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99 Eric O'Neill

99 Eric O'Neill

  • Position:
    DL
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 261
  • Hometown:
    Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Tottenville
  • Major:
    Labor and Employment Relations

Summary

Biography

2025 Lott IMPACT® Trophy Watch List
2024 First Team All-Sun Belt

2024 Second Team All-America (College Football Network)
2024 First Team Group of Five All-America (HERO Sports)
2024 All-ECAC Defense
2024 VaSID First Team All-State
2023 Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
2023 Second Team FCS All-America (FCS Football Central, Stats Perform)
2023 Third Team FCS All-America (Associated Press)
2023 NEC Defensive Player of Year
2023 First Team All-NEC
2022 Jerry Rice Award Finalist
2022 FCS Freshman All-America (HERO Sports, Stats Perform)
2022 NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year
2022 NEC First Team All-NEC
2025 (Senior): Started and posted three tackles in Rutgers debut versus Ohio (8/28) ... selected to the Senior Bowl Top 300 (8/20) ... picked to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/28) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports (third team) (7/2) and Phil Steele (fourth team) (6/19) ... selected to the Lott IMPACT® Trophy watch list (5/28).

2024 (Senior at James Madison): Started all 13 games at defensive end … named Second Team All-America by College Football Network and First Team Group of Five All-America by HERO Sports … voted First Team All-Sun Belt, All-ECAC Defense and VaSID First Team All-State … totaled 52 tackles with 18.5 for loss and 13 sacks … ranked fifth nationally in sacks per game (1.0) and sixth in tackles-for-loss per game (1.4) … had a tackle-for-loss in each of the last 11 games of the season and a sack in eight games with multiple in five contests … added three pass breakups and a pick-six … had a sack in the Boca Raton Bowl win over Western Kentucky (12/18) … picked up 2.5 sacks and a pass breakup versus Marshall (11/30) … collected a season-high nine tackles with two sacks in games at Appalachian State (11/23) and at Old Dominion (11/16) … notched three tackles-for-loss (two sacks) against Georgia State (11/9) … in on 1.5 sacks with a pass breakup versus Southern Miss (10/26) … broke up a pass and brought down the quarterback at Georgia Southern (10/19) … recorded a 27-yard pick-six and two sacks against Ball State (9/28) … posted two tackles-for-loss with a sack at North Carolina (9/21) … named Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team.

2023 (Junior at LIU): Started all 11 games on the defensive line … named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, which honors the FCS Defensive Player of the Year … earned FCS All-America honors by FCS Football Central (second team), Stats Perform (second team) and Associated Press (third team) … selected NEC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-NEC … garnered team’s defensive MVP and Captains Award … totaled 80 tackles with 23.5 for loss and 5.5 sacks … ranked second nationally with 2.1 tackles-for-loss per game and second in the conference with 0.5 sacks per game … posted at least one stop in the backfield in 10-of-11 games … added a forced fumble, an interception and three pass breakups … collected eight tackles with 2.5 for loss at Stonehill (11/18) … broke up a pass and had 1.5 tackles-for-loss against Wagner (11/11) … forced a fumble and had a sack on seven tackles at Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/4) … broke up two passes and notched three tackles-for-loss on 12 stops at Central Connecticut (10/26) to claim NEC Defensive Player of the Week … picked up a season-high 4.5 tackles-for-loss versus Merrimack (10/21) … in on three stops in the backfield at Maine (10/14) … added sacks versus Sacred Heart (10/7) and Duquesne (9/30) … registered two tackles-for-loss at Baylor (9/16) … recorded 13 tackles with 3.5 for loss, a sack and an interception at Ohio (9/2) to win NEC Defensive Player of the Week … named Preseason All-NEC.

2022 (Sophomore at LIU): Started all 11 games at defensive end … named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which recognizes the most outstanding freshman player at the FCS level … selected FCS All-America by Hero Sports and Stats Perform … voted NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year and First Team All-NEC … garnered the team’s defensive MVP … totaled 51 tackles with 21 for loss and 10 sacks … ranked fourth nationally with 1.9 tackles-for-loss per game … had at least one stop in the backfield in 10-of-11 games … led the NEC in sacks and ranked sixth nationally with 0.91 per game … added two forced fumbles and a pass breakup … racked up season highs with 5.5 tackles-for-loss, 3.5 sacks and 14 tackles, plus a forced fumble, at Sacred Heart (11/19) … named National FedEx Ground FCS National Freshman of Week and NEC Defensive Player of the Week following the performance … recorded seven tackles with 2.5 for loss against Central Connecticut (11/5) … collected five tackles-for-loss with 2.5 sacks and a pass breakup at Duquesne (10/29) to win NEC Defensive Player of the Week … posted five stops with two for loss versus Villanova (9/10) … contributed a sack at Toledo (9/1).

2021 (Freshman at LIU): Played in three games … recorded two tackles … had two stops versus Merrimack (10/16) … made collegiate debut at Saint Francis (Pa.) (10/9).

Prior to College: Played three seasons of varsity football at Tottenville on Staten Island … earned all-state and all-city honors … a dean’s list student … also played varsity basketball.

Major: Labor and Employment Relations
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