Darragh O'Neill: P · Colorado · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Colorado’s specialists
Darragh O'Neill
Flips the field and drops it inside the 20 — no weakness to punt around.
Play style
Flips the field and drops it inside the 20 — no weakness to punt around.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
44.2 gross, but 27 of 65 inside the 20 (41.5%) — a pinner. pinner
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
BroBible Oct 27
Yahoo Sports Oct 20Yahoo Sports Oct 15Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-31vs Colorado State | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 57 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ Massachusetts | 5 | 244 | 48.8 | 62 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-38vs No. 16 Arizona State | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 50 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-12vs Hawai'i | 9 | 416 | 46.2 | 59 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 56-59@ California | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-36vs Oregon State | 4 | 203 | 50.8 | 55 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-56@ No. 22 USC | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 37-40vs No. 25 UCLA | 8 | 319 | 39.9 | 48 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-38vs Washington | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 53 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-38@ No. 21 Arizona | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 46 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-44@ No. 3 Oregon | 8 | 387 | 48.4 | 62 | 3 | |
| Wk 14 | L 34-38vs Utah | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 43 | 2 | |
| Total | 65 | 2870 | 44.2 | 62 | 27 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
42%27 of 65Touchback rate
5%3 of 65Yards / punt
44.265 puntsLong
62yards44.2 yards/punt on 65 punts · 42% placed inside the 20 · 3 touchbacks.
Player standing · 2014
Fewer touches a game than most FBS offensive players who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Colorado — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jon Embree → Mike MacIntyre. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
