{"id":37686,"date":"2018-02-08T09:09:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=37686"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:13:02","slug":"brian-oneill-2018-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/02\/08\/brian-oneill-2018-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian O\u2019Neill 2018 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview
\nPosition<\/strong>: Offensive line
\nHeight<\/strong>: 6\u20196\u201d
\nWeight<\/strong>: 298 pounds
\nSchool<\/strong>: Pittsburgh Panthers<\/p>\n

Combine Performance Data
\n40-yard dash<\/strong>: 4.82 seconds (best among offensive linemen)
\nBench press<\/strong>: 22 reps
\nVertical jump<\/strong>: 29.5 inches
\nBroad jump<\/strong>: 9 feet, 11 inches
\nThree-cone drill<\/strong>: 7.14 seconds (best among offensive linemen)
\n20-yard shuttle<\/strong>: 4.50 seconds (tied for fourth among offensive linemen)<\/p>\n

Brian O\u2019Neill 2018 NFL Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If you had been told back in 2014 that Brian O\u2019Neill would be declaring for the draft in 2018, your first inclination would not have been that it was as an offensive tackle, especially one with a potential for having his name called on day two of the draft. He committed to Pittsburgh to play tight end, and wasn\u2019t a high ranked prospect coming into college, ranked in the 50s for Tight Ends as a three-star recruit.<\/p>\n

Coming from an athletic family, being able to bulk up and move to tackle shouldn\u2019t be a surprise to anyone. Both of his parents played sports in college, as his father was a running back for Dartmouth, and his mother was a swimmer at Northeastern. This athleticism helped him in high school, where he excelled as a senior athlete, winning Delaware\u2019s defensive football player of the year award while winning the state\u2019s basketball player of the year award as well.<\/p>\n

After redshirting his freshman year, he moved to offensive tackle. Starting with the second game of that year. O\u2019Neill started the next 37 games for the Panthers, with all 12 starts his junior year coming as a left tackle. O\u2019Neill really excelled his junior year, playing well enough for Pitt to earn First Team All-ACC honors, after earning Second Team All-ACC the year before as a sophomore.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/h2>\n