough: 66.0% (2018)
3. Mark Herrmann: 65.8% (1980)
4. Robert Marve: 65.6% (2012) pic.twitter.com/Ox5ufb8f1M— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) January 4, 2022
O’Connell finished the 2021 season with 3,712 yards passing and 28 touchdowns. He will also be returning for the 2022 season, so he could walk away from Purdue after his career with even more records broken.
O’Connell has definitely left his mark on Purdue football, that’s for sure.
Grant Bricker covers the B1G for Saturday Tradition. His previous stops include the Williamson Homepage and Nashville Post.