Keith O'Neil
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 26, 1980 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Rochester, Michigan | ||||||||
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| College: | Northern Arizona | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2003 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 52 |
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| Tackles: | 72 |
| Forced fumbles: | 1 |
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Keith Daniel O'Neil (born August 26, 1980 in Rochester, Michigan) is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Colts in Super Bowl XLI as they beat the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Northern Arizona.
O'Neil is from Amherst, New York and attended Sweet Home High School where he was a standout linebacker for the Sweet Home Panthers football team.
He attended Northern Arizona University. He was a four-year letterman and three-year starter who had 225 career stops, 20 sacks, 49 tackles for losses and three interceptions. He was first-team All-Big Sky choice as a junior and senior. O'Neil also earned All-American honors.
O'Neil was signed by Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent after the 2003 NFL Draft. During training camp, he notified head coach Bill Parcells his intentions to retire from professional football, stating he was dealing with anxiety and sleepless nights. Parcells and the team provided help, allowing him to become a core special teams player and the backup weakside linebacker for Dexter Coakley.
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