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Eric O'Neill

  • Award
    NEC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/4/2023
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    LIU
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Defensive End
  • Hometown
    Staten Island, NY
  • High School
    Tottenville
Week 1 Stats: 13 total tackles (6 solo), 1 sack, 3.5 TFL, 1 INT
O’Neill garners NEC Defensive Player of the Week recognition for the third time in his career after he put together another solid game in LIU’s season debut at Ohio University on Saturday. The reigning NEC Defensive Rookie of the Year led all NEC players with a game-high 13 tackles, marking the second time in his career that the Staten Island, NY native hits double digits in the category. Tallying 3.5 tackles-for-loss, O’Neill also stuffed the stat sheet with one sack and an interception.