Player Dossier

2023-2025

Arizona 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.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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
1
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...

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Elijah 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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State8111.50.5--013.6
2024 PostseasonArizona State141-0--050.7
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State14274.5455050.7
2025 PostseasonArizona State1351.51.5--063.1
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State13327.5361063.1

Related Context

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

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.6 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: Arizona

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2024 Postseason · Arizona State

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

21.6

Usage

6.8

Consistency

34.7

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Wyoming: 3. Mississippi State: 3. Texas State: 4. Texas Tech: 0. Kansas: 0.5. Utah: 1. Cincinnati: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. UCF: 1. Kansas State: 0. BYU: 1. Arizona: 4. Iowa State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 2 by 38.3. Mississippi State: 1 by 34.2. Texas State: 2 by 48.3. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Kansas: 4 by 21.7. Utah: 3 by 22.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 0 by 10. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 0 by 10. Arizona: 5 by 60.8. Iowa State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 11 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Arizona

Result
Wed 1/1vs TexasL 31-3910000
Sat 12/7vs Iowa StateW 45-1932001
Sat 11/30@ Arizona2+ sacks · Splash gameW 49-753220
Sat 11/23vs BYUW 28-2300001
Sun 11/17@ Kansas StateW 24-1410000
Sun 11/10vs UCFW 35-3100001
Sat 11/2@ Oklahoma StateW 42-2132000
Sat 10/19@ CincinnatiL 14-2410000
Sat 10/12vs UtahW 27-1930000
Sun 10/6vs KansasW 35-31400.5000
Sat 9/21@ Texas TechL 22-3022000
Thu 9/12@ Texas StateSplash gameW 31-2822000
Sun 9/8vs Mississippi StateSplash gameW 30-2311111
Sun 9/1vs WyomingSplash gameW 48-721111

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

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State28.33.4
2024 PostseasonArizona State18.521.66.816.5
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State18.521.66.80
2025 PostseasonArizona State20.527.67.52
2025 Regular SeasonArizona State20.527.67.50

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

3

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

4

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

3

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