LV · QB
Aidan O'Connell
Aidan O'Connell is a quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: QB2.
Scouting report
Aidan O'Connell: the full picture
Aidan O'Connell at a glance
Aidan O'Connell is a 28-year-old quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders, listed at 6'3" and 206 pounds. The Las Vegas Raiders drafted O'Connell 135th overall in the fourth round in 2023, out of Purdue; this is year four in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has O'Connell at 19.1 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB58 at the position and works out to 1.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, O'Connell has finished as QB28 in 2023, QB38 in 2024 and QB61 in 2025. The high-water mark is 125.8 PPR points in 2023. Across 21 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,932 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 48 rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns.
Aidan O'Connell by the numbers
O'Connell has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 4 times. The career high is 25.9 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2023 against LAC. The game log also shows 1 300-yard passing game and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, O'Connell has reached 20 points in 2 games, 10% of career appearances.
Contract
O'Connell is playing on a four-year, $4.3 million contract signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2023, an average of $1.1 million per year with $509,380 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats O'Connell carries a GV stock price of 1,311, which ranks 348th overall and QB54 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks O'Connell 423rd overall. Value has moved up 1.2 since the previous model run. See where O'Connell sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 19.1
- PPR / game
- 1.6
Aidan O'Connell fantasy outlook
Aidan O'Connell enters the 2026 season with LV and ranks QB68 and #571 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 19.1 PPR points across 12.3 games, or 1.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Aidan O'Connell as QB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Aidan O'Connell produced 4.8 PPR points in 1 games (4.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 24%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.
Week 2 projection
Aidan O'Connell is projected for 0.6 PPR points on the road at LAC in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 6.8.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.2 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 7.6
- Dynasty
- 12.7
- Superflex redraft
- 22.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 33.2
- TE premium dynasty
- 7.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LV | 1 | 10 | 22 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | LV | 9 | 154 | 243 | 1,612 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 93.5 |
| 2023 | LV | 11 | 213 | 343 | 2,218 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 125.8 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Aidan O'Connell
- Justin Fields QB55 · 20.2 PPR
- Quinn Ewers QB56 · 19.8 PPR
- Riley Leonard QB57 · 19.1 PPR
- Tyler Huntley QB59 · 18.7 PPR
- Brady Cook QB60 · 18.3 PPR
- Dillon Gabriel QB61 · 17.2 PPR
Las Vegas Raiders fantasy players
- Ashton Jeanty RB · 217.3 PPR
- Brock Bowers TE · 215.9 PPR
- Kirk Cousins QB · 177.4 PPR
- Tre Tucker WR · 144.4 PPR
- Jalen Nailor WR · 110.3 PPR
- Mike Washington RB · 90.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.