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2019 Football Roster

48 Kevin O'Neill

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 222
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sachse, Texas
  • Highschool Sachse HS

Biography

Overcame injuries to play in 23 games earning 14 starts during his career … Recorded 85 career tackles, including 44 unassisted stops … Was also credited with 7.5 tackles for losses … Recorded two pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and a fumble recovery.
 
2019 (Senior): Played in all 12 games earning eight starts on the season … Finished seventh on the team with 49 overall tackles, including 29 unassisted stops … Was also credited with four tackles for losses and one quarterback hurry … Production only increased as season wore on … Recording initial season high of five tackles with four solo stops against Stephen F. Austin … Followed that up with six stops – five unassisted – and a tackle for a loss and a QB hurry the following week against Abilene Christian … Also posted six-tackle performances against UIW and Central Arkansas … Closed the second with a seven-tackle performance at Houston Baptist, followed by eight tackles against rival McNeese.

2018 (Junior): Played in and started two games before an injury ended his season … Recorded eight tackles, including four unassisted stops, and 1.5 for losses … Also broke up a pass on the season … Recorded five tackles, including an assisted stop for a loss, and a pass deflection against Kentucky Christian … Made three solo stops, including a TFL at Texas Tech before leaving the game with an injury.

2017 (Sophomore): Played in nine games recording four starts … Recorded 28 tackles on the season, including 11 solo tackles … Was also credited with two tackles for losses, recovered a fumble and broke up a pass … Recorded a career-high seven tackles, including four unassisted stops, in the season opener at North Texas … Had six tackles, including one for a loss, in the come-from-behind victory at Houston Baptist … Had five tackles, including one for a loss, and broke up a pass against rival McNeese … Had four stops, assisted on one for a loss and recovered a fumble against Nicholls.

High School: A two-year letterwinner ... Recorded 193 total tackles, including 125 solo stops during his high school career ... Was also credited with two sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception ... Was invited to participate in the Blue-Grey Regional Combine ... Also received recruiting attention from Northwestern State, Air Force and Arkansas State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2017Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 220 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2018Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    48
  • 48

    2019Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 222 lbs
    48
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