Aidan O’Connell drew the start for the Raiders in Week 1 of the preseason and he could not have been more impressive. O’Connell had just three incompletions, two of which were drops by Tre Tucker. He looked confident and accurate, which is pretty rare for a rookie QB making their first appearance.
In a recent article by Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report, he wrote about the most surprising performances from Week 1 of the preseason. That list included O’Connell, who might have been the most impressive quarterback on the field this weekend. Here is a snippet of what the site had to say about the fourth-round pick from Purdue:
