Leslie O'Neal

Leslie Claudis O'Neal

Position: DE-LB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 275 lbs.

Born: May 7, 1964 in Pulaski County, AR
College: Oklahoma St. (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (10544th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 10:25PM

All-Time Rank: #352. Tom Fears… #353. Clyde Simmons… #354. Andre Rison… #355. LESLIE O'NEAL… #356. Steve Smith… #357. Randy Cross… #358. Kenny Easley…

All-Time Rank: #352. Tom Fears… #353. Clyde Simmons… #354. Andre Rison… #355. LESLIE O'NEAL… #356. Steve Smith… #357. Randy Cross… #358. Kenny Easley…

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	AV
1986	22	SDG	RDE	91	13	13	12.5	2	22	1	17	0	3	0	2	0	0	82	0		0
1988	24	SDG	de	91	9	1	4.0						1	0	0	0	0	28	0		0
1989*	25	SDG	ROLB	91	16	16	12.5						2	0	2	10	0	96	0		0
1990*	26	SDG	ROLB	91	16	16	13.5						2	1	2	10	0	81	0		0
1991	27	SDG	ROLB	91	16	16	9.0						2	0	0	0	0	68	0		0
1992*	28	SDG	RDE	91	15	15	17.0						0	0	1	0	0	78	0		0
1993*	29	SDG	RDE	91	16	16	12.0						2	0	1	13	0	56	0		0
1994*	30	SDG	RDE	91	16	16	12.5						2	0	1	0	0	47	13		0
1995*	31	SDG	RDE	91	16	16	12.5						4	0	0	0	0	36	12		0
1996	32	STL	RDE	91	16	16	7.0						0	0	3	0	0	39	15		0
1997	33	STL	RDE	91	15	14	10.0	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	2	66	1	35	8		0
1998	34	KAN	LDE/lolb	91	16	13	4.5						2	0	2	0	0	32	13		0
1999	35	KAN	RDE	91	16	10	5.5											23	6		0
Career					196	178	132.5	3	27	1	17	0	21	1	16	99	1	701	67		0
9 yrs		SDG			133	125	105.5	2	22	1	17	0	18	1	9	33	0	572	25		0
2 yrs		KAN			32	23	10.0						2	0	2	0	0	55	19		0
2 yrs		STL			31	30	17.0	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	5	66	1	74	23		0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Pts
1986	22	SDG	RDE	91	13	13		1	1	6
1997	33	STL	RDE	91	15	14	1		1	6
Career					196	178	1	1	2	12
9 yrs		SDG			133	125		1	1	6
2 yrs		STL			31	30	1		1	6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1986 NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year	Pro Bowls 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995	Games Started Career 178 (165)	Fumble Return Yds 1997 NFL 66 (5) Career 99 (123)
Fumble Return TD 1997 NFL 1 (3)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1986 NFL 1 (4)	Sacks 1986 NFL 12.5 (9) 1989 NFL 12.5 (10) 1990 NFL 13.5 (5) 1992 NFL 17.0 (2/29) 1994 NFL 12.5 (4) 1995 NFL 12.5 (5) Career 132.5 (9)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1989	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1989	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1990	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1990	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1992	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1992	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1992	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1994	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1994	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1994	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1995	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

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