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Report: Purdue Starting QB Aidan O'Connel Is Opting Out Of The Citrus Bowl

by Staff Reporter

December 15, 202236 Comments

Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports

Purdue quarterback Aidan O'Connel is expected to announce today that he will skip the Citrus Bowl vs. LSU to prepare for the NFL Draft, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.

The senior passed for 3,490 yards and 22 touchdowns this season.

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lsusa•30 months

Don’t always know all the facts of the situation, but the general idea of leaving your teammates to focus on yourself doesn’t sit right.

Tigers4Lyfe•30 months

If you had a chance to earn millions and set your family and generations to come up for life where 1 fluke injury could end it all for you, you'd do the same thing.

It's so easy to say otherwise when you aren't in that situation.

BlackPot•30 months

"Tigers4Lyfe"

Not may NFL players are set for generational wealth. Would love to see the stats of high projected players getting hurt in bowl games.

cajunmud•30 months

If you have getting hurt on your mind...you WILL get hurt sooner or later. That's a universal law (what you fear you bring near)...like gravity.

I'd like to see data on how many guys opt out of bowls for this reason and how soon & how often that they got hurt in the NFL. I bet it's higher than those that played.

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terriblegreen•30 months

Can we just start calling this “quit the team”?

cajunmud•30 months

The coach bails, our QB bails, that's gotta be a kick in the nuts for the rest of the guys...especially those who this will be their final football game ever.

Damathe•30 months

Yeah. Sound familiar? They can't even beat us at that, mudman. We actually had 2 QB's who didn't want to play in the Bowl game.

PurpleandGeauld•30 months

He started looking at film for the LSU game. He saw HP40. He said, "I think I'll pass." =)

goodgrin•30 months

Was that pun intended?

Herodijontiger•30 months

Sorry fat finger

LATECHgradLSUfan•30 months

Film room: Coach who is number 40? Neverminded it doesn't matter anymore i have seen enough....im out good luck boys!

CDawson•30 months

Another example of the worst part of the game. Opt outs, the portal, NIL are destroying CFB.

StupidBinder•30 months

Can’t blame him. He don’t want that HP40 smoke right before the combine

75503Tiger•30 months

Can work with Drew for a few weeks but opts out. Idiot

GumplandTiger•30 months

He may not want to work under and Drew Brees. I wouldn’t want to either. There are a lot of GREAT QB coaches out there, that stay out of politics. Drew was a great QB, nobody knows if he would be a good QB coach.

3PieceSpicy•30 months

Gumpland- Brees answered a question in a yahoo finance interview. The answer got overblown and he did what he had to do to appease his racist teammates and play his final season.

Timeoday•30 months

He knew LSU would expose his weaknesses.

jafari rastaman•30 months

This guy isn’t going to the NFL. He is just scared to play us. I don’t blame him.

Koolazzkat•30 months

The line will be 23 points by game time.

KennabraTiger•30 months

Smart. Doesn’t want to get killed.

Damathe•30 months

Now CMH has to prepare for a WR at QB?

Gulf Coast Tiger•30 months

This sucks.

rileytiger•30 months

His brother died according to reports.

toosleaux•30 months

Their 2nd String about to look like a Heisman contender in true LSU fashion

wesman21•30 months

Maybe if they wouldn't have 43 bowl games that they have to break their own rules to fill every damn year. How about 25ish. On the other hand, more football to watch, even if its terrible teams.

NPComb•30 months

If we don’t beat Purdue - this will give the dissenters a ton of ammo

CDawson•30 months

Haven’t you noticed? The dissenters don’t need Ammon to be insufferable, negative, drains on anything good in life.

DVinBR•30 months

why even play the game? no one seems to care about it

BlackPot•30 months

I hate this bullshite answer. This is the last game for some of these guys. Last time they tie their cleats, last time to ever put on a helmet and shoulder pads, etc. Get out there and play for your "brothers" like everyone loves to put on social media.

MintBerry Crunch•30 months

Bowl games should be mandatory.

Damathe•30 months

Put it in the NIL.

Timeoday•30 months

The athletic scholarship should be a contract. You get your education, you get a chance at some NIL money, but you must play when asked by the Coach every game.

HonoraryCoonass•30 months

A possible “solution” would be to play bowl games at the beginning of the season.

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