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Jersey Number 99
Eric O'Neill
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 250
- Hometown:
- Staten Island, N.Y.
- High School:
- Tottenville
- Previous:
- LIU
- Major:
- Justice Studies
2024:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
Personal:
- College Football Network Second Team All-American
- HERO Sports Group of Five First Team All-American
- First Team All-Sun Belt defensive lineman
- VaSID First Team All-State
- First Team All-ECAC
- JMU's Charles Haley Defensive MVP
- Started all 13 games at defensive line
- JMU leader in TFL (18.5) and sacks (13.0)
- Ranked fourth in JMU single-season history in sacks
- Had 52 tackles (24 solo) to go with 18.5 tackles for loss, 13.0 sacks, one interception (pick-six), 16 quarterback hurries and three pass breakups
- Ranked fifth in the FBS and second in the Sun Belt in sacks per game (1.0)
- Also ranked sixth in the FBS and second in the Sun Belt in tackles for loss per game (1.4)
- Season-best 2.5 sacks and a breakup vs. Marshall (Nov. 30)
- Season-high nine tackles with 2.0 sacks at Old Dominion (Nov. 16)
- Also had nine tackles with 2.0 TFL and a sack at App State (Nov. 23)
- Tallied season-high 3.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks with four hurries vs. Georgia State (Nov. 9)
- Recorded pair of sacks vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Had five tackles, 1.5 sacks and a PBU vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26)
- Accrued 2.0 TFL and a sack at North Carolina (Sept. 21)
- Had at least 1.0 sack in eight games
- Posted at least 1.5 TFL in seven outings
- Made three or more tackles in 12 games
- Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after three seasons at LIU (2021-23)
- Played in 25 games, with 22 starts for the Sharks
- 2023 Stats Perform FCS Buck Buchanan Award finalist
- 2022 Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award finalist
- 2023 Stats Perform Second Team All-American
- 2023 Associated Press Third Team All-American
- 2023 FCS Football Central Second Team All-American
- 2022 Stats Perform and HERO Sports Freshman All-American
- 2023 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and 2022 NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 2022 and 2023 First Team All-NEC
- Received 2022 and 2023 LIU Defensive MVP Award and 2023 Captains Award
- One-time FedEx Ground FCS National Freshman of the Week in 2022
- Four-time NEC Defensive Player of the Week and seven-time NEC Prime Performer
- 2023 Stats Perform and Bluebloods Preseason Third Team All-American
- 2023 Preseason All-NEC selection
- Had 133 career tackles with 44.5 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, one interception and four pass breakups
- In 2023, tallied 80 tackles with 23.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks, one interception, one forced fumble and four breakups
- In 2022, produced 51 tackles with 21.0 TFL, 10.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a PBU
- In 2021, had 2 tackles over his first three career games
- Career-high 14 tackles at Sacred Heart (2022)
- Career-high eight solo tackles at Central Connecticut (2023)
- Career-high 5.5 tackles for loss at Sacred Heart (2022)
- Career-high 3.5 sacks at Sacred Heart (2022)
- Career-high two pass breakups at Central Connecticut (2023)
- Produced three games with double-digit tackles
- Had 10 games with at least 2.0 TFL and two games with at least 5.0 TFL
- Made at least a full sack in 11 games
High School:
- Graduated from Tottenville High School in Staten Island in 2021
- Played three seasons of varsity football
- All-State and All-City selection
- Dean's List student
- Dual-sport athlete who also played basketball
Personal:
- Son of Christine O’Neill
- Has a brother, Zach
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