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Vincent McConnell Season 2018

PositionOL
Weight288 lbs
Height6-5
ClassFreshman
HometownMassillon, Ohio
PronunciationRS

2021: Four-year letterwinner who served as a game captain several times this season...Made six starts in 2021, including five at right guard and one at cen- ter...serves as the backup center...Missed sever- al games due to non-COVID illness and returned to form... Leader of an offensive line that paved the way for UC's offense to average the sixth-most yards per play (6.93) in the country...UC led the AAC in yards per rush (5.4)...The offensive line gave up only 42 tack- les for loss all season long, which is the fourth-few- est in the nation...Cincinnati set single-season school records for touchdowns (70) and points (510).

2020: Played in nine games, earning nine starts at right guard. UC's offensive line was tabbed as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award. The Bearcats averaged an AAC-best 5.6 yards per carry in 2020, running for 212.4 yards per game and allowing an AAC-low nine sacks during the regular season. Earned his bachelor's degree in marketing in April 2020.

2019: Played in 12 games and totaled five starts, three at left guard and two at right guard ... made his first career start against nationally-ranked UCF ... recorded a tackle at Ohio State ... helped UC rank in the top half of the AAC in rushing offense as Michael Warren II became the first UC back to run for 1,000 or more yards in back-to-back seasons since 2010-11 ... team closed the 2019 season with an American Athletic Conference East Division Championship, win in the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl and the No. 21 spot in all three major polls (Associated Press, USA Today, College Football Playoff) ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.

2018: Played in 12 games, making his UC debut at the Rose Bowl against UCLA ... part of an offensive line which set a school record with 3,113 rushing yards, surpassing a mark set in 1970.

2017: Redshirted.

PRIOR TO UC: Prepped for Coach Nate Moore at legendary Washington HS in Massillon … a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com, ESPN.com and Scout.com … Rivals rates him with two stars … Scout tabbed him as one of the top five offensive tackles in the state of Ohio and one of the top-25 tackles from the Midwest in the 2017 class … a two-way player for the Tigers … an honorable mention selection to the 2016 Associated Press Division II All-Northeast Lakes District football team … inducted into the National Honor Society in 2016 … tabbed as one of the top-12 outstanding seniors at Massillon … chose Cincinnati over reported interest from Toledo, Syracuse and Kent State.
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Senior
2021

Offensive Line
6-5 / 300 lbs
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Junior
2020

Offensive Line
6-5 / 300 lbs
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Sophomore
2019

Offensive Line
6-5 / 300 lbs
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Freshman
2017

OT
6-6 / 278 lbs