Elijah O'Neal is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona State.
O'Neal disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Arizona State defensive front to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Houston — Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arizona State | 37 | 18 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 28 | 13 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5 |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 76 | 37 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-19vs Northern Arizona | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-24@ Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-15vs Texas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24vs No. 24 TCU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-42@ Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-22vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-24vs Houston | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-19@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-23vs West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-17@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-23vs Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 39-42vs Duke | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 18 | 9.0 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%9 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
16%6 hurries37 tackles · 9 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Kenny Dillingham — 22-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
37 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #69 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #4 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kenny Dillingham.
