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Danny O'Neil

#18Danny O'Neil

Danny O'Neil is a Dual-Threat QB for Wisconsin. Danny's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 115 plays — a developing rate for the QB.

What projects, and what doesn't · QBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.46
    Beats guessing the QB average by 16%. n=2,421 QB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.05
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=1,965 QB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.51
    Beats guessing the QB average by 20%. n=1,965 QB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Danny O'Neil's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Passing
61/90 Comp/Att635 Pass yards5 Pass TD5 INT67.8% Comp %
Rushing
58 Rush yards1 Rush TD50 Carries1.2 Yards/carry

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers

  • Efficiency0
  • Volume100
  • Dual-Threat63
  • Consistency9
  • Clutch70
Player type
Dual-Threat QB

A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.

Rushing threatScrambles for valueStresses defensive structure
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg
Game-to-game consistency9th %ile · below avg
Key findings
  • Below-average efficiency vs QB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
  • High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
  • High game-to-game variance — boom-or-bust profile.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Production faded as the season progressed — 0.30 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
  • Peak game: 0.57 EPA/play in Wk 2 vs Middle Tennessee (SP+ -16).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗
Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.5700.57Wk 1 vs Miami (OH): +0.07 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Middle Tennessee: +0.57 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs Alabama: +0.05 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Maryland: -0.26 EPA/play4Wk 8 vs Ohio State: -0.01 EPA/play8Wk 11 vs Washington: +0.06 EPA/play11
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+C/ATTPass YdsPass TDINTQBRRush YdsRush TDEPA/play
1vsMiami (OH)W17-0-3.412/191201145.01310.07
2vsMiddle TennesseeW42-10-16.023/272833157.81100.57
3@AlabamaL14-3814.811/171171223.3700.05
4vsMarylandL10-270.614/221200118.3-70-0.26
8vsOhio StateL0-3430.11/3-50026.440-0.01
11vsWashingtonW13-1018.40/200033.53000.06

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
37.6%
Passing plays
64.8%
Rushing plays
17.5%
Standard downs
34.9%
Passing downs
42.9%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.02
Passing downs
0.17
Pass / Rush EPA
0.07 / 0.22

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.