|
|
ASU: ASU's best receiver ... should be among the Pac-10's finest at his position by season's end ... is ASU's top returning receiver from one year ago ... will provide veteran leadership in ASU's wide receiving corps.
2000: Co-winner of ASU's most valuable offensive player award with Todd Heap ... earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 honors ... started all 12 games at wide receiver ... was third on the team with 39 receptions for 661 yards ... his seven receiving touchdowns tied Richard Williams for the team lead ... finished third on the team in scoring with 44 points ... also returned one punt for 26 yards ... had three receptions for 47 yards vs. San Diego State, including a 14-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Krohn ... both catches vs. Utah State went for touchdowns ... the first was a personal season-best 61-yard reception, the second a 35-yard connection with Krohn ... led the team with seven grabs for a season-best 104 yards vs. UCLA ... the next week vs. California brought down three passes for 99 yards, including a 50-yard TD reception of a Griffin Goodman pass ... made three catches for 55 yards vs. Washington State ... one was a 34-yard touchdown reception that began a string of three straight games with TD grabs ... in the second game of that streak, made four receptions for 64 yards, including a 24-yard TD vs. Oregon ... led the team with seven receptions for 83 yards vs. USC, completing the hat trick with a 32-yard TD grab ... one snap later caught the two-point conversion try ... had a team-leading five catches for 47 yards vs. Arizona ... tied for eighth in the Pac-10 in touchdown scoring ... finished two shy of fourth place on ASU's single-season touchdown receptions list.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Graduated from Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas ... has his Associate of Arts degree and enrolled at ASU in the Spring , participating in spring practice ... earned honorable mention all-Jayhawk Conference ... selected ASU over Kansas State, West Virginia and South Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered 11 times at Olathe East High School, Olathe, Kansas ... lettered once in baseball, three times in football, three times in basketball and four times in track and field ... captained the track and basketball teams in 1998 ... led Olathe to the state track and field championship ... won gold in the 4 x 100, the 4 x 400 and the 300 intermediate hurdles ... placed second in the high jump ... was all-Olathe, all-Johnson County, all-Metro and all-state in track in 1998 ... was all-Sunflower League and all-Olathe in football in 1997 ... earned honorable mention all-state and all-Olathe in basketball in 1998 ... averaged 17 points and eight rebounds per game and had 39 steals, 12 blocked shots and 34 assists ... voted Male Athlete of the Decade at Olathe East High School ... led the basketball team to the state title and in track and field in the same year ... played in the Shrine Bowl all-star game for the East squad in Kansas.
PERSONAL: Major is interdisciplinary studies ... father is Kenny O'Neal and mother is Kathy Allen Maurer ... father played basketball at the University of Portland and Chaminade University ... born Nov. 14, 1979, in Portland, Ore. ... full name is Donnie Ray O'Neal.
CAREER HIGHS: Receptions: 7, twice, last vs. USC (11/4/00). Receiving Yards: 104, at UCLA (9/30/00). TDs Receiving: 2, vs. Utah State (9/23/00).
O'Neal's Career Statistics
Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G
2000 12/12 39 661 16.9 7 61 55.1
O'Neal's Game-by-Game Statistics
2000
Opp. Rec. Yds. TD Long
at San Diego State 3 47 1 19
Colorado State 3 31 0 12
Utah State 2 96 2 61
at UCLA 7 104 0 38
California 3 99 1 50
Washington 1 20 0 20
at Washington State 3 55 1 34
Oregon 4 64 1 28
USC 7 83 1 32
at Stanford 1 15 0 15
at Arizona 5 47 0 16
vs. Boston College 0 0 0 0
