Player Dossier

2024-2025

Wisconsin

Danny O'Neil

QB • 6'0" • 196 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Danny O'Neil is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

67%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

55

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
San Diego State • Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Danny O'Neil built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 18, spending time with San Diego State and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Danny O'Neil's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8786

Cathedral · Indianapolis, IN

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Danny O'Neil, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State. Danny O'Neil is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
2,963
Passing yards
2,816
Rushing yards
147
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Danny O'Neil quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · QB
Career Total Offense
2,963
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
3-star · Cathedral · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Cathedral · 31 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Sophomore
2025 Total offense rank
693 total offense · QB 172nd (top 42%) · Big Ten 34th (top 17%) · National 263rd (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State112,2702,181891371.2
2025 Regular SeasonWisconsin669363558647.8

Related Context

Danny O'Neil played QB for San Diego State and Wisconsin. Across 2 tracked seasons, Danny O'Neil recorded 2,816 passing yards, 147 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 2,270 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San Diego State, Wisconsin.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Loss with 255 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

206.4

Efficiency

56.3

Usage

19

Consistency

86.2

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Texas A&M: 232. Oregon State: 108. Central Michigan: 253. Hawai'i: 214. Wyoming: 258. Washington State: 192. Boise State: 134. New Mexico: 216. UNLV: 172. Utah State: 236. Air Force: 255

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Texas A&M: 38 by 64.2. Oregon State: 29 by 46.2. Central Michigan: 32 by 64.4. Hawai'i: 37 by 57.3. Wyoming: 33 by 57.4. Washington State: 39 by 50.2. Boise State: 34 by 40.8. New Mexico: 49 by 57.3. UNLV: 31 by 48.8. Utah State: 39 by 68.5. Air Force: 43 by 64.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins234.7 · Games = 3 · +38.9 vs Losses
Losses195.8 · Games = 8 · -38.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

68.5 vs Utah State

Result
Sun 12/1vs Air ForceL 20-31243223075.01064.411252.30019
Sat 11/23@ Utah StateL 20-41233119974.20068.58374.60034
Sun 11/17@ UNLV3+ TDL 20-41132216259.12248.89101.10116
Sat 11/9vs New MexicoL 16-21264119563.41057.38212.60014
Sat 11/2@ Boise StateL 24-56143015546.72240.84-21-5.3004
Sun 10/27vs Washington StateL 26-29223419564.70150.25-3-0.6007
Sat 10/12@ WyomingW 27-24162725459.31157.4640.7009
Sun 10/6vs Hawai'iW 27-24243322472.71057.34-10-2.5003
Sat 9/28@ Central MichiganL 21-22142324660.92064.4970.8009
Sun 9/8vs Oregon StateL 0-21112410745.80046.2510.2004
Sun 9/1vs East Texas A&MW 45-14223321466.72064.25183.60028

Player Story

Danny O'Neil story

Danny O'Neil built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 18, spending time with San Diego State and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Danny O'Neil's career was his passing role: 2,816 passing yards, 17 touchdown passes, 420 attempts, and 147 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with San Diego State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 147 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San Diego State and Wisconsin.

The arc is straightforward: Danny O'Neil 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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  1. 1

    San Diego State

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wisconsin

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State2,27056.319
2025 Regular SeasonWisconsin69350.821.7-1,577

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Air Force

Week 14 · L 20-31 · Conference game

Loss with 255 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency.

255

Total Offense

77.7 takeover

255 total offense with 64.4 efficiency.

#2

@ Utah State

Week 13 · L 20-41 · Conference game

236

Total Offense

69 takeover

Loss with 236 yards of offense and 68.5 efficiency.

236 total offense with 68.5 efficiency.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · L 21-22

253

Total Offense

69 takeover

Loss with 253 yards of offense and 64.4 efficiency.

253 total offense with 64.4 efficiency.

#4

vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee

Week 2 · W 42-10

294

Total Offense

65.5 takeover

Win with 294 yards of offense and 73.6 efficiency.

294 total offense with 73.6 efficiency.

#5

@ Wyoming

Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game

258

Total Offense

65.1 takeover

Win with 258 yards of offense and 57.4 efficiency.

258 total offense with 57.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

2,270 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 19 usage

71.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Wisconsin

47.8

693 primary · 50.8 efficiency · 21.7 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

2

3+ TD games

5

Above avg efficiency