Eric O'Neill is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Rutgers.
O'Neill disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Bob Chesney and Greg Schiano. First career honor, 2024: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 10 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Maryland, Week 11, 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. 10 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 | Rutgers | 37 | 16 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | James Madison | 53 | 22 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 90 | 38 | 28.0 | 15.5 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-10vs Norfolk State | 5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 4 | L 28-38vs Iowa | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-38@ Washington | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-56vs No. 8 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Purdue | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35@ Illinois | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20vs Maryland | 10 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 16 | 10.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%10 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
27%10 hurries37 tackles · 10 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
45.1%
378 pass / 460 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
37 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #25 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Bob Chesney and Greg Schiano.
