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Deltha O'Neal

Deltha Lee O'Neal III

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: January 30, 1977 in Palo Alto, CA
College: California

Career AV: 47 (1570th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
2000 23 DEN RET 24 16 0 34 354 0 64 10.4 46 1102 1 87 24.0 1456 3
2001* 24 DEN LCB 24 16 16 31 405 1 86 13.1 405 10
2002 25 DEN LCB 24 16 14 30 251 0 53 8.4 1 15 0 15 15.0 266 7
2003 26 DEN rcb 24 13 6 33 315 1 57 9.5 8 128 0 24 16.0 447 4
2004 27 CIN LCB 24 12 10 7 33 0 17 4.7 1 15 0 15 15.0 48 5
2005*+ 28 CIN LCB 24 15 14 1 14 0 14 14.0 14 13
2006 29 CIN lcb 24 12 7 1 10 0 10 10.0 10 4
2007 30 CIN LCB 24 16 8 0 4
2008 31 NWE LCB 21 16 10 2 2 0 2 1.0 2 5
Career 132 85 138 1370 2 86 9.9 57 1274 1 87 22.4 2648 55
4 yrs CIN 55 39 8 43 0 17 5.4 2 29 0 15 14.5 72 26
4 yrs DEN 61 36 128 1325 2 86 10.4 55 1245 1 87 22.6 2574 24
1 yr NWE 16 10 2 2 0 2 1.0 2 5

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2000 23 DEN RET 24 16 0 1 6 3 6 0 3 0
2001* 24 DEN LCB 24 16 16 9 115 0 42 25 0 2 0 0 0 62 7
2002 25 DEN LCB 24 16 14 5 70 2 28 9 0 2 1 0 0 59 10
2003 26 DEN rcb 24 13 6 1 6 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 3
2004 27 CIN LCB 24 12 10 1.0 4 60 1 31 15 1 0 0 0 0 35 5
2005*+ 28 CIN LCB 24 15 14 10 103 0 37 20 0 0 1 26 0 56 9
2006 29 CIN lcb 24 12 7 1 42 0 42 10 0 0 1 0 0 30 7
2007 30 CIN LCB 24 16 8 1 7 0 7 9 1 0 1 0 0 48 4
2008 31 NWE LCB 21 16 10 3 49 0 47 8 30 2
Career 132 85 1.0 34 452 3 47 98 3 12 7 32 0 343 47
4 yrs CIN 55 39 1.0 16 212 1 42 54 2 0 3 26 0 169 25
4 yrs DEN 61 36 15 191 2 42 36 1 12 4 6 0 144 20
1 yr NWE 16 10 3 49 0 47 8 30 2

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
2003 26 DEN rcb 24 13 6 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.2 0.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 4 0 2
Career 132 85 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0 12

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2000 23 DEN RET 24 16 0 1 1 6
2001* 24 DEN LCB 24 16 16 1 1 6
2002 25 DEN LCB 24 16 14 2 2 12
2003 26 DEN rcb 24 13 6 1 1 6
2004 27 CIN LCB 24 12 10 1 1 6
Career 132 85 2 1 3 6 36
4 yrs CIN 55 39 1 1 6
4 yrs DEN 61 36 2 1 2 5 30

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

2001
2005

First-Team All-Pro

2005

Non-Offensive TDs

2000 NFL 1 (10)
2002 NFL 2 (4)
Active 6 (19)
Career 6 (66)

Kick Return Yds

2000 NFL 1102 (10)

Kick Return TD

2000 NFL 1 (2/58)
Active 1 (16)
Career 1 (108)

Punt Returns

2000 NFL 34 (7)
2002 NFL 30 (10)
Active 138 (13)
Career 138 (87)

Punt Return Yds

2000 NFL 354 (8)
2001 NFL 405 (8)
Active 1370 (13)
Career 1370 (81)

Punt Return TD

2001 NFL 1 (2/89)
2003 NFL 1 (5/89)
Active 2 (19)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

2001 NFL 86 (3/84)

Yds/Punt Return

2001 NFL 13.1 (4)
Active 9.9 (16)
Career 9.9 (83)

Kick & Punt Returns

2000 NFL 80 (6/95)
Active 195 (19)
Career 195 (131)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

2000 NFL 1456 (9/99)
Career 2644 (198)

Interceptions

2001 NFL 9 (3/76)
2002 NFL 5 (10)
2005 NFL 10 (1/28)

Active 34 (13)
Career 34 (135)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

2001 NFL 115 (10)
Active 452 (17)
Career 452 (189)

Intercept. Ret. TD

2002 NFL 2 (2/24)
2004 NFL 1 (5)
Active 3 (23)
Career 3 (107)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

2001Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
2005Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL