2021 Football Roster
Leon O'Neal Jr.
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Springs
2021 (SENIOR): Started all 12 games ... Earned the Aggie Heart Award, Defensive Attitude Award and the Defensive Aggie Award for strength & conditioning at the annual team banquet … Was third on the team with seven passes defended and tied for fourth with 58 total takedowns in his final season ... Picked off Kent State twice in the season opener, one in the first quarter and a second midway through the third quarter that he returned 85 yards for his first career touchdown … Recorded four tackles and a pass breakup at Colorado … Had two tackles and broke up a pass against New Mexico ... Tallied six tackles, 1.0 for loss, against Arkansas ... Added four tackles and two pass breakups against Mississippi State ... Recorded nine tackles and added a 1.0 sack and a pass breakup in the win over No. 1 Alabama ... Tallied seven tackles and a hurry as the Aggies held No. 12 Auburn to just three points ... Notched a career-high 10 tackles at Ole Miss.
2020 (JUNIOR): Started all 10 games ... Set career highs in total tackles (48), interceptions (2) and pass deflections (5) on the season … Had seven tackles, 2.0 for loss, also picked off a pass and returned it 35 yards in the season-opening win over Vanderbilt ... Tallied four tackles at Alabama and against Florida ... Had six takedowns as the A&M defense limited Mississippi State to negative rushing yards as a team in the win over the Bulldogs … Had six tackles in the win over Arkansas … Picked off a pass and added three tackles in the dominating 48-3 win at South Carolina … Broke up two passes in a game for the first time in his career in the win over LSU … Led the defense with a career-high eight tackles in the victory at Auburn … Made two tackles in the win at Tennessee … Recorded four tackles in the Orange Bowl victory over North Carolina.
2019 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games, making 10 starts … Had two tackles and an interception in the season-opening win over Texas State … Had five tackles at Clemson … Made three tackles against Auburn … Made three tackles and added two QB hurries at Ole Miss … Had five tackles a breakup in the win over Mississippi State … Made four tackles against UTSA … Had four tackles and a breakup against South Carolina … Tallied six tackles at Georgia … Had four tackles and a breakup at LSU.
2018 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 13 games, mainly on special teams, totaling 14 tackles, an interception returned 25 yards and two tackles for five yards lost … Recorded his first two career tackles and a tackle for a loss at No. 1 Alabama … Compiled 4.5 tackles including a TFL for 2-yards, broke up a pass and had an interception returned for 25 yards against NC State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Rick Cobia at Cypress Springs High school … As a senior, tallied 78 tackles with five forced fumbles, four passes broken up and four tackles for loss … Earned second-team all-district honors as a junior, making 86 tackles and adding two picks and four breakups … Named a U.S. Army All-American … Was a participant in The Opening Finals … Ranked as a 4-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports.