Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Arizona State
Elijah O'Neal
DL • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Renton, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah O'Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Elijah O'Neal built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Renton, WA wearing No. 9, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Elijah O'Neal's career was his defensive...
Read the storyElijah O'Neal, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona State. Elijah O'Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Elijah O'Neal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Arizona State
- Top game
- Arizona
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DL 76th (top 8%) · Big 12 115th (top 16%) · National 1,025th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona State | 8 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 13.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 14 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 14 | 27 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arizona State | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 63.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 13 | 32 | 7.5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 63.1 |
Related Context
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Elijah O'Neal played DL for Arizona State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Elijah O'Neal recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Arizona State paired 20.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Arizona State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
27.6
Usage
7.5
Consistency
62.3
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 3. Northern Arizona: 2. Mississippi State: 0.5. Texas State: 1. Baylor: 1. TCU: 2. Utah: 0. Texas Tech: 2. Houston: 1.5. Iowa State: 3. West Virginia: 0.5. Colorado: 3. Arizona: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 5 by 50.8. Northern Arizona: 6 by 45. Mississippi State: 2 by 13.3. Texas State: 2 by 18.3. Baylor: 1 by 14.2. TCU: 1 by 24.2. Utah: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 1 by 24.2. Houston: 6 by 40. Iowa State: 1 by 34.2. West Virginia: 4 by 21.7. Colorado: 1 by 34.2. Arizona: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Duke
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ DukeSplash game | L 39-42 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Arizona | L 7-23 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ ColoradoSplash game | W 42-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs West Virginia | W 25-23 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | W 24-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | vs Houston | L 16-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas TechSplash game | W 26-22 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Utah | L 10-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs TCUSplash game | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Baylor | W 27-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | vs Texas State | W 34-15 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Mississippi State | L 20-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Northern ArizonaSplash game | W 38-19 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah O'Neal story
Elijah O'Neal built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Renton, WA wearing No. 9, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Elijah O'Neal's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arizona State. 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 Elijah O'Neal's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona State.
The arc is straightforward: Elijah O'Neal 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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Arizona State
2023-2025
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Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona State | 2 | 8.3 | 3.4 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Arizona State | 18.5 | 21.6 | 6.8 | 16.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona State | 18.5 | 21.6 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Arizona State | 20.5 | 27.6 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arizona State | 20.5 | 27.6 | 7.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 14 · W 49-7 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 44 Duke
Week 1 · L 39-42 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas State
Week 3 · W 31-28
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Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 33 Iowa State
Week 10 · W 24-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Wyoming
Week 1 · W 48-7
3
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Arizona State
20.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 7.5 usage
63.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Arizona State
63.1
20.5 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Arizona State
50.7
18.5 primary · 21.6 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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