McConnell started out in the stunt industry in the '90s and has performed stunts in the short comedy American Icarus (2002, with Jerry Rector), the superhero movie Daredevil (2003, with stunts by Jon Braver, Jennifer Caputo, Mark Chadwick, Shauna Duggins, Tommy J. Huff, Rob Mars, Pat Romano, Jeff Wolfe, and Christopher Leps), the thriller The Last Ride (2004, with stunts by Doug Coleman, Eliza Coleman, Mark DeAlessandro, and Steve Holladay), and the thriller Lost in Plainview (2005, with stunts by Marjean Holden, Rich Minga, and Sharon Shaffer).