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Player Dossier
2024-2025Rutgers
Eric O'Neill
DL • 6'3" • 261 lbs • Staten Island, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric O'Neill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- James Madison • Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Eric O'Neill built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Staten Island, NY wearing No. 99, spending time with James Madison and Rutgers. The clearest part of Eric O'Neill's career was...
Read the storyEric O'Neill, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · James Madison. Eric O'Neill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 28
- Sacks
- 15.5
- QB hurries
- 26
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Eric O'Neill quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rutgers · DL
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · James Madison
- Top game
- Ohio
- High school pipeline
- Tottenville · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DL 77th (top 8%) · Big Ten 125th (top 16%) · National 1,026th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 78.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 13 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 78.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rutgers | 12 | 37 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to James Madison | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 80 | Dec 5, 2023 |
Eric O'Neill played DL for James Madison and Rutgers. Across 2 tracked seasons, Eric O'Neill recorded 90 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
James Madison paired 51 primary output with 51.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across James Madison, Rutgers.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Rutgers
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.0
Efficiency
32.4
Usage
14.7
Consistency
58.7
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Miami (OH): 0.5. Norfolk State: 3. Iowa: 3. Minnesota: 2. Washington: 1. Oregon: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 3. Maryland: 5. Ohio State: 4. Penn State: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 3 by 17.5. Norfolk State: 5 by 50.8. Iowa: 4 by 46.7. Minnesota: 0 by 20. Washington: 0 by 10. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 3 by 42.5. Maryland: 10 by 91.7. Ohio State: 2 by 48.3. Penn State: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs Maryland
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Penn StateSplash game | L 36-40 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | L 9-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Maryland10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-20 | 10 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 13-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Purdue | W 27-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Oregon | L 10-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Washington | L 19-38 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | L 28-31 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs IowaSplash game | L 28-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Norfolk StateSplash game | W 60-10 | 5 | 1 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Miami (OH) | W 45-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Ohio | W 34-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Eric O'Neill story
Eric O'Neill built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Staten Island, NY wearing No. 99, spending time with James Madison and Rutgers. The clearest part of Eric O'Neill's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 29 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with James Madison. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Eric O'Neill's production has multiple signals. With 29 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison and Rutgers.
The arc is straightforward: Eric O'Neill moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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James Madison
2024
Opening stop
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Rutgers
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | James Madison | 51 | 51.6 | 15.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | James Madison | 51 | 51.6 | 15.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rutgers | 23.5 | 32.4 | 14.7 | -27.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio
Week 1
Game with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 75 Maryland
Week 11 · W 35-20 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia State
Week 11 · W 38-7 · Conference game
9
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
9 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#4
@ App State
Week 13 · L 20-34 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
81 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 81 takeover score.
#5
vs Marshall
Week 14 · L 33-35 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · James Madison
51 primary output · 51.6 efficiency · 15.4 usage
78.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · James Madison
78.3
51 primary · 51.6 efficiency · 15.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Rutgers
59.3
23.5 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 14.7 usage
Milestones
15
Impact games
20
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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