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Jersey Number 17
Mike O’Laughlin
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Fenwick HS
- Prev School:
- West Virginia
As a Senior (2023)
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Appeared in all 12 games (466 snaps)
- Started final seven games of season at tight end
- 410 offensive snaps; 56 special teams snaps
- 12 receptions for 94 yards
- Receptions in nine different games
- Season high three catches for 19 yards vs. #8/8 Texas (Oct. 21)
- Two catches for a season high 21 yards at Baylor (Nov. 4)
- 76.2 pass block grade (PFF) ranked second among Big 12 tight ends
Prior to Houston
- Played in 31 career games at West Virginia
- 37 receptions for 292 yards and one touchdown
- Played five games during 2022
- Five catches for 66 yards including long of 32
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
- Played in five games at tight end in 2021
- Started three games in 2021
- Missed first two games of season with lower leg injury
- Suffered season-ending knee injury at TCU
- Saw action on 203 offensive snaps
- Season-high 48 snaps at TCU
- Used on 35+ plays in five games
- 11 catches for 65 yards with long reception of 11 yards
- Four catches for 23 yards at TCU
- Career-best five catches for 35 yards vs. Texas Tech
- Season debut against Virginia Tech
- 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
- Started all nine games in which he played at tight end
- Also used on special teams
- WVU Blue Collar Award (Kansas, Kansas State)
- 15 catches for 137 yards, one TD and a long of 34 yards
- Found end zone for first time in career vs. Army in Liberty Bowl
- Three catches for 11 yards vs. Army
- Multiple catches in four straight games
- Two receptions for 44 yards at Texas Tech, including career-long 34-yarder
- Career-high four catches for 26 yards vs. Baylor
- 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
- Played in 12 games at tight end and started four
- Also used on special teams
- Saw action on 367 plays, including 255 on offense
- Season-high 40 offensive plays at Oklahoma
- Season-high 18 special teams plays against NC State
- Six catches for 24 yards with long of eight yards for season
- Caught three passes for 16 yards in first career start vs. Iowa State
- First career reception came at Missouri
- Redshirted during 2018
- Joined Houston in January as mid-year enrollee
High School
- Played for coach Gene Nudo at Fenwick High School
- Two-time all-state
- Two-time all-conference
- Two-time Pioneer Press All-Area First Team
- Team’s most valuable player
- Tony Lawless Award (conference MVP)
- Helped lead Fenwick to a 6-6 record
- Led squad to first round of state playoffs
- As a senior, finished with 54 catches for 956 yards and 11 TDs
- Averaged 18 yards per catch
- Helped Fenwick to Class 7A state semifinals as a junior
- 54 catches for 939 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior
- Three-star rating by ESPN, rivals and 247Sports
- No. 13 player in Illinois (ESPN)
- No. 17 tight end nationally (ESPN)
- No. 6 player in Illinois (rivals)
- No. 22 tight end nationally (rivals)
- No. 9 prospect in Illinois (247Sports)
- No. 30 tight end nationally (247Sports)
Personal
- Earned Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Entrepreneurship & Innovation from West Virginia
- Nickname: MO or Mike O
- Hobbies: Golf and video games
- Played with Matt Barnes in high school
- Dream Job outside of football: Becoming a Golf pro
- Has completed 29 months of ACL rehab since 2018
- Hidden talent: cooking
- His father JJ played wuarterback and his mother Kathleen played setter at Illinois
- Chose UH for a chance to play for Dana Holgorsen
- One word to describe himself on the field: relentless
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: cheeseburgers
- His motivation for working hard: his family
- Best advice: dollar in the bank every day, at 100 days you got 100 dollars.
- Highlight of his life: getting a scholarship to play at the collegiate level
- Sports hero: Kobe Bryant
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: returning from 3 ACL tears
- Unique fact: everyone in his immediate family has had the chance to play at the D1 level.
National Signing Day Press Conference
Wednesday, December 03
Postgame Press Conference (at Baylor)
Saturday, November 29
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. TCU (Players)
Saturday, November 22
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. TCU (Coach Fritz)
Saturday, November 22
