Cody O'Connell
| Washington State Cougars – No. 76 | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 25, 1994 Wenatchee, Washington, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Weight | 352 lb (160 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Washington State (2013–2017) |
| High school | Wenatchee (WA) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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. 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. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a senior. 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.
In May 2018, he attended rookie minicamp on a tryout basis with both the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins.