2001 Football Roster
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Roster
O'Neil Scott
- Position:
- Free Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Camden, NJ
- High School:
- Woodrow Wilson
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters … Won 2002 Ted Dailey Award winner for the most improved defensive player in spring practice in 2004 … Member of 2001 Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Redshirted in 2000.
Senior Year (2004): Played in all 12 games and started four … Made 25 tackles and had one interception … Won SU’s Coach Mac Award for Intensity, Focus, Effort & Attitude … SU’s special teams leader with nine tackles … Participated in 194 special teams plays, second-most on the team … Played on the punt protection, punt return, kickoff coverage and kickoff return units … Started against Connecticut, Rutgers and at Boston College … At Purdue, had two solo stops … At Buffalo, tallied three tackles … At Virginia, posted one tackle … Against Rutgers and Connecticut, recorded four solo tackles … Against Florida State, had four tackles, including three solo … Against Pittsburgh, tallied five tackles, including two solo … At Boston College, posted his first interception of the year and had two tackles … Against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl led the team with 12 tackles, including 10 solo stops, and had an interception.
Junior Year (2003): One of 39 players to participate in all 12 games ... Played on punt protection, punt return, kickoff and kickoff return special teams units ... Recorded one solo tackle at North Carolina ... Had two tackles versus Central Florida ... Posted one solo tackle against Toledo and at Virginia Tech ... Had one assisted stop against Boston College and at Miami ... Recorded one solo tackle versus West Virginia ... Made three solo stops against Notre Dame.
Sophomore Year (2002): Played in 12 games, starting seven ... One of 23 players to participate in all 12 games ... Played on SU’s kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return special teams units ... Fifth on the team with 61 tackles ... Registered eight total tackles, including seven solo stops in his first career start at BYU ... Had eight tackles, including his first career tackle for a loss, against North Carolina ... Made four tackles, including three solo stops, against Rhode Island ... Had two passes defended at Auburn, including his first career interception, stopping a drive deep in SU territory ... Also posted a career-high 14 tackles, including nine solo stops, against the Tigers ... Led the SU defense with 13 tackles against Pittsburgh, including a career-high 11 solo stops and his first career sack for a loss of five yards ... Registered four tackles at Temple ... Registered seven tackles (five solo) at WVU ... Had one solo tackle against Rutgers, Central Florida and Miami.
Freshman Year (2001): Played in 12 games, primarily on the punt return unit ... Collected seven tackles and one pass breakup ... Registered his first two collegiate tackles at Pittsburgh ... Had three tackles against Temple ... Made a touchdown-saving pass breakup on a fake field goal attempt against West Virginia ... Posted two tackles against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl.
High School: Tom Lemming All-East team ... Named to all-state and all-conference teams as a senior ... Former SU All-American Donovin Darius (1993-97) also attended Woodrow Wilson HS ... Recruited by assistant head coach Chris Rippon.
Personal: Born January 8, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Son of Othneil McNeil and Kathleen Brown ... Two sisters and one brother ... Majoring in information management and technology.
Scott's Career Statistics
Year
Tackles
Assists
Tot.
TFL
Sacks
Int.
FF
Fumble Rec.
2001
2
5
7
0.0-0
0.0
0
0
0-0 yds.
2002
47
14
61
1.5-5
1.0-5
1
0
0-0 yds.
2003
8
3
11
0.0-0
0.0-0
0
0
0-0 yds.
2004
25
12
37
0.0-0
1.0-5
2
0
0-0 yds.
Totals
82
34
116
1.5-5
1.0-5
3
0
0-0 yds.
Scott's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 11 vs. Pittsburgh, 2002 |
| Assists | 5 vs. BYU & Auburn, 2002 | |
| Total | 14 vs. Auburn, 2002 | |
| Interceptions | 1 vs. Auburn, 2002; Boston College & Georgia Tech, 2004 | |
| Pass Breakups | 1 vs. Connecticut, 2004 | |
| Sacks | 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 2002 |
